Marketing Mecca: Why Adland Is Swarming CES


The International Consumer Electronics Show is Mecca for gadget geeks, but for marketers like GE and Unilever it’s something else entirely: a glimpse of how they’ll reach consumers in the future.

For media agencies and a growing number of non-tech brands, CES has become the most important date on the calendar, if not for the opportunity to see where tech is taking consumers, but to conduct a first round of meetings with ad sellers like Google, AOL, Yahoo and Twitter.

While in years past brands might have approached CES with wide-eyed wonder, this year they’re coming to Vegas with a more-focused agenda. “Today brand marketers are coming with a much clearer picture of what they want to achieve,” said MediaLink CEO Michael Kassan. “It’s not the exploratory stage. They know what they’re there for.”

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Bluntly Branded Boxes – Hnina Packaging Boldly States What the Consumer Wants to See (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Talk about guilt-free merchandizing: Hnina packaging plainly describes its contents in a way that makes dessert desirable for an unexpected reason. The cartons read “Healthy Dark Chocolate&#…

Egg-Shaped Interiors – House I Hides Rounded Rooms Behind Rectilinear Exterior Walls (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Looking at the polygonal House I from the street might cause you to expect triangulated spaces inside of it. You might be surprised then to see that the interior of this dwelling is shaped by the…

Gill-Mimicking Scuba Masks – The Triton Oxygen Respirator Extracts Air Underwater (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) With the Triton Oxygen Respirator, it might be possible to breathe beneath the surface of the water as if you were a fish. Requiring no bulky tank to keep your lungs pumping properly, this invention…

Stitched Skin Artworks – ‘A Woman’s Work is Never Done’ Symbolizes Wear and Tear From Daily Tasks (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Take a very close look at A Woman’s Work is Never Done. Believe it or not, these images are not the products of photo manipulation, the artist really did take a needle and thread to her very…

Bed-Infused Cinematic Seats – This Unique Cinema Seating Design in London Features Double Beds (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Cinema seating just got more epic! These unusually glorious lounge seats and beds take theater comfort to the next level. In London England, The Electric Cinema in Notting Hill features double beds…

85 Tasteful Tattoo Fashion Innovations – From Tatted Up Editorials to Temporary Holiday Lip Tattoos (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) Body art is an eternal artistic epidemic that will never cease and tattoo fashion is an incredible innovation that follows after the artistic tidal wave.

For many years tattoos have been a way to…

Top 100 Ultra Luxury Trends in 2013 – From Glass Igloo Hotels to Aviation-Inspired Cars (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) The Ultra Luxury Fashion Trend Report will allow you to have the foresight into what ultra luxury trends will be important to take into account for the next one to four years.

Publishing hundreds…

Top 100 Modern Trends in 2013 – From DIY Concrete Clocks to Leaf-Like Wooden Furniture (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) Simplicity and convenience are the most dominant characteristics of the top modern trends in 2013. Demonstrated throughout a variety of design and art forms, including structures, architecture and…

Top 100 Kitchen Trends in 2013 – From Handheld Burger Makers to Single Brewing Coffee Makers (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) The idea of making kitchen design and cooking more convenient for consumers has never been more apparent than in this collection of 2013 kitchen trends.

Culinary design took a massive leap in…

Old Spice traz mães cantando a tristeza de quando seus filhos se transformam em homens

Nos últimos anos, a Old Spice apostou continuamente no nonsense para comunicar sua linha de desodorantes. Mesmo quando Isaiah Mustafa saiu um pouco de cena, o estilo foi mantido.

Agora a marca adotou um musical para mostrar mães que choram quando os filhos se tornam adultos, outras mulheres se tornam namoradas, e eles saem de casa. Mas se engana se quem pensa que a bizarrice ficou de lado (o thumbnail do vídeo acima não me deixa mentir).

“Momsong” mistura o canto triste das progenitoras com situações absurdas. Após dizer que Old Spice fazem garotos se transformarem em homem, o filme assina com um trocadilho: “Smellcome to Manhood”

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Greenpeace: Hacking Disney

Advertising Agency: Studio Smack, Netherlands

Banished for Questioning the Gospel of Guns

A longtime columnist for a gun magazine questioned when the regulation of guns became infringement of the right to bear arms. He was quickly fired, squelching any debate.

    



Partners & Partners: Ready to re-gift

We sent 45 of these out to clients and prospects. Each package included a detailed card with the contents of each gift and who it was appropriate for. Each gift also had a blank To/From sticker.

Advertising Agency: Partners & Partners, USA
Chief Creative Officer / Copywriter: Sam Saunders
Art Director: Reese Carpenter
Chief Strategy Officer: Torsten Gross
Agency Producer: Chantille Boudousque
Special Thanks: Swiss Stays / Quirky

Hotel Urbano: Good things happen

Hotel Urbano wants to show that good things happens to who those believe that is possible break the routine. To show this, we put a bus stop with a plane seat next to a common bus stop. Those who chose to break the routine sitting in a plane seat could win a great trip.

Advertising Agency: Hotel Urbano Social Media Team, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Creative Director: Roberta Antunes
Art Directors: André Koller, Rafael Caride
Copywriters: Bruno Antunes, Larissa Moura, Vanessa Mattos, Vivian Bittencourt
Producer: Do Rio Filmes
Published: November 2013

Visit California: Dreamers

Advertising Agency: MeringCarson Sacramento, CA, USA
Creative Directors: Dave Mering, Greg Carson
Art Director: Rob Petrie
Copywriter: Kerry Krasts
Agency Producer: Liz Ross
Production Company: Room Service
Director: Chace Strickland
DP: Kris Kachikis
EPs: Kelly Amato, Eric Bonniot
Producer: Kelly Amato
Editorial Company: Union Editorial
Editor: Einar
Assistant Editor: Zack Kashkett
President / EP: Michael Raimondi
Sr. Producer: Joe Ross
Telecine Company: Company3
Colorist: Stefan Sonnenfeld
Post / Effects Company: resolution
VFX Artists: Todd Iorio, Evan Guidera, Maury Rosenfeld
Music Company: Yessian
Composer: Michael Yessian
Audio Post: resolution LA
Mixer: Milos Zivkovic

Toyota Tundra: Reveal

Advertising Agency: H&L Partners, USA
Executive Producer: Jay Cortez
Producer: El Goco
Production Company: Market Films
Directors: Nate Robinson, Andrew Sinagra
Editor: Jay Herda
VFX / Finishing: Ntropic
Flame Artist: Maya Korenwasser Bello
CG: Andrew Sinagra, Dustin Zachary
Head of Production: Melissa Warhaftig
Post Producer: Jenna Lohouse

TaylorMade SLDR: Tomorrow

Advertising Agency: Eleven, USA
Production Company: Strike Anywhere
Director: Strike Anywhere
Director of Photography: Michael Gioulakis
Projections: VT Production Design
Editor: Matt O’Donnell
Post Producer: Kristen Jenkins
Color: Spypost
Colorist: Chris Martin
Sound Design / Mix: Snap Sound

Sony: Audio Panning

Advertising Agency: DDB, La Paz, Bolivia
Creative Director: Henry Medina
Art Director: Christian Morales
Copywriter: Henry Medina
Sound Design: Akustika
Director: Jens Meyer, Anncr: Dieter Rocha
Published: May 2013

Wheels for lives: DM

Advertising Agency: Vianeg, Moscow, Russia
Creative Director: Kurastikov Victor
Art Director: Shuvalov Aleksandr
Published: October 2013