Hungarian Astronomical Society: Seeing stars, 1

I’m mad about stars. Help me see them in a less painful way.
Be generous. 1% of your tax would not hurt Amanda Kiraly and the other members of Hungarian Astronomical Society.

Advertising Agency: White Rabbit, Budapest, Hungary
Creative Directors: Istvan Bracsok, Levente Kovacs
Art Director: Istvan Bracsok
Copywriter: Levente Kovacs
Photographer: Gabor Fiala
Published: February 2014

Foradil Combi: Can’t mess up, 3

Even he can’t mess up the dose.
Now you have fewer things to worry about. New Foradil Combi makes it easy for patients to check they’ve taken the right dose.

Advertising Agency: Saatchi&Saatchi, Moscow, Russia
Creative Director: Stuart Robinson
Creative Group Head: Theodor Sandu
Copywriter: Konstantin Simonov
Published: November 2013

Foradil Combi: Can’t mess up, 2

Even she can’t mess up the dose.
Now you have fewer things to worry about. New Foradil Combi makes it easy for patients to check they’ve taken the right dose.

Advertising Agency: Saatchi&Saatchi, Moscow, Russia
Creative Director: Stuart Robinson
Creative Group Head: Theodor Sandu
Copywriter: Konstantin Simonov
Published: November 2013

Foradil Combi: Can’t mess up, 1

Even he can’t mess up the dose.
Now you have fewer things to worry about. New Foradil Combi makes it easy for patients to check they’ve taken the right dose.

Advertising Agency: Saatchi&Saatchi, Moscow, Russia
Creative Director: Stuart Robinson
Creative Group Head: Theodor Sandu
Copywriter: Konstantin Simonov
Published: November 2013

Closing Olympics Ceremonies Give NBC a Narrow Win on a Crowded Sunday

The Games drew more than 15 million viewers, but “Walking Dead” on AMC had more than 13 million, and “Downton Abbey” had 8.5 million.

    



A&E Adds ‘Bates Motel’ After Show, Stoking Cable Trend Toward Talking About Itself


Cable TV is getting another after show.

A&E Networks is introducing a companion show to the scripted drama “Bates Motel,” which will return for its second season on March 3. “Bates Motel: After Hours” will feature stars and show creators hashing out the latest events live in front of a studio audience.

A&E is only the latest to introduce such a companion show, a growing trend as cable networks with marquee series and thin schedules at other hours look to keep viewers engaged longer. Broadcast networks might be tempted to do the same, but have more original programming and local news filling up their airtime. Most cable channels don’t have the same challenge.

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Vidal Sassoon: #ColorMeBold

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett & Atelier, UK
Executive Creative Director: Susan Treacy?
Art Director: Erika Wolfel?
Copywriter: Michele Sloan
?Executive Producer: David Schiavone?
Production Company: Casta Diva
Director: Juan Delcan
VFX/SPX: Marshall Street Editorial
?Editorial: Marshall Street Editorial?
Editor: Spencer Ferszt
?Music Company: MAS Music
?Director of Photography: Juan Delcan, Alyster Hyde

Undulating Architectural Lookouts – The Sohlbergplassen Viewpoint Elegantly Curves Around the Trees (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The challenge of designing the Sohlbergplassen Viewpoint was to build something beautiful that would allow people to appreciate the breathtaking landscape of Stor-Elvdal, Norway, without taking away…

Responsible Gambling Council: Stop the Chase

To view the website go to http://www.stopthechase.ca

Advertising Agency: Red Lion, Canada
Chief Creative Officer: Brett Channer
Art Directors / Copywriters: Anand Iyer, Jacob Prapavessis
Account Director: John Schofield
Account Coordinator: Meghan Cassidy
Creative Technologist: Michael Coulson
Website Production: Lollipop
Designer: Erin Akerman

Nissan Ecuador: Dog

Don’t social and drive.

Advertising Agency: Share, Ecuador
Creative Director: Fernando Gavilanes
Art Director: Klever Mendoza
Copywriter: Sara Arguello
Illustrator: Ivanna Salgado
Published: December 2013

Nissan Ecuador: Family

Don’t social and drive.

Advertising Agency: Share, Ecuador
Creative Director: Fernando Gavilanes
Art Director: Klever Mendoza
Copywriter: Sara Arguello
Illustrator: Ivanna Salgado
Published: December 2013

Nissan Ecuador: Summer

Don’t social and drive.

Advertising Agency: Share, Ecuador
Creative Director: Fernando Gavilanes
Art Director: Klever Mendoza
Copywriter: Sara Arguello
Illustrator: Ivanna Salgado
Published: December 2013

What Was That Doomsday-Prepper Ad During the Olympics?


In between spots showing teary moms and persevering athletes, some viewers of NBC’s Sports Network Olympics coverage last week saw a commercial for an underground shelter designed to protect from an end-of-the-world catastrophe.

Yes, you read that right.

Made by Omni Underground Bunkers, a Delaware-based company that specializes in bunker shelters, the spot resembles a generic infomercial type of ad you’re likely to see during some bad wee-hours TV. It features a concerned citizen warning us about natural disasters and terrorist attacks sure to wreak havoc in our lives. With images of disaster-stricken towns, crying children and burning buildings, it proclaims this is all inevitable, with assertions like “This is the future. This is real.”

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What Was That a Doomsday-Prepper Ad During the Olympics?


In between spots showing teary moms and persevering athletes, some viewers of NBC’s Sports Network Olympics coverage last week saw a commercial for an underground shelter designed to protect from an end-of-the-world catastrophe.

Yes, you read that right.

Made by Omni Underground Bunkers, a Delaware-based company that specializes in bunker shelters, the spot resembles a generic infomercial type of ad you’re likely to see during some bad wee-hours TV. It features a concerned citizen warning us about natural disasters and terrorist attacks sure to wreak havoc in our lives. With images of disaster-stricken towns, crying children and burning buildings, it proclaims this is all inevitable, with assertions like “This is the future. This is real.”

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Surreally Painted Photographs – Artist Aliza Razell Incorporates Watercolor into Her Self-Portraits (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The art of self-portraits has been taken to whole new heights thanks to the magic that is Photoshop, yet artist Aliza Razell has decided to focus on the surreal in a more tangible manner. She…

Fantastical Forest Figures – Artist Bruno Torfs Creates an Enchanting Sculpture Garden (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The work of Bruno Torfs may have people believing in forest nymphs and other similar fantastical creatures. Or, at the very least, inspire them to embrace their imaginations and pretend that they do…

Detweiler Assumes CCO Post at Grey SF

detweiler1We’ve got the Grey double-whammy today as the agency, fresh off of winning the Papa John’s biz, has now also welcomed Curt Detweiler as chief creative officer of its San Francisco office. And so, thus ends Detweiler’s brief spell at Arnold SF, where he apparently landed just nine months ago to serve as EVP/ECD/managing director. Whatever the case, it appears the dust has settled on his next gig, as he now takes over as CCO of the 75-person-strong Grey SF, where he will partner with the agency’s president, Milan Martin, who joined at the end of last summer.

Detweiler’s new boss, Grey North America CEO Michael Houston, says in a statement, “Curt is going to be an outstanding partner to Milan as Grey San Francisco’s resurgence and rapid growth continues under his leadership. Curt’s creative track-record on big brands and big clients in every channel, across Europe, Asia and the United States at many of the finest agencies, underscores the aggressive plans we have for Grey on the West Coast.”

To refresh your memory of Detweiler’s resume, prior to Arnold, the creative vet spent a few years as EVP/ECD at McCann SF and served in the senior creative level at the likes of Ground Zero and TBWA\Chiat\Day New York and L.A. during his career. The Grey SF top creative post (which was ECD at the time) was previously held by Jack Fund, who left the agency last fall.

New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

McDonald’s Dollar Menu Breakfast: Smart money

Advertising Agency: Moroch Partners, Dallas, USA
Chief Creative Officer: Bob Shallcross
GCD: Kevin Sutton
Art Director: Jenny Lanier
Copywriter: Keanon Pearson
Agency Producer: Kathleen Torres
Production/Animation Co.: Station Films
Director: David Gray
DP: Ross Richardson
EXP: Caroline Gibney
Producer: Sarah McMurray

MoMa abre para exposição sua coleção de 40 anos de inovação no design

Uma nova e eclética coleção no Museum of Modern Art, em Nova York, espera representar o que tem de mais inovador no design da última década. A exposição entitulada “A Collection of Ideas” contempla tudo o que você pode imaginar, de Minecraft à drones, passando por ternos punks e simples símbolos que hoje fazem parte do nossos alfabeto visual como o “@“.

A coleção entra com uma tarefa difícil: explicar ao público que design, apesar de quase sempre discutido apenas em publicações de estilo ou especializadas, não é apenas sobre “fazer bonito”. É, na verdade, sobre a vida real, o dia a dia e o ser humano.

As peças mais chamativas podem ser aquelas que ficam mais próximas do que já somos familiarizados. De símbolos ubíquos como o “pin” do Google Maps e o “@“, são em demonstrações como essa que o olhar para, observa e repensa as interações diárias.

Também se encontra disponível uma pequena seção para os clássicos dos games, repleta de jogos do Atari, de Asteroids ao Pong. Todos estes ficam expostos em telas acopladas à parede, sem molduras, como uma pintura clássica em um museu. Além disso, são liberados para jogar!

MoMa tem feito esforços para relacionar os game à arte, colecionando-os há um bom tempo e apontando conceitos inovadores como os gráficos em vetor de Asteroids e a arte generativa de Minecraft, resultando em um mundo gerado por algoritmos que compõe uma experiência única para cada usuário.

Joris Laarman Bone Chair

Joris Laarman Bone Chair

Google Pin

Google Pin

CamCopter-S-100

CamCopter-S-100

Atari

Atari

@

@

“O tempo muda, mas a humanidade nem tanto assim.” – Antonelli, curadoria sênior, para The Verge 

Grande parte das peças partilham do mesmo objetivo de destacar como a interação e o design evoluíram ao longo do tempo e misturam-se um com o outro. Já alguns trabalhos apontam para como as ferramentas digitais transformaram e adicionaram às formas naturais, como uma cadeira feita de ossos e esculturas de madeiras que recriam a anatomia de um escorpião.

Sem dúvidas, cada objeto tem uma história para contribuir para a evolução do design ao longo de décadas, deixando visíveis ora revoluções ora traços de imutabilidade.

Objetos pragmáticos expostos como arte tradicional.

Com trabalhos que podem parecer desconectados do MoMa e do mundo da arte como um todo de tão comuns e alheios a tal pensamento, os esforços de dar espaço para o visitante observar e refletir são aparentes. Afinal, traduzindo bastante esta era digital e participativa, às vezes é preciso deixar que as pessoas conectem os pontos por elas mesmas. E são com tais objetos pragmáticos que a exposição busca refletir passado, presente e futuro.

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Frank Sinatra Posthumously Pitches $150 (and up) Bottles of Jack Daniel’s


Long before Diddy sold Ciroc and Bethenny Frankel crafted Skinnygirl Cocktails, Frank Sinatra sipped from the nectar of the gods.

That was his term of endearment for Jack Daniel’s, which Ol` Blue Eyes almost single-handedly lifted into national prominence by simply drinking it and talking about it on stage. Sixteen years after Mr. Sinatra’s death, Jack Daniel’s owner Brown-Forman and Mr. Sinatra’s estate are finally cashing in on what had always been mostly an informal endorsement.

A TV campaign breaking today will plug Sinatra Select, a super-premium version of Jack Daniel’s inspired by its greatest fan.

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