McCann Erickson Wins Cigna Account

Today we can confirm that McCann Erickson won the Cigna account this week. As AdWeek noted back in March, the finalists in the extended review were McCann, Grey and DDB.

Hill Holiday led the account since early 2011; here’s the spot you might remember.

The company spent $25 million on that campaign in order to promote “a segment that is set to expand substantially under the health-overhaul law”, and its spend looks to exceed that number for 2014.

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McDonald's World Cup Ad Puts a Fun Family Spin on the U.S.-Mexico Rivalry

You can always count on McDonald’s for more modest World Cup advertising—simple stories about family and friends, not flashy spots with overpaid stars. Some of it can be hokey, though sometimes it captures little truths that are quietly sweet and evocative.

This spot from multicultural agency Alma zeroes in on a great cultural insight in the Mexican American community: what happens when a father and his friends still unequivocally support Mexico, while the son, as secretly as he can, roots for the U.S.

The ad was directed by Diego Luna, still perhaps best known as Gael García Bernal’s costar in 2001’s Y Tu Mamá También. The humor is broad, and the acting isn’t subtle, yet it’s one of those ads you can’t help but like. Shot in both English and Spanish, it breaks Thursday and will air in general market and Hispanic media throughout the World Cup.

Credits below.

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CREDITS
McDonald’s: Client
Alma: Creative Agency
Luis Miguel Messianu: Chief Creative Officer
Alvar Suñol: SVP Executive Creative Director
Jorge Murillo: Creative Director/Copywriter
Serge Castagna: Associate Creative Director/Art Director
Rodrigo Vargas: Executive Producer
Marta De Aguiar: Account Director
Ana Silva: Account Supervisor
Diego Luna: Director
Canana Films: Production House
2105 Editorial: Post Production House
Alejandro Santangelo: Editor
Personal Music: Music House
Co. 3: Color Correction



Why Lowe's is Working with a Team of Science-Fiction Writers


The Holoroom will be installed later this year in two Toronto-area stores and will focus on bathroom remodeling. The plan is to add new categories and rooms over the next 12-to-18 months. There is no firm plan for rollout in the U.S.

Mr. Nel declined to comment on budgets for either the Holoroom or Lowe’s Innovation Labs, though he pointed out that his is a small team of only about 10 people. “We’re small on purpose. We’re focused more on growing our partnerships rather than growing a large bureaucracy of innovation,” he said.

Technology can — and does — become outdated fast, and in retail environments in particular tech has a spotty history. More than a decade ago, technology at Prada’s much-heralded futuristic “epicenter” in New York attracted more tourists than shoppers — that is until much of the technology failed and was abandoned. Mr. Nel said store associates will be trained on “all intricacies and possibilities” to ensure a good experience and that Lowe’s will closely monitor the test stores. He also believes in the future of 3D content and augmented reality.

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JCDecaux partners BBH to add audio to outdoor ads

JCDecaux and Transport for London are revamping the outdoor media sites Old Street roundabout in London revamped with four digital screens from October.

Linus Karlsson launches entertainment agency

Linus Karlsson, the senior McCann Worldgroup creative, has launched Ming, a new creative company offering design, technology and entertainment services.

Brazil 2014 World Cup

Pour marquer la Coupe du Monde 2014 au Brésil, l’entreprise Karoshi créer un poster édition limitée. Chaque affiche est sérigraphiée en argent et est fournie avec un stylo métallique, permettant aux fans d’enregistrer les résultats. Une superbe découverte pour les fans de football.

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Alibaba Challenges Amazon in the U.S. With Invitation-Only Boutique Website


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CBS to Sell CBS Outdoor Stake, Paving Way for Expansion at Outdoor Company


CBS Corp. took the final step in the spinoff of its billboard business following CBS Outdoor Americas’ initial public offering in March, with a plan to fully divest its 81% ownership.

The exchange offer is expected to be tax-free for shareholders in the U.S., New York-based CBS, owner of the most-watched TV network, said today in a statement.

After the split, CBS Outdoor intends to convert into a real estate investment trust, or REIT. In March, the company raised $560 million in an IPO and said the proceeds would help complete the conversion. At the time, CBS Outdoor CEO Jeremy Male said the company would seek to buy smaller U.S. billboard companies.

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Skol refaz hinos de países em campanha para a Copa do Mundo

Como uma releitura divertida do hino de países, a Skol entra – aos 45 do segundo tempo – na miríade de campanhas para a Copa do Mundo com “Bem-vindos a? nossa Redondeza”.

Serão quatro comerciais, com dois que estreiam ainda nessa semana. Os hinos alterados de Inglaterra e Itália são cantados como uma forma de boas-vindas aos turistas, com passagens bem humoradas sobre estereótipos e momentos do futebol.

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Junto com o comercial da TAM, é certamente a melhor campanha nacional sobre o Mundial, considerando até mesmo os patrocinadores oficiais, que pouco conseguiram fazer para aproveitar o licenciamento que tem em mãos.

Sabe aquela história de que a criatividade aparece quando se tem dificuldades e restrições? Então.

A criação é da F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi.

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Meme pode ser informativo, mas ainda causa confusão

Hoaxes, ou notícias falsas, não são novidade na rede. Desde os tempos mais primórdios existem pessoas que aproveitam o ambiente da internet para repassar informações erradas, muitas vezes com o claro objetivo de manipular alguma mídia importante.

Mas mentira tem perna curta, e sabendo onde fazer uma busca, é possível rapidamente desfazer o mal entendido. Se esforçando em incentivar os cidadãos a conferirem a veracidade da notícia que leram antes de repassarem o conteúdo, a página Notícias do Senado, mantida pela Agência Senado, usou um antigo meme do Batman para divulgar o site oficial das notícias do Senado, o senado.leg.br.

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Aplaudida pelos analistas de mídias sociais, a ação foi percebida como uma boa influência da página da Prefeitura de Curitiba, que tradicionalmente usa a linguagem wébica para brincar e informar seus cidadãos. “Somos bons alunos”, brincou o analista da página do Senado em resposta a um comentário que mencionava a Prefs.

No entanto, mesmo sabendo do potencial de ‘compartilhabilidade’ de um meme desses, é importante lembrar que por mais informativo que ele possa ser, ainda há a possibilidade de causar confusão em uma parcela da população.

“Quando você tem um público heterogêneo, esse é um caso habitual”, explica Marcel Bely, da Prefs

Entre alguns dos comentários na postagem da página do Senado, estavam a de pessoas que lamentavam ‘a foto com tapa na cara, principalmente depois de aprovar a lei da palmada’, que se sentiram desconfortáveis com a ‘cena de violência entre dois super herois’, ou que achavam que o Senado estava endossando o ‘tapa na cara’ como forma de ‘resolver os problemas’ (!)

Algumas dessas pessoas não entenderam a referência do meme, fato. Outras, ainda compreendendo, consideraram que a imagem seria um ‘estímulo à violência’. Isso mostra quão complicado pode ser para quem coordena ações desse tipo a escolha de um meme ou outro, ou até de quando utilizá-lo e quando responder a essas interações das pessoas na página.

“Quando você tem um público heterogêneo, esse é um caso habitual”, explica Marcel Bely, da equipe de mídias sociais da Prefeitura de Curitiba. “Não serão todos que terão bagagem cultural para entender o referencial. O Senado pode explicar para as pessoas que não entenderam o que ela significa no contexto da web”, sugere ele, lembrando que o público que acompanha o canal digital do Senado tem uma regra de conduta e vivência bem própria, e que ela precisa ser priorizada.

Em todo caso, se a intenção básica era divulgar a informação da página do Senado como fonte confiável e oficial de notícias sobre a legislação brasileira, o objetivo foi atingido: com postagens que tradicionalmente tinham pouco engajamento, o meme do Batman do Senado conquistou mais de 1170 curtidas, mais de 3800 comentários e dezenas de comentários.

“É muito importante essa adaptação de linguagem para o contexto da web. Os números expressivos da publicação provam: tem que repetir sim!”, defende Bely sobre as futuras próximas postagens da página Notícias do Senado.

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Whisker Bicycle Accessories – The VibraSee Creates a Temporary Bike Lane for Cyclists (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Most people including cyclists are not aware that they have as much right to the road as drivers, yet accessories like the VibraSee are necessary to state their territory as they commute to their…

Continuous Space Apartments – Filippo Carandini Fixes up an Abode in Florence (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) For the renovation of an apartment in Florence, Filippo Carandini updated the area using an idea of continuous space throughout.

Each section is separated using different methods, but the main…

Auto Trader: Dukes

In keeping with the original show, the TV campaign is broken into three “episodes” – each one is a cliff hanger to entice consumers to watch for the next spot in the series to find out what happens next. Over the course of the three commercials, viewers see a variety of ways that AutoTrader lets the Duke boys find the perfect car for them.

Advertising Agency: Doner, USA
Director: Janusz Kaminski
Chief Creative Officer: Rob Strasberg
Executive Creative Director: Brad Emmett
Creative Directors: Mark Cooke, Bryan Hutson, Rich Toltzman, Tim Sharp
Integrated Producer: Alex Page
Media Strategy and Activation: Bruce Haynes
Associate Media Directors: Alicia Lingenfelter, Rebecca Mires
Media Planning: Pete Marlow

Sealord: Smoked salmon billboard

Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, New Zealand
Director: Rowan Webb
Executive Creative Director: Antonio Navas
Producer: Anna Kennedy
Executive Producer: Edwina Monaghan
DoP: Kent Belcher
Creative Group Heads: Cory Bellringer, Matt Sellars
Designer: Rob Flynn
Planner: Sarah Hodgetts
Business Director: Shelley Winsor
Account Director: Katja Green
Editor/2nd Camera: Zac Blair
Billboard Construction: Gyro Constructivists

Kia: Man cave

Advertising Agency: David & Goliath, USA
Chief Creative Officer: David Angelo
Executive Creative Director: Colin Jeffery
Creative Director / Art Director: John O’Hea
Associate Creative Director / Copywriter: Chip Waters
Art Directors: Mike Cornell, Rojelio Cabral
Copywriter: Andy Sciamanna
Head of Production / Managing Director: Carol Lombard
Executive Producer: Christopher Coleman
Managing Partner / Director of Client Services: Brian Dunbar
Group Account Director: Brook Dore
Account Director: Mike O’Malley
Account Supervisor: Stacy Garibay
Account Coordinator: Lauren Kelley
Executive Director / Head of Planning: Seema Miller
Director Business Affairs: Rodney Pizarro
Business Affairs Manager: Tony Kim
Product Information Manager: Russ Wortman
Production Company: MJZ
Director: Craig Gillespie
President: David Zander
Executive Producer: Emma Wilcockson
Producer: Martha Davis
Editorial: Spinach
Editor: Art Castle
Producer: Jonathan Carpio
Visual Effects: MPC
VFX Supervisor/Lead Flame: Jake Montgomery
Executive Producer: Asher Edwards
Producer: Nicole Fina
Music, Sound Design & Mix: Massive Music
Creative Director: Tim Adams
Executive Producer: Jessica Entner

Kia: Lesson

Advertising Agency: David & Goliath, USA
Chief Creative Officer: David Angelo
Executive Creative Director: Colin Jeffery
Creative Director / Art Director: John O’Hea
Associate Creative Director / Copywriter: Chip Waters
Art Directors: Mike Cornell, Rojelio Cabral
Copywriter: Andy Sciamanna
Head of Production / Managing Director: Carol Lombard
Executive Producer: Christopher Coleman
Managing Partner / Director of Client Services: Brian Dunbar
Group Account Director: Brook Dore
Account Director: Mike O’Malley
Account Supervisor: Stacy Garibay
Account Coordinator: Lauren Kelley
Executive Director / Head of Planning: Seema Miller
Director Business Affairs: Rodney Pizarro
Business Affairs Manager: Tony Kim
Product Information Manager: Russ Wortman
Production Company: MJZ
Director: Craig Gillespie
President: David Zander
Executive Producer: Emma Wilcockson
Producer: Martha Davis
Editorial: Spinach
Editor: Art Castle
Producer: Jonathan Carpio
Visual Effects: MPC
VFX Supervisor/Lead Flame: Jake Montgomery
Executive Producer: Asher Edwards
Producer: Nicole Fina
Music, Sound Design & Mix: Massive Music
Creative Director: Tim Adams
Executive Producer: Jessica Entner

Kia: Sports bar

Advertising Agency: David & Goliath, USA
Chief Creative Officer: David Angelo
Executive Creative Director: Colin Jeffery
Creative Director / Art Director: John O’Hea
Associate Creative Director / Copywriter: Chip Waters
Art Directors: Mike Cornell, Rojelio Cabral
Copywriter: Andy Sciamanna
Head of Production / Managing Director: Carol Lombard
Executive Producer: Christopher Coleman
Managing Partner / Director of Client Services: Brian Dunbar
Group Account Director: Brook Dore
Account Director: Mike O’Malley
Account Supervisor: Stacy Garibay
Account Coordinator: Lauren Kelley
Executive Director / Head of Planning: Seema Miller
Director Business Affairs: Rodney Pizarro
Business Affairs Manager: Tony Kim
Product Information Manager: Russ Wortman
Production Company: MJZ
Director: Craig Gillespie
President: David Zander
Executive Producer: Emma Wilcockson
Producer: Martha Davis
Editorial: Spinach
Editor: Art Castle
Producer: Jonathan Carpio
Visual Effects: MPC
VFX Supervisor/Lead Flame: Jake Montgomery
Executive Producer: Asher Edwards
Producer: Nicole Fina
Music, Sound Design & Mix: Massive Music
Creative Director: Tim Adams
Executive Producer: Jessica Entner

Virgin Radio: Come as you are

If you knew what it took, you wouldn’t steal it.
Say no to piracy.

Advertising Agency: H&C Leo Burnett, Beirut, Lebanon
Chief Creative Officer: Bechara Mouzannar
Executive Creative Director: Malek Ghorayeb
Creative Director: Abraham Varughese
Copywriters: Zaid Alwan, Abraham Varughese
Art Director / Illustrator: Edward Poh

Virgin Radio: Billie Jean

If you knew what it took, you wouldn’t steal it.
Say no to piracy.

Advertising Agency: H&C Leo Burnett, Beirut, Lebanon
Chief Creative Officer: Bechara Mouzannar
Executive Creative Director: Malek Ghorayeb
Creative Director: Abraham Varughese
Copywriters: Zaid Alwan, Abraham Varughese
Art Director / Illustrator: Edward Poh

Virgin Radio: Every breath you take

If you knew what it took, you wouldn’t steal it.
Say no to piracy.

Advertising Agency: H&C Leo Burnett, Beirut, Lebanon
Chief Creative Officer: Bechara Mouzannar
Executive Creative Director: Malek Ghorayeb
Creative Director: Abraham Varughese
Copywriters: Zaid Alwan, Abraham Varughese
Art Director / Illustrator: Edward Poh