High Times Magazine Turns 40, Hungry for Doritos and Pepsi Advertising


High Times, the magazine about all things marijuana, is marking its 40th anniversary this week with an invite-only party in New York promising “drinks and munchies.” The milestone comes amid a swell of interest from readers and advertisers thanks to the legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington as well as the substance’s rising approval ratings. A recent Gallup poll found that 58% of Americans say marijuana should be legal.

Executives at High Times, which is privately held and does not share financial information or circulation numbers, said the magazine’s total pages have grown from 136 pages last year to an average of 160 this year. A couple issues, these executives said, have reached 174 pages.

“That’s all advertising growth,” said Matt Stang, High Times’ director of advertising and sponsorships.

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World Animal Protection: Elephant rides

Advertising Agency: BBH, London, UK
Creative Director: Dominic Goldman
Creatives: Matt Fitch, Mark Lewis
Strategist: Damien Le Castrec
Business Lead: John Harrison
Team Director: Krista Nelson
Production Company: Biscuit Filmworks
Director: Jeff Low
Producers: Laura Graham, Charlie Dodd, Kwok Yau
Executive Producer: Orlando Wood
DoP: Deane Thrussell

BBC Music: God Only Knows

Advertising Agency: Karmarama, London, UK
Executive Creative Directors: Sam Walker, Joe de Souza
Art Directors: Melissa Broker, Sarah Kane, Morgan Kennedy
Producer: Joanna Yeldham
DoP: Richard Mott, Michael Pescasio, Ed Wild, Denzil Armour-Brown, Philipp Blaubach
Planner: Dan Hill
Music Producers: Ethan Johns, Ken Nelson
Music Arrangement: Ethan Johns
Director Representation: Riff Raff Films
Styling: Grace Snell
Production Company: Red Bee Media
Director: Francois Rousselet
Editor: Amanda James / Final Cut
Post Production Supervisor: Hugo Guerra

Orcon: Fighting for internet freedom

Advertising Agency: Contagion, New Zealand
Executive Creative Director: Bridget Taylor
Creative Director: Verity Dookia
Art Director: Daniel Walton
Copywriter: Seth Josephs
Agency Executive Producer: Sacha Moore
Production Company: Finch
Director: Alex Roberts
Producer: Nikki Smith

O-I: Glass is life, 1

Advertising Agency: Doremus / DDB Colombia

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O-I: Glass is life, 2

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O-I: Glass is life, 3

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O-I: Glass is life, 4

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O-I: Glass is life, 5

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Book review: Imagine Architecture. Artistic Visions of the Urban Realm

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A young generation of creatives sees the urban landscape as the starting point for their work. When these illustrators, sculptors, or photographers engage with architecture, their art overrules conventional doctrines on the use of space. They use buildings as a medium for their ideas, breaking norms and triggering new tensions continue

iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3 e iMac com Retina Display

Depois que Tim Cook se gabou bastante dos resultados de venda dos novos iPhones, que tiveram um mês com recorde de vendas, se comparados com outros lançamentos, o keynote de hoje da Apple apresentou os novos modelos de iPad Air e iPad Mini.

O lápis se tornou grande demais para representar a espessura do aparelho, e por isso o comercial faz um ‘corte a laser’ em um lápis tradicional para evidenciar quão fininho o novo iPad Air 2 é – para ser bastante específica, ele mede 6,1mm.

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Entre outras melhorias do novo tablet, está a melhoria na reflexibilidade, para melhorar a experiência de visualização em locais iluminados; processador A8X, tornando-o o iPad com a melhor performance de toda a linha; bateria com duração de 10 horas; e com o sistema de reconhecimento de digital, o touch ID.

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Junto com o novo iPad Air 2, chega também um novo iPad mini 3, com melhor câmera, FaceTime em qualidade HD e o sensor touch iD. Curiosamente, a Apple vai manter o iPad mini original na sua linha de tablets, disponibilizando 5 diferentes modelos de tablets simultaneamente, com preços iniciando em 249 dólares.

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Outra novidade foi a chegada de um iMac com tela Retina. Um monitor de 27’’ com qualidade 5K, melhor que muita TV por aí, garante a Apple: 7x mais pixels do que uma definição de 1080p. O novo iMac também consegue ser mais fininho que o iPad Air, com tela de espessura de apenas 5mm. Os iMacs anteriores serão mantidos, mas apenas o modelo de 27’’ terá a qualidade de tela Retina.

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Fechando a apresentação, a Apple também ofereceu um desconto no Mac Mini, conhecido desktop de entrada da empresa, que passará a custar 499 dólares.

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Com uma apresentação meio morna, a Apple fecha o ano apresentando novidades que vão fechando o seu círculo da continuidade do uso entre os aparelhos. Com a melhoria da qualidade dos aparelhos, seja em processamento e em qualidade de imagem, a execução de funções não fica mais limitada aos notebooks e desktops – confeccionar apresentações, editar vídeos, entre outras atividades, podem ser feitas quase com a mesma experiência em qualquer aparelho da marca, com trocas quase que instantâneas de um gadget para outro, se necessário.

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Os sistemas operacionais, nesse sentido, funcionam como a garantia dessa sincronia de uso. O iOS 8 ganha algumas atualizações com a sua nova versão, 8.1,que estará disponível para download a partir da próxima segunda-feira, e o OS X Yosemite, disponível gratuitamente a partir de hoje, promete funcionar bastante alinhado à experiência que já se tem no mobile.

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O iWatch, contudo, grande novidade da empresa neste ano, ainda fica com seu lançamento para 2015.

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Mekanism Gets Fired Up for Jim Beam’s Kentucky Fire

Mekanism has a new digital campaign for Jim Beam’s cinnamon-infused Kentucky Fire, entitled “#FiredUp.”

Made up of 15-second spots, Mekanism employs tongue-in-cheek humor to help introduce the new product with advice on how to enjoy it. In “The Slow Burn” for example, step one for “How to get #FiredUp” is to prepare your palette. Step two is to “take it slow,” as the spot shows a group of friends bringing a shot of Kentucky Fire to their mouths in slow motion. “The Kentucky Standard” makes things even simpler ( Step One: Order a round of Kentucky Fire; Step Two: Drink it), while “The Kentucky Tycoon” takes generosity to the next level. The ads will run on Jim Beam’s social channels, and “various online, mobile, social and experiential channels such as ESPNAOL, KargoViacom, and NBCUniversal” through early November. (more…)

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See the Truck-Side Ad That Caused 500 Car Accidents in Moscow in One Day

There are enough distractions when you’re driving. Your phone, the tunes, your coffee. But Russian drivers have to put up with so much more—like meteors fall from the sky, and very suggestive truck-side billboards.

A Russian mobile advertising company recently sent a fleet of 30 trucks out on the streets of Moscow with self-promotional ads on the side showing breasts cupped by a pair of hands and copy that translates to “They attract”—to illustrate the power of truck-side ads.

And attract they did—to the tune of 517 traffic accidents in one day, says the Daily Mail.

“I was on my way to a business meeting when I saw this truck with a huge photo of breasts on its side go by,” said Ildar Yuriev. “Then I was hit by the car behind who said he had been distracted by the truck. It made me late and left my car in the garage, and although I am insured I am still out of pocket.”

A spokesman for the company, AdvTruck, added: “We wanted to draw attention to this new format with this campaign. In all cases of accidents, the car owners will receive compensation costs from us that aren’t covered by their insurance.”

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NCycle Prototype

Le e-bike nCycle a été créé par les designers Hussain Almossawi et Marin Myftiu. Encore au stade de prototype, ce vélo possède un design très esthétique pour ses deux roues à trous. Il a été présenté au EuroBike 2014 : un événement d’expositions exclusivement pour les vélos. A découvrir en photos et vidéo.

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Retiring General Mills CMO Names His Favorite Campaign


General Mills Chief Marketing Officer Mark Addicks, who is retiring next year, has been involved in hundreds of campaigns across dozens of brands during his 26-year career at the food giant.

But which is his favorite? His answer, at the Association of National Advertiser’s “Masters of Marketing” conference in Orlando: a 1990s campaign that launched Frosted Cheerios. Ads began from the perspective of the box’s interior and featured B-list celebs like Chris Elliott and Gilbert Gottfried.

“It feels fresh, it feels original still, 15 years later It was way before its time,” said Mr. Addicks, who kicked of the ANA event with a presentation in which he spotlighted more recent General Mills campaigns.

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Argos: Get Set Go Argos

Advertising Agency: CHI&Partners, London, UK
Executive Creative Director: Jonathan Burley
Creative Director: Jim Bolton
Creatives: Rob Webster, Alexei Berwitz
Producers: Neil Cray, David Jones, Paul Fenton
Executive Producers: Louise Gagan, David Jones
DoP: Ross McLennan
Production Company: Caviar Content
Director: Fleur and Manu

YouTube: Slow Mo Guys

Advertising Agency: adam&eveDDB, UK
Director: Jack Driscoll

Fiat 500X: Blue pill

Advertising Agency: The Richards Group, USA

Ballantine's "The could be true story" (2014) 2:02 (UK)

If Ballantine’s Whisky hadn’t stayed the same, imagine what would have happened. It could be true, ya know. Except it isn’t. It’s more a lot of silly stuff, to prove that Ballantine’s has stayed true to its roots.

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BBC está usando o WhatsApp para atualizar pessoas sobre Ebola

Considerada a maior cobertura de saúde da BBC no mundo todo desde as reportagens sobre HIV/Aids nos anos 80 e 90, o noticiário sobre o Ebola, focado na situação calamitosa do oeste africano, ganhou um auxílio tecnológico nessa semana: um canal de WhatsApp que atualiza a audiência com informações confiáveis sobre a doença na região.

O canal da BBC no WhatsApp funciona como uma espécie de serviço de informação de saúde pública, atualizando através de áudio, vídeo, imagens e mensagens de texto com três notificações diárias, em inglês e francês, principais idiomas falados na região.

Para receber as notificações, basta que os interessados enviem a palavra ‘JOIN’ para o número +44 7702 348 651. Se quiserem parar de receber as mensagens, podem enviar a palavra ‘STOP’ para o mesmo número, e as notificações serão suspensas.

“A BBC tem a confiança de milhões de pessoas em países afetados, então estamos aumentando nossos esforços para alcançar as pessoas com informações mais atuais possíveis, estejam eles ouvindo rádio, assistindo TV ou usando aplicativos de chat”, explicou Peter Horrocks, diretor da BBC World Service.

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