British Army "Normal Days" (2015) :60 (UK)

The British Army fights for normalcy. Nice idea, and nice visual technique on this one. There are a pair of documentaries to accompany the spot.

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PZU "Stop the reckless driver you love" (2015) 1:00 (Poland)

This spot is for the PZU Foundation in Poland, encouraging people not to drive recklessly. Instead of getting exploitive with it, they went the opposite route. They produced some rear-view- mirror hangers with messages of love on them.

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Here East "London's Home For Making" (2015) 1:25 (UK)

Poke created a nine foot tall, three ton robot (hand crafted by John Nolan who worked on some films you might have heard of like Clash of The Titans, and Harry Potter) and this robot details its vision of the future.

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Poetic Photography by Margaret Durow

C’est à travers cette série d’images que l’on découvre l’univers magique et poétique de la photographe Margaret Durow, illustré par des images en double exposition mélangées aux lumières de la ville et du crépuscule. De jour comme de nuit, en hiver ou en été, la photographe nous livre sa vision du monde.

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Robô imita sua caligrafia e escreve cartas “à mão” para você

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Robôs que escrevem cartas em letra cursiva não são uma novidade. Diversas companhias já oferecem o serviço de enviar cartas escritas “à mão”, porém todas elas usam fontes padrão, o que tira toda a graça de mandar uma carta para alguém que você gosta.

Bom, agora isso não é mais um problema. Um novo robô chamado Bond traz o diferencial de escanear a sua própria letra para reproduzi-la com fidelidade utilizando uma caneta comum. O serviço pode ser muito útil para quem precisa enviar diversas cartas com um toque pessoal, como convites de casamento. Pena que, por enquanto, só funciona nos EUA.

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SNL Piles On by Ruthlessly Mocking Justin Bieber's Calvin Klein Ads

You gotta hand it to Biebs. He had the balls to show his (heavily Photoshopped) nuts to the world in the latest ads for Calvin Klein underpants.

But given the kid’s—aherm—the man’s previous indiscretions, it’s tough to take anything he does seriously. Well, unless you’re 12 years old, lacking all of your olfactory senses or on a bath-salt-induced face-eating spirit quest. 

On this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, viewers were treated to yet another brilliant parody of an infamous ad bouncing around the zeitgeist. Master impressionist Kate McKinnon lampoons the crap out of the teen idol and likely future-best-friend-of-Donald-Trump, mugging for the camera like a teen girl posing for her own selfie.

“Yo. My pee-pee’s in there,” she says, making childish references to her package while leg-humping like a horny tween all over Cecily Strong (playing model Lara Stone). 

Take a look below at this genius illustration of what the world really thinks of these ads—surely J.B. is sitting at home in his Calvins, flattered by this sincerely great imitation.



Skype "Pet Detective" (2014) 5:09 (USA)

Valeriy is a pet detective in Russia (the only pet detective, in Russia mind you) and is really good at his job.

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Volvo "Made By Sweden" (2014) 4:00 (Sweden)

Volvo continues its “Made by Sweden” campaign with a very breathtaking spot that, if a certain red-headed CEO of Adland saw, would inundate me with a bunch of geographical facts and cities and areas I can’t pronounce that usually sound like HOO-Da-Svar” or Sk

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Tahiti Boy & The Palmtree Family – Low Life

Focus sur le superbe clip de Tahiti Boy & The Palmtree Family pour son titre « Low Life », extrait de son nouvel album « Songs of Vertigo » qui sortira le 2 mars prochain. Réalisé par Jack & Arnaud et produit par Passion Paris, on peut voir le chanteur s’animer sur des photographies de magazines de mode et tabloïds. Une vidéo pop et originale, à découvrir en exclusivité sur Fubiz.

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Unpredictable brands are the headline act for festival sponsorship

Brands need to think smarter about how they execute festival sponsorship to ensure a long-term relationship with the illusive millennial audience they crave to reach, says Gillian McCormack, managing director at Material.

Booking.com "Interview" (2014) :30 (The Netherlands)

Oh these silly Booking.com ads. Woman arrives a day early for a meeting. Judging by her dress it looks more like she arrived their in the 80’s amirite?? I love the name of the Big Tech company she’s interviewing at, too. Hive Mind. Ha.

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Booking.com "Racing Car" (2014) :30 (The Netherlands)

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Superheroes in Nature Part II

Benoit Lapray a mis à jour sa série The Quest for the Absolute avec des photographies de superhéros en pleine nature de plus en plus réalistes et esthétiques. On y voit Batman sur une falaise, Spiderman suspendu à une grotte ou encore Hulk dans la forêt. Des tirages sont disponibles à l’achat sur son shop.

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SharedCount, uma ferramenta que mostra compartilhamentos de um link nas redes sociais

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Uma das coisas fantásticas da internet é que muitas vezes uma ferramenta que faça algo muito específico, e que talvez você esteja precisando nesse exato momento, provavelmente já existe, você que apenas não a conhece.

Foi exatamente isso que aconteceu comigo na semana passada, enquanto selecionava as mais lidas, mais curtidas e a dica dos editores, compiladinho que o B9 divulga aos sábados e domingos no Facebook, destacando o melhor da nossa programação durante a semana que terminou.

Antes, o processo era bem manual – sair conferindo as curtidas, o número de comentários, e tudo mais, depois criar um pequeno ranking, selecionar e publicar os destaques. E como costuma acontecer com tarefas recorrentes que me tomam tempo, eu tentei buscar por jeitos de automatizar, ou ao menos de acelerar o processo.

Já pensou se, de alguma forma, eu pudesse fazer uma lista dos links da semana que passou, receber uma lista com total de curtidas e comentários, e simplesmente organizar isso em uma planilha? Levaria MUITO menos tempo.

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Pois bem. Essa ferramenta existe. E a que eu encontrei que cumpre os requisitos chama-se SharedCount.

Trata-se, na verdade, de uma API que analisa URLs e monitora compartilhamentos, curtidas, tuitadas, pinnadas (no Pinterest), compartilhamentos no LinkedIn, entre outros, e mostra tudo em uma tabela. Dá para fazer a análise com um link isolado ou usando uma lista de links, em um modelo de “upload em massa”. Lindo, lindo, lindo.

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Lógico que se você precisar usar isso com uma frequência muito elevada, tem o seu custo. Mas é uma frequência elevada MESMO – tipo, quando você estiver analisando mais do que 200 mil links diários. Ou seja, para quem precisa fazer uma análise de algumas dezenas ou centenas de posts por semana, ainda é grátis.

Eu sei que o site da SharedCount já existe há 4 anos, então se a sua intenção é correr nos comentários para postar “OLD”, pode poupar seus esforços. A ferramenta já existia, mas eu ainda não conhecia, talvez por não ter precisado dela antes (ou, o que é mais verdade, por não ter pesquisado por ela antes).

Portanto, para quem não conhece ainda, fica a dica. Pode salvar alguns preciosos minutos do seu expediente, que podem ser melhor investidos tomando um bom café ou caprichando em algum outro detalhe do seu relatório.

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Three extends #HolidaySpam campaign

Three has launched the latest ad in its #HolidaySpam series, showcasing the mobile operator’s feature that allows customers to use their phones abroad at no extra cost.

Mediterranean. Portrait of a region in turmoil

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Over the past 5 years, Nick Hannes has visited twenty countries located around the Mediterranean. He witnessed an unprecedented period of turmoil for the region: southern Europe buckling under the weight of the global economic crisis, Arab countries entangled in the aftermath of the Arab Spring and tourists and migrants encountering each other on the beaches of the Mediterranean Sea continue

Smart Modular Microfarms – These Connected Greenhouse Create Rooftop Gardens in Urban Areas (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) City dwellers know finding green space can be a challenge, which is why so many urbanites turn to cultivating rooftop gardens. These smart modular greenhouses from Cityblooms sit at the cross-…

Ikea Ad – The Wonderful Everyday

IKEA vient de sortir son premier spot TV de l’année sur le thème du stockage. Produite par les anglais Blink Productions et réalisée par Dougal Wilson, cette pub montre des t-shirts, considérés comme des oiseaux, migrant depuis des contrées lointaines vers une armoire IKEA PAX en ville. Une campagne appelée « The Wonderful Everyday », sur une musique de Thomas Bergersen & Nick Phoenix – « Strength of an Empire ».

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M&C Saatchi opens in Israel with Ben-Natan Golan

M&C Saatchi has opened an office in Israel, following the purchase of a controlling stake in the Tel Aviv-based agency Ben-Natan Golan for an undisclosed sum.

The answer to Blue Monday? Dry shampoo, a new boiler and dough balls

Pizza Express, the dry shampoo Batiste and a boiler company are among the brands jumping on the discredited, ten-year-old “Blue Monday” bandwagon.