Gyro Brings Life Forward for Toshiba

Gyro San Francisco teamed up with ROOF Studio to launch a digital campaign for Toshiba entitled “Bring Life Forward.”

A new 50-second spot promotes Toshiba’s “plans to create clean smart communities through green infrastructure.” Gyro and ROOF envision a near future where wind and solar energy are widespread. To visualize this they show a woman look out her window and then reach through her tablet, her hand becoming a tool that transforms power plants into wind turbines and installs solar panels on the roofs of houses. At the end of the spot, the city landscape is transformed into a futuristic version of itself. It’s a visually imaginative way to show Toshiba’s Smart Community initiative, and comes across as intriguing and memorable. As it is just the beginning of a larger digital campaign, it will be interesting to see how it unfolds from here.

Credits:

Client: Toshiba
Agency: Gyro
Director: ROOF Studio
Executive Producer: JaM Japan Marketing

Gyro:

Executive Creative Director: Steffan Postaer
Creative Director: Steve Mawhinney
Management Supervisor: Blythe Graham-Jones
Account Director: Maye Chua
Producer: Kathryn Redekop
Art Director: Toby Petersen
Senior Art Director: Rei Young
Senior Copywriter: Eric Flynn

Roof Studio:

Creative Directors: Guto Terni and Vinicius Costa
Executive Producer: Crystal Campbell
Line Producer: Stephanie Haberman
Director of Photography: Christopher Webb
Vfx Supervisor: Fred Palacio, Shane O`Hara and Mike Merron
Storyboard Artist: Carlos Ancalmo
Modeling: Alex Liki, Danilo Athayde, Todd Daniele and Wes Roblett
Rigging: Wesley Schneider
Tracking: Martin Gunnarsson
Animation: Lucas Ribeiro Fernandes and Shane O`Hara
UI Interface design: Piano Fuzz and Arvid Niklasson
Matte Painting: Fred Palacio and Guto terni
Render and Texture: Pedro Kobuti, Shane O’Hara, Guto Terni, Vinicius Valente
Effects: Pedro Kobuti
Compositing: Jason Conradt, Shane O’Hara, Guto Terni, Vinicius Costa, Pedro Kobuti, Fabio Zeveti and Oscar Tornincasa.
Edit: Guto Terni
Additional Footage: Getty Images and Shutterstock
Original Music: Huma-Huma

AMV BBDO Tackles Incontinence for TENA Men

AMV BBDO tackles the stigma of  incontinence in a new spot for TENA Men entitled “Control.”

The spot follows a “man of a certain age,” named Sterling Gravitas, who is “in control of all aspects of [his] life.” He demonstrates that control in a variety of over-the-top ways, from juggling chainsaws and walking on hot coals to a rather impressive parallel parking display. The man then addresses the issue at hand with the line “When you’re used to being in control you can’t have it taken away, certainly not by something like urine leakage.” He delivers the line with an appropriately awkward face, followed by the “Keep Control” tagline.

With so many ads for erectile dysfunction medication on the air (and you’d be excused for assuming this is another one of these after the beginning of the ad), it’s strange that there haven’t been more attempts to address the stigma of this other problem faced by elderly gentleman. AMV BBDO uses humor in its attempt to chip away at this stigma, and the “Keep Control” tagline makes a lot of sense as it addresses the benefits of the product and the more embarrassing aspects of incontinence simultaneously.

“Urinary issues among men are much more common than most people know and can have a negative impact on life,” said Meta Redstedt, Global Brand Director at TENA Men, in a statement. “With the TENA Men campaign we want to make men aware how common this is and that there are products to deal with it, so men can keep control and their quality of life can go back to normal.”

Best-of Kickstarter Projects on Fubiz

Les dernières années ont été marquées par des créations insolites et des projets innovants propulsés par la plateforme de crowfunding Kickstarter. Fubiz a aujourd’hui sélectionné pour vous le meilleur de ces projets initiés par de talentueux artistes, qu’ils soient financés ou sur le point de l’être grâce aux internautes. À découvrir et à re-découvrir dans la galerie.

Lumio Folding Book Lamp by Max Gunawan.

Playful DIY Cardboard House for Cats by Poopy Cat.

3D Optical Illusion of 2D Lamps by Studio Cheha.

Revolights Bike by Benjamin Redford.

The Bookniture Project by Mike Mak and Plateaus.

Glow Headphones.

The Present Clock.

360 Shelf Storage by Luka Pirnat.

A Minimal Pen with a Twist by Beyond Object.

Backlit Photo Frame by Frameworks.

The Black Book of Cards.

Beer Press Design by UnCommon Beat.

Caddy iSkelter Tech Furniture.

Celestial Cities by David Fleck.

CMYK Playing Cards by Hundred Million.

Ecoid Urban Nature by Ecoid.

Electric Folding Bicycle by Impossible Technology.

Floating Mug by Tigere Chiriga.

Goal Board Calendar by Linear Calendar.

Gramovox Bluetooth Gramophone.

London Skyline Chess.

Loomi Light by David Sosnow.

Origami Umbrella by Nooka.

Playing Cards With Birds Illustrations by Jesse Leeworthy et Jonathan Byrt.

Playing Cards With Birds Illustrations by Karina Eibatova.

Poligon Folded Sculpture.

PyroPets Candles.

Qwerkywriter for iPad by Brian Min.

Rainbow Pencils by Duncan Shotton.

Instagram Projector.

Robotic Space Missions Posters.

Ruche Shelf Storage by Ruthy Shafrir.

Smartphone Case Photos Print.

The Secret Life of Heroes by Gréguoire Guillemin.

Trace Lamp by John Irons.

Type Letterpress Desk Calendar by iSkelter.

VIDDY Cardboard Camera by Kelly Angood.

Wall Hanging Chess Board by Sean Connell.

Wooden Charger by Orée
Wall Hanging Chess Board by Sean Connell
VIDDY Cardboard Camera by Kelly Angood
Type Letterpress Desk Calendar by iSkelter
Trace Lamp by John Irons
The Secret Life of Heroes by Gréguoire Guillemin
Smartphone Case Photos Print by
Ruche Shelf Storage by Ruthy Shafrir
Robotic Space Missions Posters by Chopshopstore
Revolights Bike by Benjamin Redford
Rainbow Pencils by Duncan Shotton
Qwerkywriter for iPad by Brian Min
PyroPets Candles
Poligon Folded Sculpture
Playing Cards With Birds Illustrations by Karina Eibatova
Playing Cards With Birds Illustrations by Jesse Leeworthy et Jonathan Byrt
Origami Umbrella by Nooka
Loomi Light by David Sosnow
London Skyline Chess
Gramovox Bluetooth Gramophone
Goal Board Calendar by Linear Calendar
Floating Mug by Tigere Chiriga
Electric Folding Bicycle by Impossible Technology
Ecoid Urban Nature by Ecoid
CMYK Playing Cards by Hundred Million
Celestial Cities by David Fleck
Caddy iSkelter Tech Furniture
Beer Press Design
Beer Press Design by UnCommon Beat
Backlit Photo Frame by Frameworks
A Minimal Pen with a Twist by Beyond Object
360 Shelf Storage by Luka Pirnat
5The Present Clock
5Glow Headphones
4The Bookniture Project by Mike Mak and Plateaus
3Revolights Bike by Benjamin Redford
3D Optical Illusion of 2D Lamps by Studio Cheha
2Playful DIY Cardboard House for Cats BY pOOPY cat
1Lumio Folding Book Lamp by Max Gunawan
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#AppStoreDown: Apple's ITunes and App Stores Experience Outages Worldwide


Apple’s iTunes and App stores couldn’t process purchases or download items to users worldwide for more than six hours on Wednesday.

The iTunes, App and Mac App stores were unavailable for all users, according to a message on the company’s system-status Web page at 11:35 a.m. New York time. Service for the iBooks Store also was interrupted.

A timeline on the page said the outage had been under way since before 5 a.m. Access issues for users of iCloud Mail and other cloud services lasted about four hours and had been resolved, according to the timeline.

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Pepsi Resurrects Pepsi Challenge for the Social Media Age


Pepsi is bringing back the Pepsi Challenge, launching what it’s calling its biggest “socially-led, content-driven initiative ever.”

The company is enlisting celebrity “ambassadors” like Usher, Usain Bolt and Serena Williams for a year-long promotion designed to spread widely on social media. Each month, Pepsi will announce new challenges on social and digital channels via the ambassadors, urging consumers to take on the global and local challenges that combine pop culture with social good.

Omnicom’s 180LA was the lead global agency on the effort, developing and producing the creative for out of home and television, while PepsiCo’s in-house Design & Innovation Center developed the special packaging and point of sale, said a spokeswoman.

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Fotógrafos recriam fotos mais icônicas do mundo com miniaturas

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Os fotógrafos Jojakim Cortis e Adrian Sonderegger estão envolvidos em um curioso projeto: recriar meticulosamente fotos icônicas, usando modelos em miniatura.

O processo começou em 2012 e dura até hoje. A primeira imagem selecionada foi a Rhein II, uma fotografia que retrata o Rio Reno, tirada em 1999 por Andreas Gursky. Seu valor é de mais de $4 milhões, a segunda foto mais cara do mundo.

Entre outras imagens recriadas, estão aquelas que já fazem parte da nossa vida, popularizadas tanto por livros de história quanto pela televisão. Como por exemplo o desastre do dirigível Hindenburg (em destaque), o ataque de 9/11, o embarque do Titanic e a pegada de Buzz Aldrin na Lua. Verdadeiros ícones que, de fato, representam a imagem que temos de determinado momento na História.

A dupla de artistas recriou cada uma destas cenas à mão ao construir miniaturas usando papel, tecido, plástico e outros materiais. 

The Wright Brothers (John Thomas Daniels, 1903)

The Wright Brothers (John Thomas Daniels, 1903)

Nessie (Marmaduke Wetherell, 1934)

Nessie (Marmaduke Wetherell, 1934)

Tiananmen (Stuart Franklin, 1989)

Tiananmen (Stuart Franklin, 1989)

Rhein II (Andreas Gursky, 1999)

Rhein II (Andreas Gursky, 1999)

Charles Levy, 1945 & Sean Adair, 2001

Charles Levy, 1945 & Sean Adair, 2001

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AS11-40-5878 (Edwin Aldrin, 1969)

Concorde (Toshihiko Sato, 2000)

Concorde (Toshihiko Sato, 2000)

A série de fotos resultante é chamada por eles de Ikonen (ícones). Isso porque tais imagens são instantaneamente reconhecidas, tanto por fotógrafos como pelo público em geral.

Além disso, todas as fotografias mostram seu entorno – parte do estúdio, com tripés espalhados e materiais usados na construção, revelando o processo criativo dos fotógrafos, como uma grande brincadeira.

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Tinta repelente ajuda a afastar mijões de áreas badaladas de Hamburgo

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Quem vive em regiões mais badaladas sabe a tristeza que é o odor do bairro no dia seguinte à uma festança. O cheiro ácido de xixi incomoda e não há multa que impeça que usem cada esquina como mictório.

Ao invés de acirrar a fiscalização e as multas, a associação de comerciantes do bairro de St. Pauli, um dos mais festeiros de Hamburgo, na Alemanha, decidiu tomar uma medida diferente. Eles pintaram diversas das paredes da região com uma tinta super hidrofóbica, que foi desenvolvida pela Nissan. Assim que qualquer líquido atinge a superfície que recebeu a camada de tinta, ele retorna ao emissor. Ou seja, assim que alguém for se aliviar, vai ver o próprio xixi retornar para os seus pés e roupas.

A esperança é que essa desagradável situação de ser enxovalhado pelo próprio xixi possa evitar que os mijões usem as esquinas como latrina, e procurem por banheiros antes de ficarem tão apertados.

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Algumas das paredes que receberam a camada de tinta hidrofóbica estão sinalizadas, mas a associação dos comerciantes de St. Pauli avisa que nem todas avisam que vão espirrar o xixi de volta. Ou seja, é melhor não arriscar e ir atrás de um banheiro.

Imagina que lindo usar essa ideia nos bairros mais festeiros no Brasil?

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Triple Glazed Abodes – This Modern Home Emphasizes Natural Light (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) CHRIST.CHRIST Architects is the studio behind ‘House R,’ a four-storey modern home in Karlsruhe, Germany, that features a wall of triple-glazed windows.

The glazing allows natural…

BBDO Shares ‘Big News From Left Twix!’

BBDO continues its Left Twix vs. Right Twix schtick for the brand with the release of several new ads featuring Nick Lachey.

In the introductory spot, a Left Twix spokesman announces the “big news” that Lachey has signed on as a celebrity endorser for Peanut Butter Left Twix, adding the “lame news” that Lachey has also signed on with Peanut Butter Right Twix. The remaining spots follow up on the premise, with Left and Right supporting Lacheys badmouthing each other as sellouts.

The spot was released as 15-second versions for Left and Right Twix, and a full 30-second version containing both (featured below). It’s really more of the same for this campaign, built around the absurdist humor of the Left and Right Twix adversaries, only extending the idea with Lachey’s celebrity endorsement. The campaign also includes print and a social component asking fans to declare their allegiance to #LeftTWIX or #RightTWIX. Why can’t we all just get along?

Credits:

Agency: BBDO New York

Client: TWIX

Title: TWIX Peanut Butter Celebrity Endorsement
Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Worldwide: David Lubars

Chief Creative Officer, BBDO New York: Greg Hahn

Executive Creative Director: Gianfranco Arena

Executive Creative Director: Peter Kain

Creative Director: Peter Alsante

Creative Director: Andre Massis

Director of Integrated Production: David Rolfe

Group Executive Producer: Amy Wertheimer

Executive Producer: Alex Gianni

Executive Art Producer: Betsy Jablow

Managing Director: Kirsten Flanik

Global Account Director: Susannah Keller

Group Planning Director: Crystal Rix

Planner: Alaina Crystal

Account Director: Lisa Piliguian

Account Director: Phil Brolly

Account Manager: Ashley Gill

Account Executive: Aparna Joshi

 

Celebrity Talent Acquisition: The Marketing Arm

Entertainment Director: Brad Sheehan

 

Production Company: O Positive, LLC

Director: Kenny Herzog

Executive Producer: Ralph Laucella

Line Producer: Ken Licata

 

Editing Company: No 6

Executive Producer: Corina Dennison

Editor: Jason Macdonald
Martin Schoeller Studio

Photographer: Martin Schoeller

Producer: Lisa Hooper

Retoucher: Jim Lewis

 

Peterson Milla Hooks President Resigns

tom nowakThis morning a source told us that Tom Nowak, ad veteran and president of Minneapolis’ Peterson Milla Hooks, had announced his pending resignation. Nowak himself later confirmed the news.

The agency most recently made headlines by earning AdAge’s 2013 “Comeback Agency of the Year” designation for creating campaigns for GAP, Kmart and others after suffering the “devastating blow” of losing the Target account (which went to mono).

Nowak served as president of PMH for nearly eight years and shared in the credit for its turnaround; prior agency experience includes two stints at Fallon on the account side and two years as management supervisor at Wieden+Kennedy. Nowak also co-founded the Minneapolis agency One and All, where he served as partner and managing director.

In the statement, Nowak writes:

“PMH is an amazing mix of wonderful and weird. I’m incredibly proud of what we accomplished over the last seven and a half years. The agency has never been healthier, and the timing feels right to try something new.”

We have no word on what, exactly, that “something new” will be — but our source tells us that Nowak does NOT plan to jump back into the agency world with a full-time position in the immediate future.

Free Books Library in a Tank

Pour 7up et sa campagne « Feels Good To Be You », Raul Lemesoff, un artiste basé à Buenos Aires, a conçu un tank en le pensant comme une « arme massive d’instruction » afin de combattre l’ignorance et transmettre la culture. A bord de son tank (une ex Ford 1979 Falcon Lemesoff) converti en librairie et rempli de 900 ouvrages, il parcourt la ville pour offrir des livres gratuitement aux passants.

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Netflix Goes Native on The Atlantic to Promote 'House of Cards'


Netflix is paying The Atlantic a sum in the six figures to create a lengthy, reported article with interactive charts and a video exploring the dynamic between certain U.S. presidents and their wives — including the fictitious first couple in the Netflix original series “House of Cards.”

The article, called “The Ascent,” is a native ad created by The Atlantic’s in-house marketing shop, Re:think, and appeared on The Atlantic’s website on Wednesday. It promotes the third season of “House of Cards.”

It is an interesting piece, especially if you’re really into first couples — although anyone who is that into first couples probably knows topics covered already.

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Force Touch, presente no Watch e no novo MacBook, deve estar também no próximo iPhone

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A próxima geração de iPhones deverá chegar com novos jeitos de interagir com o smartphone. Segundo o Wall Street Journal, a tecnologia Force Touch, que permite reconhecer uma diferença de pressão no toque da tela, deverá ser adicionada na próxima geração de iPhones.

Apresentado inicialmente no Apple Watch, e recentemente sendo integrado também nos novos MacBook e MacBook Pro, o Force Touch permitirá a criação de novos gestos para realizar funções nos dispositivos da Apple, já que vai permitir distinguir entre um toque rápido e um toque com maior pressão.

Além da nova tecnologia, os próximos iPhones também poderão ter uma cor diferente – além do cinza, prata e dourado, uma versão em metálica rosada poderá ser apresentada ao público.

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The Ad Council "Love has No Labels," (2015) 3:19 (USA)

Did you know that love transcends gender, race, age, special needs, ethnicity and more? If you didn’t, then you do now, thanks to this installation-turned-video. Shot in Santa Monica’s Thurd Street Promenade over Valentine’s Day.

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OK "Fencing" (2015) :45 (Denmark)

Every time you use your OK fuel card you’re helping your local sports clubs. This ad is deliciously slapstick.

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Ok Card "Ice Hockey" (2015) :45 (Denmark)

Every time you use your OK Gas Card you give back to your local sports club. This spot gets bonus points for breathing new life into the old kick-in-the-balls joke.
I lose it every time I see the guy yelling at the kids on the bike.

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OK Card "Handball" (2015) :45 (Denmark)

Every time you use your OK Gas Card, you’ll be giving back to your local sports club, so they’ll be able to upgrade. Very silly premise, but the guy at the bowling alley gave it his all for comedy. That’s a win.

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Jonell Nash, Who Cut Fat, Not Flavor, Out of Soul Food, Dies at 72

Ms. Nash wrote two cookbooks about lowering the fat content in traditional African-American cooking and was food editor of the magazine Essence for 25 years.



PIGS, structures of surveillance, metabolic landscape, a quiet USA, etc. My favourite photo books of the moment

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I’m drowning in really good books this year. Half of them are photography books. And because i’m short on time and these publications deserve a review, i’m going to take the lazy road: a sweeping and speedy overview of 5 of my favourite photo books of the moment. In one post. continue

Leo Burnett Offers ‘Hearing Hands’ for Samsung

Leo Burnett Instanbul created an ad promoting Samsung’s call center for the hearing impaired entitled “Hearing Hands” which has gone viral, racking up over 5.5 million YouTube views since being uploaded about a week ago.

For the spot, Leo Burnett Instanbul and Samsung orchestrated a stunt to give a hearing-impaired man named Muharrem “one day, with no barriers.” They trained those involved in sign language and as Muharrem goes about his day he is surprised to find everyone conversing with him. Eventually he makes his way to a public square and things get emotional as the stunt is revealed. It’s a heartwarming approach from Samsung and, even if more cynical viewers might point that it wasn’t really “All for Muharrem to have one day, with no barriers” as the brand claims, it still had that effect. And it’s certainly resonated with viewers, as you’d be hard pressed to find another recent ad from the region that has made such a splash online.