Ceylon Today: Afterlife, 1

Ceylon Today: Afterlife, 2

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Top Gear Italia "The Race" (2016) 1:00 (Italy)

I love this promo spot for Top Gear Italia (the latest offshoot) involving a very cartoony race between the show’s two hosts through a variety of vehicles all in the Italian Countryside. So fun.

Stockholm Pride "Los Santos GTA 5 Mod" (2016) 2:24 (Sweden)

Stockholm Pride Festival is combating the violence in GTA by releasing its own ”Los Santos Pride” mod. This will allow gamers to have their own Pride Parade in GTA 5. It’s basically the same idea Coke had back in 2006 but they actually created the mod rather than just a spot. Question is, how many gamers who play GTA will download and use it? They should do one for Destiny next. There’s already dancing in it.

Philips: Silence your surroundings

Tourism Australia: Giga Selfie

Summer Sloths Get Schooled in New Office Depot Campaign


While the TV portion of Office Depot’s campaign taps into the humorous side of back-to-school, a social media supplement featuring real parents and their children focuses on the emotional aspect of wanting the best for kids.

“We’re delving into insight that’s relevant in summer, that fear that most parents have of kids checking outit allows Office Depot to be the backdrop,” said Ms. Gutierrez. She said spending on the campaign is comparable to last year. The 1,800-unit chain spent $17 million on measured media in the U.S. between July and September of last year, according to Kantar Media.

While McCann handled creative duties, APCO was tasked with PR strategy. The media agency is UM.

Continue reading at AdAge.com

The Woolmark Company: The innovator

Freia: Wildlife watching

"Birth of a nation" movie poster shows star in American Flag noose

A bold statement of movie poster design for Nate Parker’s “Birth of a nation” shows Parker’s character, Nat Turner, being hung by a noose made out of the American flag.

The movie, which Parker wrote, directed, starred in and produced, follows the story of Turner and his failed slave rebellion in the antebellum South. The new poster replaces the previous posters, which was a stylized version of the American flag with stripes made up of members of Turner’s ill-fated slave revolt, and another where the American flag was made up by slave chains. (see below)

Movie posters are best a graphical emotion-stirrers, that communicate the films premise quickly. This latest one-sheet design for Birth of a Nation is, in my humble opinion, a home run. It’s simple, graphic and affecting. Hopefully, there will be no misguided protests by “triggered people” – as we got when Fox had to apologise for the iconic X-men poster that showed Mystique held in a chokehold by Apocalypse – even though this is a movie that depicts real events in American history and not a comic book fantasy world.

Top 100 Business Trends in July – From Counter Culture Hair Salons to Educational Jewelry Ventures (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) These July 2016 business trends range from counter culture hair salons to educational jewelry ventures like Tiffany & Co’s recent ‘Keys for a Cause’ initiative. The initiative…

Under Armour: It comes from below

XFINITY: The discovery

XFINITY: It's bedtime

XFINITY: They’re here

XFINITY: The betrayal

XFINITY: Spoiler alert

XFINITY: Le fin

Top 100 Lifestyle Trends in July – From Dog-Friendly Office Spaces to Fairy Wedding Gowns (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) These July 2016 lifestyle trends range from celebrity breakup insurance plans to $100 hot dog menus that aim to elevate the status of the beloved street food. Some of the month’s most notable…