Lenovo Enlists Several Street Artists to Invigorate Singapore via Tablet

If you don’t own a Lenovo Yoga 2 tablet yet, perhaps this spot may inspire you to go ahead and purchase one. From global agency We Are Social, the campaign enlists street artists to take over the streets of Singapore, simply creating their work by using the Yoga 2 built-in projector. The feature of the Yoga 2, dubbed the Pico Projector, brings the artists’ visions to life and seems to capture the local community. We Are Social also built up anticipation for the project via a Facebook Event page and an Instagram account.

Regarding the campaign, which showcases some fun artwork, We Are Social creative director Sharim Gubbels says in a statement, “Technology has always opened up new avenues for artists to explore, and at times even pushes the boundaries of art itself. This is a perfect example of it. By using the versatility and freedom the YOGA Tablet 2 Pro provides, we want to give the audience a different way of experiencing art, and show them stories about their city they might have never even thought about. Hopefully, this is just the beginning.”

Kobe Bryant Brings His Mad Beethoven-Playing Piano Skills to Lenovo Ad

Lenovo has moved on (at least for the moment) from comparing itself to Apple to having Kobe Bryant play Beethoven on the piano with symphonic accompaniment for no reason. Really. There's barely a connection made between Lenovo's product line and Kobe in this Chinese spot, though there are worse things in life than gratuitous piano playing. For those of you who are surprised that Kobe had this talent, check out his six-second video that was the inspiration for the ad. He has said the Moonlight Sonata, in particular "calms me down when I reach my breaking point."


    

Lenovo: Hand

Lenovo: Hand

Presenting the ThinkPad X300. The lightest, thinnest ThinkPad ever.

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, Bangalore, India
Creative Directors: Rod Vallis, Gautam Dev
Art Director: Jeyananth Velusamy
Copywriter: Melvin Jacob John
Published: April 2008

Lenovo says Apple is just “hot air”?

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New, trendy, and flashy products are often ripe targets for competitive ads. I always secretly enjoy when one company directly targets another via their advertising, despite knowing that a more creative (and ultimately more effective) solution most likely exists.

Lenovo seems to have had enough of the ever-so-popular Macbook Air, and takes a shot at it with the release of their new ThinkPad X300. Not only do they say “everything else is hot air,” but they even go as far as to loosely reference the Apple typefaces, gradients, and button styles of apple (below). It kind of takes the whole Mac vs. PC thing to a whole different level.

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