OgilvyOne’s Digital Pooch Follows Shoppers for Battersea

OgilvyOne created an outdoor campaign for Battersea Dogs and Cats Home which promoted pet adoption with a digital dog that appeared to follow shoppers at East London’s Westfield Stratford mall from billboard to billboard.

The agency launched the effort, entitled “Looking for You” in conjunction with Framestore, RFIDiom and Exterion Media. “Looking For You” worked via interacting with a chip embedded in a leaflet handed out to shoppers, allowing the dog to jump from screen to screen as the shoppers moved through the mall. It’s a clever way to utilize digital technology and it promotes pet adoption in the best way possible: actually making people come face to face (in this case virtually) with an adorable dog. This kind of stunt isn’t new to OgilvyOne,as the campaign brings to mind “The Magic of Flying,” the agency’s 2013 effort with digital billboards of children pointing at real British Airways flights. You can see “Looking For You” in action in the campaign video above, which was produced by Creation Company Film, appropriately set to Queen’s “Somebody to Love.”

Former McCann ECD Natalie Lam Joins Razorfish New York

Today we learned, via press release, that agency veteran Natalie Lam has landed at Razorfish New York as Executive Creative Director.

Lam most recently served as ECD at McCann Erickson, which hired her away from OgilvyOne Shanghai; earlier in her career, she earned attention from McCann for working on the Nike+ account at R/GA. She also recently held the jury chair spot at the Art Directors Club.

Patrick Frend, president of Razorfish’s eastern division, writes:
“We are fortunate enough to work with clients who understand the value of creativity and the pivotal role digital plays in business transformation. Natalie brings a global perspective and a passion for her craft that can take these experiences and our clients to the next level.”
Lam led IKEA at Erickson; at her new gig she will handle clients like Mercedes and UNIQLO.

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Na Grécia, documentário da Lacta questiona se o amor ainda existe

Em tempos de crise econômica, quanto espaço sobra para o amor na vida de uma pessoa? Na Grécia, parece que não muito. Para marcar o Dia de São Valentim – o Dia dos Namorados em diversos países -, a Lacta resolveu questionar se o amor ainda existe entre os jovens do país, especialmente quando as pessoas estão mais preocupadas em sobreviver, com o documentário “Does Love Exist?”.

Com criação da OgilvyOne de Atenas, o filme foi exibido como um especial no horário nobre da tevê grega, e destacou não só as questões econômicas que têm levado o amor a ficar em segundo plano, como o foco principal na carreira, mas também a influência das redes sociais na maneira como as pessoas se relacionam.

Acima, é possível ver o estudo de caso do projeto, enquanto a íntegra do documentário – com legendas em inglês – pode ser conferida abaixo. Vale a pena assistir e refletir sobre o assunto.

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Mosaico transforma mais de 21 mil Pantone chips em “pixels reais”

O departamento de design da OgilvyOne, que trabalha tanto com impresso quanto digital, juntou essas duas disciplinas para fazer uma instalação artística em seu escritório em Londres, chamada de Paper Pixels.

Dois pilares de 3 metros de altura foram cobertos com mais de 21 mil fichas destacáveis da Pantone, transformando cada uma dessas fichas em um “pixel real” para formar dois grandes mosaicos de emoticons – ícone da cultura digital.

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Dezenas de pessoas trabalharam por quatro meses destacando e separando cada ficha colorida dos livros concedidos pela Pantone. Depois foram necessários 4 dias para a colagem de cada “Pantone pixel” nos pilares.

“Assim como pixels em uma tela digital, você não consegue ver a imagem de perto, mas se afastando um pouco os emoticons aparecem.”

Nas palavras do Head of Design, Rory Campbell, “assim como pixels em uma tela digital, você não consegue ver a imagem de perto, mas se afastando um pouco os emoticons aparecem. Essa ilusão de ótica destacou visualmente o departamento de design, unindo os times de digital e impresso.”

A idéia partiu do designer Hiten Bhatt. O resultado você assiste no vídeo acima 🙂
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Can Ad Agencies Teach Women to Love Their Bodies?

Female empowerment was a major advertising theme in 2013, particularly in the area of self-esteem—led by Dove's "Real Beauty Sketches." But freed of client constraints, can ad agencies alone get women to love their bodies?

Marie Claire Australia asked six shops to try—OgilvyOne, Publicis Mojo, M&C Saatchi Australia, Airborne, Whybin\TBWA and DDB Group Sydney. Each produced a print ad on the topic. You can see all of them here. OgilvyOne's entry, above, is probably the most striking and memorable. Several of the others are interesting, too, although as a whole, it goes to show how the topic is a tough one to tackle in a single print ad.

See the text from the OgilvyOne ad below.


    

British Restaurant Bakes Customer Stories Directly on Its Dinner Plates

In our age of virtual sharing gone berserk, here's a refreshingly tactile effort by a British ad agency. For new restaurant Dishoom, OgilvyOne U.K. is collecting customer stories through the Internet and baking the best ones into Dishoom's dinner plates—each one nicely designed in a way that fits that particular story. The campaign draws on an ethnic tradition. Dishoom is an Irani café—styled after similar cafés opened in India in the 19th century by Iranian and Persian immigrants. The sharing of stories over food was a big part of the Iranian café tradition (and restaurant tradition generally). OgilvyOne started the campaign with 80 plates featuring the personal memories of Irani cafés from the older generation in Bombay and the U.K. See some examples below. Now, new visitors are being asked to contribute. "Crazy and unusual anecdotes are very much encouraged!" says the site. "Tell what you used to do—whether it was hanging out with friends, dating, bunking off, doing business deals, finding inspiration. Tell us how the food tasted, the conversations you overheard, how the place felt, the more personal your stories the better." Via Creative Review.

 

It was my first visit to India. I was in Churchgate near the station and used to visit this old cafe on the corner for some of the best dosas and uttapas in town. The owner introduced himself and made me feel like he was one of my uncles. Uncle Satish or 'Satishbhai' as I called him invited me to their late night card games, and I learnt all sorts and made all sorts of new friends. Only in such a cafe, could you feel like you were part of the family as soon as you walk in, and leave with not only a full stomach, but a whole new bunch of friends.

 

Adi was tickled when he heard about my memories of the cutlet gravy at Cafe Excelsior from a decade back. He immediately called for a plate of gravy for me to taste. I took a spoonful…creamy yet edgy…an initial soothing sip followed by a slow but resounding hit of chillies. A very elegant and yet passionate sauce. I liked it so much that I finished the contents of the saucer. Seeing the delight on my face Adi insisted on packing some cutlets and gravy for me to take home…and some slices of bread too….the bread turned out to be as soft as Cupid's cheeks. I pointed out the lack of salt in the dhansak to Adi. "Well that's good for old people no with BP? Others can add salt" said Adi with a smile.

 

Colaba is the most popular tourist hub of Bombay because of the famous Taj hotel and gateway of India. A lot of Iranians migrated and settled in Colaba. They relate to this place a lot. Everytime I come here, I see them sitting around and it makes me feel comfortable. I've been a student of Xaviers College and have been very fond of this Irani Café, especially when you have a tight budget cause I'm in college. The food is very affordable. Every time I have a friend visiting, I bring them here to give them a taste of the real Bombay experience.

 

I once asked Mr. Kohinoor, who is 83 and owns Britannia Restaurant what would happen to Britannia when he was no longer with us. Gesturing towards his son and brother he exclaimed (a bit loudly!) "The moment I'm gone, these buggers will shut the place down!"

 

I held Bapa's hand tightly.
I was so scared
So many people
And I, so small
I sat in the chair
My chin on the table
He ordered
I stared
It came.
I smiled
A big smile.
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Afshin Kohinoor, Boman's son, started talking to us at length about the restaurant. He pointed to the portraits hung on the wall, spoke about the letter written to his father by the Queen of England, and pointed to one of their latest awards. …and then willingly posed for me with a trophy. And then when we were leaving, asked us to return with our boyfriends. "I don't want to see you alone next time," he said.

 

Overheard one evening in an Irani café in South Mumbai's Fort District. A customer complains to the owner, that there is no sugar in his tea. "Did I call you? Did I say, come to my shop and drink tea? You are the one who climbed the steps and came. Today there are no complaints. Everyone's quietly drunk their tea and gone. No one said anything. What are these tantrums that you come up with …. God knows how your wife stays with you. Is she still with you or has she eloped and run away."

Fanta-Flavored Print Ad Probably Not Quite as Tasty or Refreshing as Fanta Itself

I was just thinking how much I'd like to eat a magazine ad right about now, and along comes this edible effort from OgilvyOne in Dubai for citrus-flavored Fanta. There's abundant text, which begins, "Just tear off a piece of this page, pop in your mouth & enjoy … !" Yeah, I'll get right on that. The vile concept is clearly designed to generate free-media coverage such as this post. (This includes calling it the first of its kind, which it is not.) So, choke on it, Fanta! Metaphorically, of course. Other stories about the ad have riffed about readers "eating their words" and pondering whether the work displays "good taste." Ad reviewers—what a bunch of buffoons. Ogilvy is becoming the go-to agency for edible ads, its Cape Town office having engineered Volkswagen's "Eat the road" print ad two years ago. David would be so proud.