Marlboro unveils mid-priced cigarette brand ‘Bright Leaf’

LONDON – Marlboro is launching a new brand called Bright Leaf in a bid to compete in the mid-priced cigarette market.

Communisis ‘sell off looking likely,’ media reports say

MEDIA WATCH – Communisis, the troubled DM and transactional print services group, is a target for acquisition after its share price fell yesterday on the announcement of poor results as well as the shock news that its CEO is to leave earlier than planned.

Magners-owner C&C acquires Tennent’s in £180m deal

LONDON – Magners-owner C&C Group has made an £180m acquisition of Tennent’s lager from Anheuser-Busch InBev.

Microsoft cuts price of its Xbox 360 Elite console

LONDON – Microsoft has slashed the price of its Xbox 360 Elite console in a bid to boost sales.

Facebook to toughen privacy rules after Canadian investigation

LONDON – In a move to avoid legal action by the Canadian government, Facebook is making considerable changes to its privacy policy, including introducing a stricter permissions model which will limit the amount of personal data third-party applications can automatically access.

Apple approves Spotify app for the iPhone

LONDON – Spotify’s highly anticipated debut for the iPhone has been approved by Apple, despite fears that the free streaming music app poses a worthy rival to Apple’s iTunes.

Linnea Strid

Linnea Strid est une jeune artiste suédoise en provenance d’Uppsala, spécialisée dans la peinture hyper-réaliste. De nombreux exemples sont disponible dans la galerie dédiée. A noter le niveau des détails et le rendu très impressionnant.



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La suite dans la galerie : Paintings by Linnea Strid

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Carol Smillie fronts World Vision campaign

LONDON – World Vision’s latest child sponsorship campaign is fronted by TV presenter Carol Smillie.

Aegis profits dive after higher costs

LONDON – Aegis, the global media and market research group, has reported an 86% drop in first half pre-tax profits to £6.6m despite growing revenues by 4.8%.

Kill the taxman in banner for Halloween

Great banner ad for Halloween!

Corporate Chhattisgarh

Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Bangalore, India
Creative Directors: Malvika Mehra, Amit Akali, Deepak Joshi
Art Director: Ravikumar/Sreejith
Copywriter: Manoj Jacob
Photographer: Asha Thadani
Typographers: PJ Shan Jose, Vipin Das, Ratheesh Erumeli

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Aggressive Sapphic Editorials – Purple Magazine Sells Beauty With Sexuality (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) While we’ve seen plenty of editorials with lesbian undertones, the new Fall/Winter issue of Purple magazine takes things up a notch in an editorial by Paola Kudacki.

The aggressively sexual editorial…

Architectural Typography – Chris Labrooy’s Building-Inspired Characters (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Many people take typography seriously, as we all saw in the movie ‘Helvetica,’ and graphic artist Chris Labrooy could also be said to fall into this category. Recently, he designed a typeface based on…

MediaCom scoops theatre group brief

MediaCom has won the £2 million TV and online UK media planning and buying account for Stage Entertainment, the theatre operator and producer behind shows such as Hairspray and Sister Act.

Agencies line up for Bacardi UK digital task

Bacardi, the global spirits company, is looking for an agency to handle a portion of its UK digital account.

Agencies line up for Macmillan Cancer

Macmillan Cancer Support, the UK charity that aims to improve the lives of people living with cancer, is on the hunt for an agency to handle its digital account.

Kennedy Coverage Not Made for Prime Time


MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) — Beyond the Beltway and Midtown media organizations, how did the Kennedy coverage play? Ratings reflect that while Americans surely caught the coverage in some capacity, most still use prime time to escape the world's woes, including the death of the senate's most influential member.

TVC: Two cows in a micro-wave

Advertising Agency: Impact BBDO, Riyadh
Creative Director: Ahmad Beck
Art director: Ahmad Beck
Production House: Deja Vu
Director: Ahmad Beck

Eco-Bike Abodes – Sustainable Bicycle-Towed Home for ‘Burning Man’ Project (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A man named Paul has created a sustainable bicycle-towed home in order to test his ability to create such a place in case of a swine flu apocalypse. The bicycle-towed home weighs about 100 pounds but is…

AMDF – Australian Mitochondrial Disease Foundation: Stay In Bed Day

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Advertising Agency: TEQUILA\\WHYBIN\\TBWA, Sydney, Australia
Executive Creative Director: Garry Horner
Creative Director: Matt Kemsley
Art Directors: Ryan Foster, Andy Foxlee
Copywriters: Ryan Foster, Andy Foxlee
Photographer: Erik Johansson alltelleringet.com
Retoucher: Erik Johansson alltelleringet.com
Typographer: Chris Mawson