Friend-locating iPhone app integrates with Facebook

LONDON – A new social media iPhone app called Stalqer is about to launch in the US, allowing Facebook users to broadcast their location to friends every 15 minutes.

Helpers the new animation to fight tobacco

This really good animated video by the European Commision for the anti tobacco campaign is a real success! You can see the other episodes on http://helpers-eu.com/ Advertiser: European Commission

Interpublic posts gloomy third-quarter figures

LONDON – Interpublic today acknowledged the lingering impact of the global economic downturn on its business as it posted a depressing set of third-quarter figures.

Reebok iPhone game lets friends compete

LONDON – Reebok has released an iPhone game that offers multi-user competitive play and rewards for high scorers with promotional discount codes.

Another breathtaking copycat? / Ils ne manquent pas d’air!

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THE ORIGINAL?
Asthma Info Website / Wrapped Press Ad – 2001
Source : BRONZE LION (Cannes 2001)
Agency : ACHT99 Kommunikation (Germany)
LESS ORIGINAL :
Asthma Foundation / Wrapped Press Ad – 2009
“Help New Zealand Children breathe easier”
Source : Adsoftheworld
Agency : Ogilvy Auckland (New Zealand)
S’ils avaient voulu étouffer l’info comme quoi ça avait déjà été fait (et primé à Cannes) c’était sans compter sur la vigilance de Joe.
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Twitter rival MobJet expands in Asia

SINGAPORE – A rival to Twitter called MobJet has expanded into Singapore having launched in Japan earlier this year.

DuPont’s Social Media Campaign Goes Up in Flames…


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Fiery race-car crashes, exploding oil refineries, policemen shot in the chest at point-blank range — these are just some of DuPont's new social-media tools. Fearing that it's losing touch with young professionals who don't read traditional media, the chemical giant developed a social-media strategy anchored in viral video. Digging into its archive, it pulled out some of its most spectacular product test and demonstration footage. And this became the core of a series of three-minute programs hosted by video blogger Amanda Congdon and distributed widely across online video sites.

POSTAL STRIKE LATEST – Royal Mail to smuggle staff into work if strike goes ahead tomorrow

LONDON – Royal Mail is said to be planning to help postal staff work tomorrow in the event of a strike by hiding them in vans as they do their postal rounds.

Symetrics Dornbracht

Une salle de bain très sobre et un ensemble de robinetteries, mitigeurs et commandes pour jeux d’eau par la société Dornbracht. Les distributeurs d’eau sont séparés des systèmes de commande. Le modèle Symetrics est une de leurs dernières création. Plus d’images dans la suite.



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Project Canvas could reach 3.5 million homes by 2014

LONDON – The BBC’s proposed on-demand web TV service, project Canvas, could reach 3.5 million homes by 2014 and rival established IPTV, cable and satellite networks, according to research published today.

Titillating Fashiontography – Elena Melnik Models ‘Sexy Couture’ in Flair Magazine (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Stylist Daniela Paudice puts together ‘Sexy Couture’ in Flair magazine. The season’s most seductive handmade high fashions are photographed by Kenneth Cappello for the October 2009 issue.

For ‘Sexy Couture’…

Feltrinelli: Berlusconi’s Bubble

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The bubble is made of the most controversial statements of Silvio Berlusconi.

Advertising Agency: Tita, Milan, Italy
Executive Creative Director: Giuseppe Mazza
Art Director: Annalisa Martinucci
Copywriter: Davide Valenti
Published: October 2009

Asthma Foundation: Suffocation

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“Help New Zealand children breather easier. Inserts placed inside the plastic covers of 10,000 subscription magazines, demonstrating the suffocation effect that asthma has on New Zealand children.”

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, Auckland, New Zealand
Executive Creative Director: Jeremy Taine
Creative Directors: Basil Christensen, Damon O’Leary
Copywriters: Tom Paine, Ben Pegler
Art Director: Tom Paine
Photographer: Fraser Clements
Retoucher: Hayden Wood
Account manager: Petra Skoric

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Crystal brand launches lead generation campaign

LONDON – Dartington Crystal is launching its first-ever direct response campaign to generate leads for its wine glasses range.

Yahoo! set to join real-time search party

LONDON – Yahoo! is set to launch its own real-time search engine in an effort not to be outdone by Google and Bing, which last week announced plans to integrate Twitter into their results pages.

Tunstall follows Shephard out of the PPA

LONDON – Sarah Tunstall, the PPA’s chief operating officer, is to leave the organisation at the end of the year to join digital agency Fresh Egg.

Department for Children, Schools and Families ad banned by ASA

LONDON – The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has been made to pull an ad promoting the Diploma after two complaints that it misrepresented the qualification.

BBC denies plans to sell Lonely Planet business

LONDON – BBC Worldwide has strongly denied it has plans to sell its Lonely Planet travel information business following speculation that it was preparing to get rid of its controversial purchase.

PPA’s Sarah Tunstall leaves to join Fresh Egg

LONDON – The Periodical Publishers’ Association’s chief operating officer Sarah Tunstall, is leaving the organisation at the end of the year to join web agency Fresh Egg as commercial director.

Meteorite stunt backfires on Swedish telecoms firm

LONDON – A publicity campaign involving a hoax meteorite in Latvia has backfired spectacularly with the Swedish telecoms company behind the stunt losing a government contract.