Mar
07
BBDO Guerrero Ortega and JWT win big at Creative Guild
Posted in: UncategorizedMANILA – BBDO Guerrero Ortega and JWT Manila were the two biggest winners at the 24th Annual Creative Guild of the Philippines Awards.
Mar
07
Lane Crawford launches first international push
Posted in: UncategorizedHONG KONG – Hong Kong-based retailer Lane Crawford has launched a photographic campaign as part of its push for international expansion, following the opening of a store in Beijing last year.
Mar
07
Steam Powered Rowboat – New Boat Concept Lets Steam Do The Work (VIDEO)
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(TrendHunter.com) Although the actual boat, known as “Steam Rowboat II”, is still in the development phase, the proof-of-concept mechanism (AKA Steam Rowboat I) seems to work very well! Artist/inventor I-Wei Huang has also built many other steam powered devices, which are described on his website Crabfu.com. Unfortun…
Mar
07
Customized Robot Jeeves – Virtual Butler Summoned Through Magic Mirror (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) Imagine never having to stick your hand in a toilet bowl again, never having to scrape crusted on food off a pan or never having to scrub at scuff marks on the floor. In the future, you could have a robot that does all the messy work for you thanks to a new customized, Virtual Butler.
Even simpler…
Mar
07
iPhonic Phone With a Twist – Mooon+ (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) Another iPhone clone? Well, this one comes with a cool twist though. The Mooon+ by Korean Sunman Kwon has a very nice iPhone-like stylish design with a big gorgeous touchscreen, sexy metal accents, and a digital camera.
The special thing about it however, is that the mouth piece detaches and turns…
Mar
07
Texting on the Run – Padded Lampposts Protect London SMSing Pedestrians (VIDEO)
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(TrendHunter.com) How considerate! The charity Living Streets has teamed up with the British directory enquiries service on a pilot scheme of padded lampposts, now underway in a London street to protect inattentive pedestrians, mostly those texting on their phones. Brick Lane was found to have the highest number o…
Mar
07
iPhone Got Game + Application SDK – First Multi-touch iPhone Games (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) The flood gates have opened, await the iPhone applications Tsunami!! Along with making the long-awaited iPhone SDK available, Apple has announced the first official iPhone multi-touch games. The one and only Steve Jobs demoed multitouch games on the iPhone live on stage at Apple’s Infinite Loop camp…
Mar
07
Trivialising Serious Issues – Language School Ads (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) What is up with these ads? The idea of the campaign is to promote Senac Language School and how it teaches you the language well enough to deal with any situation. I totally get the Italian and Spanish Language ads, but I am confused by the English one. Each ad presents a scenario where a tourist is…
Mar
07
Hotline: Team Saatchi appointed
Posted in: UncategorizedTeam Saatchi has been appointed by the steel company Arcelor Mittal to develop a global recruitment campaign to launch this summer. The agency won the business after a three-way pitch against undisclosed agencies.
Mar
07
Hotline: JWT London hired by Coty
Posted in: UncategorizedJWT London has been hired by Coty to launch its Playboy fragrance range following a three-way pitch against Air and Out of the Box.
Mar
07
Hotline: Agreement by The National Magazine Company
Posted in: UncategorizedThe National Magazine Company has agreed to acquire ACP’s 50 per cent stake in the joint venture ACP-NatMag. Colin Morrison, the chief executive of ACP-NatMag, will leave the business.
Mar
07
Hotline: Julian Spooner joins Reach
Posted in: UncategorizedJulian Spooner, the former chief executive of Media Audits Group, has joined the sales promotion and field marketing agency Reach as its chairman. Spooner succeeds Clive Beharrell.
Mar
07
Hotline: Nickelodeon UK appointment
Posted in: UncategorizedNickelodeon UK has appointed Joshua G2 to handle advertising for its Nick Jr channel. The agency’s first campaign for the channel is due to break in May.
Mar
07
Hotline: Brylcreem selected as best cinema ad
Posted in: UncategorizedWCRS’s Brylcreem spot “effortless” has been selected as the best cinema ad in the Pearl & Dean Creative Pearls Awards. The ad, created by the WCRS team Oli Beale and Tori Flower, will receive two weeks of free screentime.
Mar
07
Hotline: Stink hires Philippe Andre
Posted in: UncategorizedStink, the creative production house, has hired the director Philippe Andre for commercials representation. Andre is best known for his Peugeot 407 “toys” spot, which won 20 awards.
Mar
07
Hotline: Mini launch promotion for Clubman model
Posted in: UncategorizedMini has launched a series of films through Carlton Screen Advertising to promote its Clubman model in UK cinemas.
Mar
07
Hotline: Adam & Eve wins account
Posted in: UncategorizedAdam & Eve has won the £5 million account for Westfield, the £1.6 billion West London shopping centre due to open this year. The start-up triumphed in a pitch against M&C Saatchi, The Red Brick Road and Leagas Delaney, which was handled by the AAR.
Mar
07
Hotline: Top 50 media buying agencies table revised
Posted in: UncategorizedNielsen Media Research has revised its top 50 media buying agencies table, inserting Mike Colling & Co at number 45, up one place on last year, with billings of £14.65 million.
Mar
06
Amazing Bionic Climbing Robot – C-Bot (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) Check out this awesome bionic wall-climbing robot. The technology is based on biomimetics, where the robot mimics a gecko’s innovative foot design as a template to climb walls without any artificial adhesion. Even though we do not see it, but a gecko’s foot is hairy, fine enough to only be seen …
Mar
06
Real Musical Robots You Control Online – Absolut Choir
Posted in: UncategorizedAbsolut has released another fun ad campaign to promote their world famous vodka, this time called Absolut Machines. We’ve featured one machine already, the Absolut Quartet already, but now we’re showing you the Absolut Orchestra.
The project is an amalgamation of cutting edge technology and the f…
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