http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUBiOOx0Pxw To show the difference between sensual, sexy acting and porn, director Alberto Belli created a humorous ad for HBO. Titled ‘It’s Not Porn…’, it shows several budding actors raving to their friends and family about their new roles in a TV series. Initially, they are horrified of what they hear—thinking that their loves ones […]
A French type designer has accused the UK Home Office of using his typeface without permission on its recent anti-illegal immigration van campaign. The controversial campaign saw vans drive through London last month bearing the slogan ‘In the UK Illegally? Go Home or Face Arrest’. Designer Fabien Delage claims the Home Office has used his […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slETbZ7FIs0 A mashup of video game, online promotion and Formula racing is the basis of a new Lexus online film and broadcast ad effort called “Trace Your Road,” in which an F1 driver attempts to drive a virtual track in a real Lexus IS Hybrid. As he drives around in a gigantic airplane hanger, the […]
The British Red Cross has launched an app that lets users witness a knife attack on a bus, using Facebook data to personalise an online film. The charity’s ‘Witness’ app integrates with a viewer’s Facebook account and inserts information from their profile into the film, which features a young man being stabbed on a night […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4sTLfTKOGo Samsung has launched the first film in its ‘Design Your Life’ campaign for the Galaxy Gear and Note 3. The ad – ‘Sweet Dreams’ – was created by Leo Burnett LA and Chicago and features a woman making use of the gadgets to help her modernise her grandfather’s toyshop, ending with CGI technology delivering […]
Part of the “MINI Not Normal” campaign, the ad agency Iris Worldwide has come up with an elaborate way to reward MINI drivers. Using technology, many “highly-trained” spotters were asked to look out for MINI drivers along London’s Cromwell road, changing the color and text of the billboards with an iPad. MINI drivers were then […]
Nissan will become the first car manufacturer to create a smartwatch designed specifically for drivers of Nissan Nismo cars. The Nissan Nismo Concept Watch will be the first smartwatch to connect a driver to the car and will provide drivers with real-time biometric data. The watch, unveiled on September 9 ahead of its display at […]
Twitter has acquired the mobile-focused ad exchange, MoPub, for a reported $350m (£223m). MoPub’s technology lets mobile application publishers manage their inventory and optimize multiple sources of advertising — direct ads, house ads, ad network, and real-time bidding through the MoPub Marketplace — in a single product. The deal represents the micro-blogging site’s largest acquisition […]
EA Sports has launched an integrated ‘We are Fifa 14’ campaign created by Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam. The campaign is centered around a 60-second film depicting Fifa 2014 as an armada, with gamers from all over the world gathering together for the new edition. But unlike the usual armada with sailing ships, the Fifa 2014 […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vJcd2OPkDE Sky has teamed up with Disney Pixar to create a brand new TV ad featuring characters from the popular Disney Pixar’s Toy Story movie franchise to promote its superfast fibre broadband service and celebrate the arrival of the all-new 30-minute Toy Story OF TERROR! TV special, which will premiere in the UK & Ireland […]