Asda Unveils Weather Responsive Ad Campaign For George

Asda has unveiled a weather responsive ad campaign for its George brand, featuring digital advertising banners which respond immediately to changes in the weather. The ‘wear your summer’ campaign is set to run across TV, print, outdoor and online, and sees the featured models switch between clothes for warm and colder summer weather. George Andrew […]

Berg Creates #Flock, A Twitter-driven Cuckoo Clock

London-based design consultancy Berg has built interesting Twitter-driven cuckoo clock for Twitter UK that they call #Flock. While it’s easy to appreciate the lovely craftsmanship of these clocks, what’s even more interesting is how they’re wired into the Internet. Using an Arduino board, the #Flock cuckoo will not just make a bird pop out to […]

Adidas Launch ‘Crazyquick’ Campaign

Adidas premieres their latest campaign, “Quick Ain’t Fair” featuring A$AP Rocky, John Wall (Washington Wizards), Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers) and Jrue Holiday (Philadelphia 76ers). “Quick Ain’t Fair,” from 180LA, opens with A$AP Rocky rapping the mythical tale of a family of quicks, who live and ball within the advanced shoe. Utilizing theinnovative technology of […]

The GuardianWitness: Citizen Journalists App

Guardian News & Media unveiled a new platform that will allow people from around the world to submit their content directly to Guardian journalists. GuardianWitness, in partnership with EE, will build on the Guardian’s groundbreaking model of open journalism to crowdsource content from around the globe by enabling users to share videos, pictures and text […]

UK TV Advertising Spend To Decrease In Q2

UK TV Advertising Spend To Decrease In Q2

Media agencies have warned the TV ad market could decline by around 5 per cent year on year in the second quarter – a more severe drop in spend than had been expected. According to estimates from media agency buyers, the UK TV market could fall by 2-6 per cent between 1 April and the […]

Volkswagen: #Polowers Twitter Campaign

DDB and Volkswagen Spain created a campaign around an online game called Polowers. They integrated the Twitter API into the Polowers microsite and required users to become followers to play. Every time a player tweeted using the #polowers hashtag, a Polo on the site would advance a few metres. The person to send the last […]

John Lewis Unveils AR Campaign For Samsung Smart TVs

John Lewis Unveils AR Campaign For Samsung Smart TVs

Two flagship John Lewis stores in central London have has their windows transformed to promote Samsung’s latest Smart TVs using augmented reality. Created by TRO Group, the campaign launched today and is set to run for a month, and includes an AR interface which allows the user to control a number of content scenarios that […]

LEGO Story Builder: Augmented Reality App

Dejan Jovanovic, Helena Heras, Rafael Perez, Adam Pimack, Richard Spiegel, Manuel Mero and German Leal of Miami Ad School have created a concept app that aims to combine the offline and online worlds. Entitled ‘LEGO Story Builder’, the app would allow kids to interact with their physical creations digitally—bringing together LEGO, augmented reality and storytelling. […]

WPP’s Sorrell Tops Richest In UK Marketing Sector

WPP’s Sorrell Tops Richest In UK Marketing Sector

WPP CEO Martin Sorrell is reportedly the richest person in the UK’s marketing and communications sector, with an estimated worth of $320 million, according to London’s Sunday Times. The publication is printing its annual “Rich List” April 21. Word of Sorrell’s position on the list, first reported by Campaign Live, comes amid ongoing talks between […]