Volvo releases latest live test, ‘The Chase’

Volvo releases latest live test, ‘The Chase’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BRoU1hw-CU Volvo‘s latest ‘live test’ video premiered on YouTube, with a Volvo FL Distribution truck thrown into the deep end of a Spanish bull run. Created with Swedish agency, Forsman Bodenfors, ‘The Chase’ was also worked on in post-production by The Mill. Set in Ciudad Rodrigo, where Spain’s infamous ‘encierro’ is said to have started […]

Beats’ Robin Thicke ad escapes outright ban despite sexist complaints

Beats’ Robin Thicke ad escapes outright ban despite sexist complaints

The advertising watchdog has banned a TV ad for Beats Pill speakers featuring the singer Robin Thicke from being broadcast before 7.30pm following almost 100 complaints from viewers who believed the spot was “offensive” and “sexist”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbtewxfcptw The spot features Thicke performing his single ’Blurred Lines’ alongside three female models in hot pants and see-through […]

American Express and Trip Advisor team up with range of travel offers

American Express and Trip Advisor team up with range of travel offers

American Express and TripAdvisor will team up to offer American Express customers special deals on travel. The deal will allow AmEx customers to post Card Member reviews, access exclusive Card Member hotspot lists and get special merchant offers, as well as heralding the introduction of a loyalty scheme through the “Amex Traveler” badge. “American Express […]

Porsche Uses Seven Generations Of Cars To ‘Sing’ Happy Birthday

Porsche Uses Seven Generations Of Cars To ‘Sing’ Happy Birthday

To celebrate the Porsche 911’s 50th anniversary, the German automotive company created a ‘car symphony’ to sing itself happy birthday. Using seven generations of the Porsche 911, the cars revved their engines to belt out a unique rendition of the ‘Happy Birthday’ song. To go along with the video, the company even created a game […]

Levi’s targets East London with #MakeOurMark outdoor campaign

Levi’s targets East London with #MakeOurMark outdoor campaign

Levi’s has launched an out-of-home (OOH) campaign in East London as part of its #MakeOurMark project. The #MakeOurMark activity spans outdoor, social media and interactive events. It has aimed to encourage up-and-coming creative talent from across the UK to contribute words, images and videos through Twitter, using the hashtags #MakeOurMark and #Moves. The latest effort […]

NME redesigns with new look and logo

NME redesigns with new look and logo

NME has been redesigned with a new look and a new logo in a bid to assert ‘authority, credibility and depth of knowledge.’ The design has been led in-house by art director Mark Neil under new editor Mike Williams. NME last redesigned in 2010 under art director Joe Frost and former editor Krissi Murison. This […]

Hibu launches first ads since rebrand

Hibu launches first ads since rebrand

Hibu is launching its first major advertising campaign since it rebranded from Yell last year as it hopes to encourage small to medium business owners to reappraise the beleaguered company. The global “Hibu. Made for business” campaign promotes the online “do-it-yourself” digital services it launched last May to help businesses create desktop and mobile websites, […]

Fruit Of The Loom & LinkedIn Team Up For Ad Campaign

Fruit Of The Loom & LinkedIn Team Up For Ad Campaign

Global underwear and casualwear company Fruit Of The Loom will be sending free pairs of cotton underwear to LinkedIn users who have gotten jobs or changed jobs within the last 30 days. This is for the company’s “Fresh Gigs” promotion, which is part of their “Start Happy” campaign. The campaign has a theme that is based […]