Last year, nearly 6 million minutes of Summer songs were streamed each day during the Summer season on Spotify Free. While summer may look a bit different this year, feel-good playlists are ideal for throwing your window open or heading outside to soak up some sun, so it’s no surprise that we’ve seen a 245% increase in summer-themed playlists in […]
More than half the world’s population now uses social media, according to the latest Digital 2020 report from We Are Social, the socially-led creative agency and Hootsuite, the global leader in social media management. Digital 2020: July Global Statshot Report shows that 3.96 billion people use social media today, accounting for around 51 percent of […]
The Van Gogh Museum relaunched its website with a design refresh, a new interactive content format, better accessibility and smart features intended to inspire a global audience. Dept digital agency led the concept and creative direction of the project and partnered with tech agency Q42 for development. Martijn Pronk, Head of Digital Communication at the […]
To mark the launch of the “Hope Probe”, the Emirates Mars Mission revealed history’s first Arabic countdown as the Emirates prepares to embark on the first ever Arab space mission to Mars.
Emirates Mars Mission and The Emirates Nation Brand Office collaborated with TBWA\RAAD on the countdown, kicked-off with an emotional manifesto film that addresses the pride in every citizen of the MENA region. The campaign celebrates “a new era for Arabs in space”, inviting people to share their #FirstArabicCountdown to the space mission. A ‘Lens of […]
With an ever-increasing need for brands to resonate with underserved audiences, newly formed agency Marmalade has made it their mission to support brands on their quest to achieve this.
The Millennial-led agency is headed up by Tola Alade, former Head of Design at 90/24 Media and founder of branding agency, Swifty Studios (Ranked Top 100 UK agencies by DesignWeek in 2015 and 2016). Marmalade recognises that African culture is influencing Western mainstream tastes like never before. It’s informing music, fashion, beauty, advertising…the list is […]
“Living in Lisbon means we’re in daily contact with the moods, majesty… and misery of our Ocean. The plastic washing up on our beaches is a very real and obvious threat. But there’s an awful hidden danger we barely notice — the degraded plastic particles we’re all ingesting through water, which have infiltrated the system. […]
Today, Spotify and Omnicom Media Group announced the largest global, strategic podcast advertising partnership to-date. Through this partnership, clients of Omnicom Media Group agencies Hearts & Science, OMD and PHD will be at the forefront of the next era of podcast advertising powered by Spotify’s innovative, first-to-market podcast ad tech, best-in-class audience intelligence, and will have first-mover access to […]
In times of social distancing, ‘Distant Neighbours’ aims to make the world a smaller place
Dubai Design District (d3) and Serviceplan Middle East have collaborated to create Distant Neighbours, a unique digital project on Instagram, to connect the world under one Insta-address. The platform reflects urban society during a time of social distancing. It aims to help us overcome loneliness and isolation experienced during the COVID-19 global health crisis by […]
With access to dental services inconvenienced due to movement restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, Colgate-Palmolive & global brand experience agency, VMLY&R India have launched Colgate – Dentists for Me, a new teledentistry service that connects people in India to dentists across the country, free-of-charge. Launched during India’s countrywide lockdown, the service takes forward Colgate’s mission of […]
Helping sneaker lovers make their mark
Air Max, a cornerstone of the Nike shoe lineup has been amassing a cult following since 1987. This year in a world first for Nik, AKQA helped Nike Japan give people the opportunity to participate in the creation process of this fan favorite. Nike Japan released a collaborative ‘zine’ called Create with Air Max allowing sneaker […]