ADFEST is pleased to announce that Shahir Zag, Chief Creative Officer at Y&R MENA in Dubai, is joining next year’s festival as Jury President of the Outdoor Lotus category. A passionate typographer, designer, poet and creative sage, Zag has been instrumental in turning the creative spotlight onto the Middle East since moving to Dubai from […]
Following a period of tremendous growth and exciting opportunity, 2014 promises to be another big year for Taxi Studio, starting with the arrival of new Creative Director Steve Burden in January. Steve has consulted all over the world for major players including WPP, Fitch and Interbrand for brands such as Vodafone, BP, Harrods and Qatar […]
H&M is planning to broadcast a Super Bowl TV ad starring David Beckham that will allow viewers to buy items from the former footballer’s underwear range directly through their TVs. According to reports, the Swedish fashion retailer is returning to the Super Bowl after a year away with a campaign for Beckham’s Bodywear range. Viewers […]
Mike Tyson gives Evander Holyfield his ear back, 16 years after biting it off in the ring, in a tongue-in-cheek new campaign for Foot Locker, which also sees an airline clerk overjoyed when basketball star Dennis Rodman buys a one-way ticket to North Korea. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KMUnqB_NiU The ad by BBDO New York, is promoting Foot Locker’s ‘Week […]
Gary Barlow has teamed up with Comparethemarket.com’s meerkat mascots in an ad campaign, ahead of the launch of the singer’s latest album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A__RJy_HU8 A 30-second teaser spot airs on November 18 on ITV during ‘Coronation Street’ and will be followed by a second ad later in the month. In the ad, Aleksandr Orlov – the […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWnKRJ4c8xY Wes Anderson is a guy who loves his vintage fashion and the affection appears to be mutual. Prada has partnered with Anderson to create a branded short called Castello Cavalcanti about a brash race car driver played, of course, by Jason Schwartzman. In the tale set in 1955 Italy, Schwartzman is unsurprisingly funny as […]
Jean-Claude Van Damme has starred in Volvo’s latest ad for its ‘Stunt’ campaign, performing the splits in between two moving FM trucks. Titled ‘The Epic Split’, the ad follows on from other viral hits from the campaign, which has this year seen a Volvo truck out manoeuvre bulls through a Spanish town, Claes Nilsson (president […]
Bupa is launching its first global marketing campaign as it adopts a more “conversational” tone and seeks to get its Ground Miles walking app into “as many hands as possible”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmtQ1PIhdfA#t=29 The digital marketing campaign featuring an “overblown American stereotype” called Chad Stryder is being supported by a global seeding strategy in order to support […]
Digital creative agency, Maynard Malone, hires five specialists including head of delivery senior appointment as demand for digital marketing services continue to grow. The new appointments have extensive experience in working with worldwide FMCG brands, both in agency positions and client-side and managing director of the London based agency, Ameet Chandarana is positive that their […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nRKyQ11494 For its new ad campaign, popular web-call service Skype called for submissions from around the world in response to the question: “How do you stay together over Skype?” One of the ‘Stay Together’ stories for the campaign features Sarah and Paige, two girls who had communicated for eight years over Skype. The girls have […]