Video Game Prank Ad Lets a Smartphone App ‘Hack’ People’s World

Video Game Prank Ad Lets a Smartphone App ‘Hack’ People’s World

To promote its upcoming game Watch Dogs, video game developer Ubisoft decided to play a little prank on some unsuspecting customers. In its ‘Amazing Street Hack’ prank, several customers were given a mysterious smartphone app that allowed them to ‘hack’ their environment. They could switch street lights on and off, open car doors, and dispense […]

Cheil Worldwide partners with Samsung to stage the Galaxy 11 campaign

Cheil Worldwide partners with Samsung to stage the Galaxy 11 campaign

It was November 2013 when mysterious circles and strange hooded men were spotted on football fields in major cities around the world. The mysterious figures turned out to be aliens, challenging the world to a galactic war. Since then, legendary footballer Franz Beckenbauer has been charged to lead a planet-defending team “Galaxy 11”, whose members […]

LIFE helps Schwalbe make tracks ahead of Tour de France’s Grand Départ

LIFE helps Schwalbe make tracks ahead of Tour de France’s Grand Départ

Independent integrated agency LIFE has developed an advertising campaign for the UK’s leading cycling tyre specialist Schwalbe to celebrate the 2014 Tour de France’s start in Yorkshire. LIFE has created press and online advertising that features three limited edition Schwalbe tyres in the form of ‘Trois Arcs de Triomphe’. The work carries the tagline ‘For […]

Samsung’s Galaxy S5 campaign takes a holistic approach to empower people

Samsung’s Galaxy S5 campaign takes a holistic approach to empower people

Cheil Worldwide has created a multichannel campaign to demonstrate the capabilities of the Samsung Galaxy S5. The campaign focuses on how innovation is shifting from a ‘product centric’ to ‘people centric’ point of view and acknowledges that meaningful innovations are inspired by consumers. Activity includes four official TV spots, feature-specific print and OOH executions and […]

Partners Revamps Creative Team With Raft of Senior Hires

Partners Revamps Creative Team With Raft of Senior Hires

Partners Andrews Aldridge has boosted its team with three new hires and two promotions as part of a creative team restructure spearheaded by creative director Paul Snoxell. The new structure sees the introduction of three roles at the agency: deputy creative director, head of design and head of digital display, taking the total creative department […]

Live & Breathe wins Lakeland advertising brief

Live & Breathe wins Lakeland advertising brief

Live & Breathe has been appointed to handle a Spring advertising brief for creative kitchenware brand, Lakeland. The agency picked up the work following a competitive pitch. Live & Breathe will be responsible for producing a series of three print ads aimed at driving consumer engagement with the Lakeland brand. Creative will focus on Lakeland’s […]

Adidas & Chelsea ‘immortalise players’ in campaign promoting new home kit

Adidas & Chelsea ‘immortalise players’ in campaign promoting new home kit

and Chelsea have launched a YouTube and social campaign to promote the football club’s new 2014/2015 home kit, which sees some of its players ‘immortalised’ as sculptures in their favourite ‘Chelsea moment’. The ‘Forever Blue’, campaign features a video narrated by manager, Jose Mourinho, and references ‘iconic goals, saves and celebrations’, showing five Chelsea players […]

Strongbow Ups the Ante with Latest ‘EARN IT.’ Challenge

Strongbow Ups the Ante with Latest ‘EARN IT.’ Challenge

Heineken agencies are launching the next installment in the series of Strongbow ‘EARN IT.’ Challenges. This time Strongbow has upped the ante, challenging regular guys to take on one of Brazil’s best female teams in a 5-a-side battle in Rio. Building on the brand positioning that Strongbow rewards men who ‘step up’ and get the […]

Give yourself some love this Valentine’s Day and CoppaFeel!

Give yourself some love this Valentine’s Day and CoppaFeel!

Taylor James is honoured to support Saatchi & Saatchi Health’s advertising campaign for charity CoppaFeel!, to promote breast cancer awareness this Valentine’s Day. CoppaFeel was founded by twin sisters Kristin and Maren Hallenga after Kristin was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 23. Because of the late diagnosis, Kristin now lives with a stage four […]