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 […]
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has launched its first ever ad campaign targeting international fans. The marketing campaign, “one game one love”, incorporates six TV spots as well as print and online ads and a presence at the NBA international games. It is timed to coincide with the pre-season games across the globe. The first […]
Elle magazine has paired Mother, Brave and Widen & Kennedy with three groups of feminists, to create campaigns that try to define the modern face of feminism, for its November issue. The ‘Rebranding Feminism’ project aims to re-imagine the feminist movement for today, in the context of pay gaps, stereotypes and the fact that the […]
Amsterdam-based creative production company Minivegas has created an interactive 3D installation for Sonos, inspired by the wireless audio specialist’s HiFis and featuring a hi-tech forest populated with fantastic plant characters animated through real-time motion capture so that they ‘dance’ with their real-life partners. The larger-than-life 3D landscape of an audio responsive forest, responding in time […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZqr__M7XZs Nissan, the car brand, has launched a 12-month multi-channel deal with BSkyB’s Sky Media to launch its redesigned Micra model through a sponsorship push featuring Olympic heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson. The partnership targets young women through idents aligning the Micra with drama programmes including ‘Elementary’, the US adaptation of ‘Sherlock’, ‘Hannibal’ and the upcoming series, […]
Newsworks, the marketing body for national newsbrands, has today launched a 12-week multi-platform advertising campaign around the strapline “Papers aren’t just paper anymore”. Created by QI mastermind and best-selling author John Lloyd, who worked with Coldplay designers Tappin Gofton to produce the six ads, ‘Papers aren’t just paper anymore’ is Newsworks and John Lloyd’s first-ever […]
JWT Canada announced that it has been selected by Air Canada as its new creative advertising agency of record, following a national search process. JWT Canada will handle all of Air Canada’s global brand communications and digital marketing with effect from January 2014. Mindshare will handle all media planning and buying. “JWT demonstrated strong capabilities […]
Interactive advertising service company Ensequence will roll out an ambitious broad-reaching national platform for interactive TV advertising. AdConneqt+ enables programmers to offer an interactive upgrade to their 30-second ad inventory, where TV viewers can respond to national advertisers’ 30-second spots after a few clicks of the remote control. Interactive advertising professionals say that advanced advertising […]
Maybelline‘s iconic “Maybe she’s born with it” strapline has topped CBS Outdoor‘s brand recognition game in celebration of 150 years of advertising on the London Underground. CBS launched its 150 Brands quiz with a two-week poster campaign, featuring 115 posters across 78 stations that challenged commuters to identify 150 brands that have advertised on the […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUBiOOx0Pxw To show the difference between sensual, sexy acting and porn, director Alberto Belli created a humorous ad for HBO. Titled ‘It’s Not Porn…’, it shows several budding actors raving to their friends and family about their new roles in a TV series. Initially, they are horrified of what they hear—thinking that their loves ones […]