Hat-Trick Design has created a set of stamps celebrating Andy Murray’s Wimbledon victory using a template design reserved for the event of a national sporting success. In January the consultancy was asked by the Royal Mail to create ‘a flexible design that could be adapted to suit a range of potential sports to celebrate British […]
Back in 2009 BBH dared to dream the impossible in a campaign for Robinsons. In ‘Imagine’, directed by Benito Montorio, the agency speculated how the people of the UK might react if a Briton was to win Wimbledon. Following Andy Murray’s victory in straight sets against Novak Djokovic, we need wonder no more – and […]
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Not long ago, many people would have loved to have a direct line to LeBron James’s answering machine—to leave him a nasty message, or 10. Times have changed, to the point where many people might actually congratulate James on his second NBA championship in a phone message. Wieden + Kennedy lets you do just that […]
BNP Paribas is celebrating 40 years of partnership with the French Open with a social media-controlled robot that launches tennis balls at Jo-Wilfred Tsonga live on a tennis court. The ‘Tweet and Shoot’ event on 23 May, created by We Are Social, will see social media users able to drag-and-drop a tennis ball on a […]
Jaguar is set to begin a global campaign to promote the launch of its new F-Type sports car. The campaign for the two-seater sports car is called “your turn” and breaks in the UK with a teaser campaign from Monday 20 May. The full-length ad will first air on TV and cinema screens on 25 […]
The Observer moved away from mournful coverage of Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement as manager of Manchester United in its promotion of a 12-page supplement and opted for a more light hearted approach. In a campaign from Bartle Bogle Hegarty London, promotional material took on a tone of “playfulness and wit” and imagined the reaction of […]
BT has ramped up its marketing campaign for its new Sky-rival BT Sport service, which offers 38 exclusive Barclays Premier League and Scottish Premier League matches, by announcing the service will be free to BT broadband customers. BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN will also provide coverage of the FA Cup, Europa League, […]
Supermarket chain Waitrose is to become the new Team Sponsor of England Cricket after signing a three-year deal with the England & Wales Cricket Board. From next year the Waitrose logo will feature on all England teams playing and training wear starting with the Investec Test Series against Sri Lanka in May 2014 through to […]
Global sports good industry player adidas has announced “The adidas Fellowship for Future Data Talentsâ€, a scholarship fund for international students. The scholarship is developed in partnership with digital learning institute Hyper Island, and established to support and nurture tomorrow’s talent within data driven strategy and marketing. For the last years, data has been part […]
A ‘Passion Drives Us All’ ad has been created to promote a partnership between the Qatar Foundation and FC Barcelona. Created by TBWA, the ad features Barcelona stars, including Lionel Messi, and is designed to raise awareness and celebrate the work done between the Qatar Foundation and FC Barcelona. The partnership is creating programmes and […]