Author Archives: Tim

Psychic T-shirts by Mother

Let Mother tell your fortune. After all she knows best. Or in this case, it is the agency Mother that is selling ‘Psychic T-shirts’. 100 T-shirts have passed through the hands of psychic Lucinda Clare, who counts the police as well as the mob as former employers. An ad agency seems the logical conclusion. Read more…

Droga5 goes to war in Iraq

What’s more real than today’s realistic looking war games? Real war of course. Turtle Beach, maker of gaming audio gear like headsets, teamed up with agency Droga5 New Zealand to explore this premise. They sent an experienced Kiwi gamer (not a soldier) to a real war zone: Iraq. Read more…

Get up! for gay marriage

Australian grassroots campaign organisation GetUp! has launched a film called “It’s Time” which in 3 days has racked up over a million views on YouTube. Nicely shot in beautiful Sydney it plays with your preconceptions of romance and partnership. Read more…

Samsung versus Apple

Samsung is taking a clever stab at the self-hypnotising Apple fanboy community. You know the ones, camping outside an Apple temple, turning their wait for a new iPhone into an event of massive (blogging and tweeting) proportion. I love the piss take even if the Samsung Galaxy S II owners come off slightly smug. Read more…

All we ever wanted was everything

Ned Wenlock is working in Wellington, NZ as an animator, illustrator and director. His latest work is for American alternative rockers MGMT who had covered Bauhaus ‘All we ever wanted was everything’. His piece is a beautifully animated rolling, unfolding, evolving industrial city.

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Nicest Place on the Internet

Are LOL cats not making you happy anymore? Do you sometimes feel like a hug on the web? Don’t worry, the ‘Nicest Place on the Internet’ has just been found. Read more…

Reebok creates largest 3D street art

Reebok wanted to create a backdrop of truly epic proportions for their range Cross Fit. Hopping on the 3D street art craze, they commissioned artists 3D Joe and Max to break the Guinness World Record for the largest ever 3D street art piece. Read more…

Google Music launches in US

Google Music has just launched, but unfortunately only into the cloud above US territory. The service can host up to 20,000 of your songs for free and – similar to other music stores like iTunes – lets you discover and purchase new tracks. This snazzy micro site explains Google Music’s features. Read more…

Giant Hollywood Square music video

Two posts ago we highlighted Greg Jardin’s jellybeantastic work with Kina Grannis. Here’s another one of his great efforts, a giant Hollywood Square performance for the band ‘Hollerado. Read more…

2 iPads make a great costume

This brilliantly simple trick leaves a gaping hole in your stomach – provided you got sufficient WiFi. How long till we see a promotion team using this trick, possibly for a horror flick or game? Read more…