Category Archives: Advertainment

Red Stripe: Street Art at shutter speed

Red Stripe’s “Make Art On The Street” released this animation of a special piece of street art. Scottish artist Spaceboy, helped by his graphic students from Edinburgh College of Art, animated his paste-ups on the shop shutters of Newhaven Harbour. It is a nice animation in itself, capturing and recording each frame of the paper installation. But what I really like about the film is that the interview with Spaceboy (talking in his heavy Scottish accent) is actually woven into the dubby Jamaican soundtrack. Ah sey one! Read more…

Video of the day: Surfing in New Zealand

Eugene Tan is a blogger and surfer based out of Sydney. His daily updates about Bondi have become a daily dose of surf culture for around 50k on facebook. He recently took a trip across the pond to New Zealand (sponsored by Land Rover) and made this mini documentary.

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Ad people vs Normal people [infographic]

Ever wondered if we ad folk live in a bubble? This infographic explains it all. haha Read more…

The EVOC Indestructible Billboard

Outdoor sport brand EVOC wanted to highlight the protective nature of their backpacks. Publicis Munich created an “Indestructible Billboard” where people could experience the shock absorbing effect of EVOC’s backpack. As the billboard was also connected to Facebook, the people test-punching the backpack were photographed and uploaded to the brand’s facebook page.

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Video of the Day: Welcome to The Star

A new TV ad/Viral from The Monkeys for The Star casino. A lounge lizard gives a rolling tour of the casino on his piano belting out an 80′s rock classic. Read more…

Video of the Day: Ford vs Cane Toad

In case you didn’t know, Cane Toads are a pest in Australia. They poison pets and injure humans and you won’t find many sensible Australians who have any sympathy for these creatures. Ford took that as a starting point for a new commercial for the their Falcon model. Read more…

Kraft Mac & Cheese Likeapella

Via our old friend Tom Markham. Kraft Mac & Cheese on Friday rolled out a special thanks for Facebook fans — a nearly seven-minute song that namechecks people who “liked” a post from the brand earlier this week.

The brand enlisted the help of the YellowJackets, an a capella group, to thank all the 4,800 fans who “liked” the post on Tuesday. The post set a “like” record for the brand. Read more…

Street Art Robot by Chevy Sonic

Under the motto ‘Let’s Do This’ Chevrolet collaborated with mural artist Jeff Soto. Jeff created a graffiti piece aided by a Chevy Sonic equipped with spray guns and robotic high-tech wizardry. But rather than the car I now want one of these bad-ass paint rocket launchers!

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Tippexperience 2 : the hunter and the bear are back

After the worldwide success (50 million views and multiple awards) of the Hunter vs Bear campaign for Tipp-Ex, everyone was wondering if Buzzman agency would be able to take up the challenge of a sequel. Job done.

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Smart Argentina: a car inside Twitter

A smart one, for Smart in Argentina. Using tweets as animation frames, and asking people to scroll down their Twitter page, Smart showed their car fits in every tiny space, even in a Twitter timeline.

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