Category Archives: Agencies & people

Digital Perspectives 2012

Are you unsure about which of the digital trends will really make its mark this year? Then look no further than ‘Perspectives 2012′ published by independent international agency Reactive. Originally sent to clients in a nicely designed and bound print edition, you can now enjoy the same benefits from the free PDF download. Read more…

Do your timesheets, get free beer

JWT Brazil realised  (like everyone else on the planet) that doing your timesheets is a) necessary to be a profitable agency and b) absolutely tedious to do. So in order to inject some fun into the process, they stacked a fridge full of beer that only opens once everyone has done their time sheets. An idea that both the MD and staff can cheer about! Read more…

R.I.P. Hillman Curtis

A great multi-disciplinary creative, Hillman Curtis, has passed away at the age of 51 on April 18. A true Renaissance man, he combined the skills of a musician, graphic and web designer with being a filmmaker. I first learnt about him through his powerful and innovative interactive work in the 1990s. Some even called him the ‘Michael Jordan of web design’. Check out this lovely tribute to Hillman. Read more…

First agency site on Pinterest

Holler Sydney has made an innovative move by putting their main agency site on Pinterest. So if you are interested in Holler’s work, people and ethos, look no further than the world’s favourite place to tap, pin, browse and scroll. Read more…

Agency Showreel 4 – Sequence Agency, London

Formed in 1995, Sequence is an idea’s driven UK based digital agency. Check them out here.

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Agency Showreel 3: Soap Creative

Australian digital agency Soap Creative have been around since the beginning of digital agencies. They produce awesome work across gaming, brand and digital marketing. Take a look. Read more…

A SXSW summary/journey from Simon van Wyk

Guest poster Simon van Wyk (founder of HotHouse).

I’ve always wanted to go to South by South West (SxSW) and finally got an opportunity to attend, courtesy of an application my agency, Hothouse, developed for Tablets.  As many industry people know, SxSW started life as a music festival but for many years has also included streams for the film and interactive industries. This year’s Interactive Festival attracted around 27,000 people. And since the festival is held in Austin, a town who’s motto is “let’s get weird”, there is plenty to talk about. Read more…

Control ProxyBot at SXSW

Here is something that doesn’t happen every day. For 3 hours we get to steer BBDO’s Proximity ProxyBot at South By South West (SXSW). He’s a bot equipped with the right tech gear to let you experience SXSW by proxy. Please help us with suggestions on how we should tweet-steer him through the conference and beyond. Read more…

Agency Showreels 2 – The Mill

The second reel in our new series is The Mill. They collaborate on award-winning moving image, design and digital projects for the advertising, film, tv, games and movie industry. Check it out here.

Come pin SXSW with Rocco

As SXSW kicks off this Friday, Adverblog editor Rocco Stalvord is our man on the ground. Given that our Pinterest boards have quickly attracted a big following, we asked Rocco to ‘pin the shit out of SXSW 2012′. And you dear readers can be part of it. Give us your Pinterest username and we’ll add you to the SXSW 2012 board. Tweet @adverblog, email teamadverblog at gmail or comment here or on Facebook.

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