Birds Eye Picture House

What’s an Instagram picture worth? In this day and age (and if you have enough followers) it can get you special treatment in hotels and clubs. Or it can get you fed. Birds Eye wants to change British people’s perception of Frozen Food and spread the word about their new range. Check into their PopUp restaurants ‘The Picture House” in Manchester, Leeds and London and pay for your dish with a Instagram pic. Read more…

Coke Fair Play Machine

After addressing the India-Pakistan crisis with their Small World machine, Coca Cola has set their aim a bit lower. Placing two vending machines at the San Siro Stadium, the brand gave soccer fans a joyful moment by letting them donate a Coke to the rival fans. Read more…

Hello Humankindness Vines

Dignity Health and Eleven, Inc. in San Francisco just launched KindVines, a microsite and Vine app experience for people to create and share little moments of kindness. The project is a part of the “Hello humankindness” brand campaign which has been breaking out of healthcare category advertising and getting the attention of Jay Leno, Obama and even the Dalai Lama! Read more…

Speaking Exchange

‘Truly digital’ creative ideas must be impossible to do any other way. Here we got such a case of the internet doing what only the internet can. Young Brazilians want to practice their English. And elderly Americans living in retirement homes just want someone to talk to. The best thing that would help them both? Connecting them for a video chat. Read more…

A focus on the fresh, funny and inspiring advertising @NewYorkFestival

I had a lot of fun putting this list together.  I thought it would be good to look at some of the fresh, funny and inspiring TV ads & campaigns that came out of the festival. I have total respect for the creative teams that managed to push this work through and get clients to buy the idea.

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@NewYorkFestival Debrief : Best in Show & Grand Prix

The New York Festivals is the only awards show that I know of that has one jury judge across all categories.  I met some amazing people and it was a great opportunity to get a snapshot of the industry as a whole just as the awards season kicks off. To start, let’s take a look at the Best in Show and some of the Grand Prix. Read more…

How to let your campaign buzz with technology

Here’s a question you may have heard before: Can technology be the sole ‘big idea’, the foundation for a whole campaign? And if so, can only technology brands run this sort of ‘tech buzzy’ campaign? The simple answer: Yes and No, respectively. Read more…

Facebook Studio Winners 2014

Facebook is still the biggest accelerator for our creative ideas. Remember one of these campaigns popping up on your timeline? Did one of your friends share it? Which one did you try it out yourself? Catch up on the 15 best campaigns that ran on and with the help of Facebook this past year.

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Carlsberg: Football has the power to unite

This is a bold campaign and a beautiful thought from Carlsberg and Duval Guillaume. I love it but then again I’m not impartial since I work at Carlsberg, but what do you think?

This is the coolest trophy ever @NewYorkFestival

The New York Festivals has taken trophy design to the next level with the help of Sagmeister & Walsh. The design reflects the iconic manhattan skyline.  However, these trophies are like no others as they have a built in projector that plays the winning case study when you pick it up.

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