A billboard that checks your emotions

M&C Saatchi in the UK are currently testing billboards which read viewer’s emotions and react to their facial expressions. Bit creepy!! The billboards, which have already been displayed in London, have a hidden Microsoft Kinect camera which photographs passerby’s reactions and display different images, designs, fonts and colours depending on their mood. Read more…

Ever wondered how your selfie would look in thread? This machine is the answer

The amazingly talented guys from Breakfast NY are very hot right now. Every major advertising & technology publication (see write-ups here, here, here and here) and then some reported on the much anticipated unveil of their massive thread machine they developed for Forever 21.

Breakfast is known for thinking differently. It is also known for coming up with ideas that connect hardware and software like no one else. This latest venture works like this: if you happen to be a fan of Forever21 (and if so, you would find yourself in the company of its 7m and counting Instagram followers) or even if you are just into seeing your selfie turned into a massive thread mosaic, you can just tag your photo #Forever21ThreadScreen and the machine will automatically pick it up. It will then turn it into a colorful tapestry.

You can see how it works in real time here, and hear Andrew Zolty, Breakfast’s co-founder and chief creative officer AND the sweetest and smartest guy around, speak about the project.

This fills my coolness quota for a month. At least.

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Cannes Cyber Lions Winners

Was great to see the winners from the Cannes Cyber Lions today. Following a definite trend this year the Grand Prix had a female empowerment theme which is great to see. 5 other Grand Prix had a similar theme. See below for the case study vids of two of the best in Cyber What was your favourite? Read more…

The tools from Hyper Island

While Adverblog posts are usually about the best digital advertising, this is a post on some of the tools - actually a lot of them - that you might use in your process to create great work. Read more…

Imagine if your bathroom could talk

Toilet paper ads have never been this funny. The new campaign for Quilted Northern, “Designed to be Forgotten,” features no actual actors on camera. In each of the three spots, a male narrator introduces us to an inanimate object: a toy alligator, a rabbit figurine and a framed photo of “great-grandpa Thaddeus.” Each of them must bear silent witness to the unpleasant events unfolding at a nearby toilet. Funny stuff. Agency is Droga5 NY. Read more…

Using DNA Testing to Put a Face to Litterbugs

Ogilvy & Mather Hong Kong has launched a city-wide campaign for the Hong Kong CleanUp Initiative. The campaign, entitled ‘The Face of Litter’, has launched in conjunction with Global Earth Day, and it’s awesome. Read more…

Happy Nike Air Max day

It’s the last few hours of Nike Air Max day (March 26).  Sneaker heads around the world are celebrating the iconic sneaker from 1987.  Here is a very cool project from Grey London ECD Dominic Goldman who has made a sculpture of the shoe using a mix of 3D printing and special dyed concrete.  I’m not a sneaker head but I would like to have a pair of these. Read more…

Pepper Hacker kills your Wifi

Frustrated mums will rejoice at the prospect of pausing mobile phones, apps, wifi and TV screens, all in one go. Watch what happens when a pepper jack becomes the magic wand for reclaiming family meal times.

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Hermès aerial ballet

This is beautiful. The Hermes spring/summer campaign takes off with a delightful short film called “La Flânerie” (“Wandering”) which takes us on a poetic walk through the cobblestoned streets of Paris.

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#FiftyShades of advertising

With the release of Fifty Shades of Grey I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the brands piggy backing the film launch and the conversations around it.  Let #FiftyShades of advertising begin… Read more…