Chris Rawlinson

HP recently launched a great ad campaign featuring Rhys Darby from Flight Of The Conchords fame. The commercials are all based on the humorous exploits of Rhys finding out more about some of HP’s exclusive partnerships and technology innovations. The above spot features Annie Leibovitz showing Rhys HP’s Dream Color Technology on a photo shoot [...]

Above is a great ad for Magners Irish cider called “Catch”. The ad was made by London based Creative Agency The Red Brick Road. They created two TV campaigns, the first one above shows the unbeaten  local Clonmel cricket team catching every ball hit. The second ad shows the story of Aiden Boyle, Magners crazy [...]

LoveYourVagina.com is a crazy site created by a new British "tampon alternative" brand called Mooncup. I won’t go into the messy details but check out http://www.mooncup.co.uk/ to see what this new product is, all I can say is I’m damn glad I’m a guy. Mooncup’s ad campaign has been to create a microsite called LoveYourVagina.com [...]

Nandos are one SA brand constantly known for their great tongue in cheek adverting campaigns, and the above new TV spot is no different. After the recent negative worldwide press created by the SA president Jabob Zuma having 3 wives, Nandos has decided to ride on some of the hype. Nice work. Hat Tip: Cherryflava [...]

Last week I was kindly invited to the launch of the internationally renowned Cognac brand; Bisquit (no it’s not pronounced like biscuit). The event was held at a stunning house in Bishops Court. Bisquit was started by a 20 year old chap called Alexandre Bisquit in 1819 and went on to be to cognac of [...]

    The main advertising awards in Africa are the Loeries, each year a different agency is picked to do the creative work for the awards and this year it’s Ogilvy Cape Town’s turn. The ads above and below all expertly take the piss of the crackdown of world cup related ads for the upcoming [...]

Over the weekend I saw two great commercials for Diet Coke. The first one above is the new Diet Coke “Puppet” spot by Mother, London. If puppets and musical dance routines are your thing then you wont be disappointed. The second spot below is an American  Wieden+kennedy made ad called “Stay”. The ad is beautifully [...]

Great little expose on Google’s values and commercial interests, made by ABC Australia’s “Hungry Beast”, a topical news program giving views from a different perspective. The clip starts with the commentary:  “Meet Google. The noun that became a verb. The world’s favourite search engine, and the company whose motto is "Don’t be evil…" I, like [...]