Chris Rawlinson

Brilliant work by BBH, New York for The NYC Rescue Mission. They gave a voice to homeless people by giving them a phone, a twitter account, and then asked them to talk to people online about their day to day life. The results are inspirational. Enjoy Related PostsTwitter: Job Hustle Twitter: Happy 5th Birthday Video [...]

5 gum launch Overview View more PowerPoint from chrisrawlinson A few weeks ago I attended one of the best concerts I have ever been to. The event was made possible for free by sponsorship from Wrigley’s 5 Gum, who bought over UK hit band Two Door Cinema Club. Above is an overview of what I [...]

One of the nice things about blogging for a long time is being invited to product launches, car launches are always a treat. MINI South Africa kindly invited me for an evening out test driving their new MINI Cooper S Roadster. Rather than just write about the test drive I thought I’d look over the [...]

Wonderful work from Google. During last year Google partnered with Avis, Coca Cola, Volvo, and Alka-Seltzer in an advertising experiment. The goal was simple – how can the ideas that defined the advertising industry in its infancy, inspire a whole new generation of creatives and marketers? Google re-imagined and remade some of the most iconic [...]

One of the great things about living in Cape Town is the Design Indaba. Since 1995, the Design Indaba Conference has been inviting the world’s top creative minds to address professionals from the creative, corporate and educational sectors alike. Each year at Ogilvy we send a selection of our staff to listen to the talks [...]

Another day, another ad from us at Ogilvy Cape Town. This time the client was The Prison Broadcasting Network (PBN), basically they are a non-profit rehabilitation programme that teaches prisoners the skills to become employable when they are released. Over 80% of their trainees never go back to a life of crime. We conducted a [...]

Today I will be helping to launch Social@Ogilvy for Ogilvy South Africa. The above clip shows some local stats, case studies, and a rough overview of what the division does. The launch starts at 10am South African time, and will feat guest like Luke McKend, Brett StClair, Chris Roper, and Bob Skinstad. To follow the [...]

It’s always nice to be able to feature work that I helped on at Ogilvy, especially when its for a good cause. Last year through an introduction from one of our other clients, Volkswagen, we started to help the Wilderness foundation raise awareness to help save the Rhinos. Above is what we did. Enjoy. Related [...]