Water is Life: #FirstWorldProblems

Brilliant work by DDB New York for charity Water is Life. They recently launched what they are calling a "Hashtag Killer" campaign, which sets out to eradicate the ironic #firstworldproblems meme in order to raise awareness about serious developing world… Continue Reading

Parkinson’s: Shake Up Sydney

To raise awareness of Parkinson’s Disease for Shake it Up Australia Foundation, Ogilvy, Sydney, placed over 1000 wedges underneath coffee tables in Sydney so that the tables wobbled, re-enacting a common symptom of the disease – the shakes. Great work… Continue Reading

Nando’s: Souperstars

Nando’s don’t just make funny ads and fine chicken meals, they also help feed the homeless and those in disadvantaged communities. I know technically this isn’t an ad, but its always great to see brands stepping up and making a… Continue Reading

Noah: Sealkiller Killer

Another great piece of activation work from : Jung von Matt neue Elbe, Germany, this time for an anti seal clubbing organisation called NOAH. They produced an outdoor billboard with strong magnets attached to the back, and a picture of… Continue Reading

NCDV: Interactive Domestic Violence

JWT recently installed this brilliant interactive billboard campaign at London’s Euston Station for the National Centre for Domestic Violence (NCDV). Users would see an abusive domestic situation between a man and a woman, and were prompted to help by entering… Continue Reading

NYC Rescue Mission: Underheard in New York

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… Continue Reading

DESIGN INDABA 2012: Overview Day 1

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… Continue Reading

PBN: Rehabilitation is Possible

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… Continue Reading

Forever Wild: YouTube Interventions

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… Continue Reading

Doctors Without Borders: Pills Against The Pain of Others

Fantastic idea by Advertising Agency Germinal Cominicacion, Spain, for Doctors Without Borders. They created a placebo mint pill product and that was branded and sold in pharmacies around Spain, in order to help raise money for medicine needed by people… Continue Reading