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

Social@Ogilvy Launch in SA

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… 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

Retroviral’s 2011: A Digital Space Odyssey

Lovely video clip by local social media agency Retroviral. The clip highlights some of the great work they did last year and helps explain what makes them stand out from the crowd. Great work. Hat Tip: Mike Sharman

Vinnie Jones: Hard and Fast CPR

Wonderful campaign from the end of last year from Grey, London for the British heart Foundation. Have a watch and learn how to help save a life. Hat Tip: Copyranter

Google Zeitgeist 2011: A Year In Review

It’s that time of year again for the annual Google year in review video. Click on the video above to see how the World Searched with Google in 2011. For the full list of search trends go to http://www.googlezeitgeist.com/en/

David Attenborough: Wonderful World

The legendary Sir David Attenborough and the good chaps at the BBC have made the above promotional clip for BBC’s One HD. Try and take the time to watch it HD.

Infographic: Office Party Season

Its office party season again, it can be a scary time of year, so please take a moment to go through the infographic below and see where you fit in. Enjoy. Via: Sir Steve Clayton

Infographic: Text Messaging is 19 years old

Text messaging is 19 years old. The first text message was sent on December 03, 1992 to Richard Jarvis from Neil Papworth, who sent the message using his personal computer. The text message read “Merry Christmas”. Below is a timeline… Continue Reading