Save the Children PSA sheds light on the plight of children in Syria

A young girl’s life gets her life turned upside-down in this tragic second a day video. The ad is a Save the Children PSA, that calls attention to the crisis in Syria by examining what life could be like for… Continue Reading

Design Indaba 2014 Day 3

The final day of this years Design Indaba started slow and ended with the whole audience on their feet singing.The day kicked off with Ivory Coast architect Issa Diabaté from Koffi & Diabaté. Issa spoke about the need for more… Continue Reading

Design Indaba 2014 day 2

Another day at Design Indaba and more inspiration from around the world including speakers from the USA, The Netherlands, Brazil, and more. The days themes revolved around the power of collaboration, and the importance of using your upbringing to help… Continue Reading

Design Indaba Day One

For those of you who have never heard of the Design Indaba it’s an organisation that drives for a better world through design, creativity and innovation. Each year over a few days they hold a conference in Cape Town where… Continue Reading

Shutterstock: Global Design Trends 2014

Shutterstock recently shared their annual Infographic for global design trends. The infographic was put together with data from their 350 million all-time downloads to explore recent and emerging trends from around the globe.

Global Digital Stats (January 2014)

This time of year it’s often useful to have a look at how the online world has grown so we have a marker for the beginning of the year. Below is a helpful easy to read report put together by… Continue Reading

13 of the best ads from 2013

This year has been a pretty good one for advertising. Rather than big new trends coming in there has mainly been an evolution of existing ones. The traditional 30 seconds TV spot is no longer de rigueur, only 2 or… Continue Reading

Google Zeitgeist: A year in review 2013

Each year Google release their year in review video, sharing what we searched for during the past year. Normally these are pretty upbeat, this year it seems pretty sombre though, am sure the world will be back to greatness next… Continue Reading

Pantene: Labels Against Women

It’s not everyday you see you a shampoo ad addressing gender equality in a smart way, but below is a brilliant example. Wonderful work by Pantene Philippines and ad agency BBDO Guerrero. The ad points out how identical behaviour often… Continue Reading