Top 15 ads of 2011

2011 has been my first year of being officially with Ogilvy South Africa. It’s been incredible to watch the blood, sweat, and tears that go into making something that we see, and for the most part ignore, every day hundreds… Continue Reading

Boondoggle: Winter Wake-up app

Ad agency Boondoggle, Belgium created the above winter wake up app so their staff could get to work on time when the weather takes a turn for the worse. "The Winter Wake Up" app works like an ordinary alarm clock,… Continue Reading

Wonderbra: Bungee Jump

If you’re a chap and have ever fantasised about diving into an ample cleavage, this may interest you. Ad agency Direct, London, recently created the above installation featuring a super large projection of a Wonderbra model, and then put up… Continue Reading

TCM December movies: The Return of Retro

Christmas is a time for many things, one of the must haves is classic movies being shown on the telly. Thankfully the kind people at TCM (Turner Classic Movies Ch 109 DSTV) have South Africa sorted. To celebrate the return… Continue Reading

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.

Norte Beer: PhotoBlocker

Del Campo Saatchi & Saatchi brings us Photoblocker for Norte Beer in Buenos Aires. In order to protect your night out from ending up on facebook and getting you into trouble, they created the first intelligent beer cooler, which not… Continue Reading

Old Spice: MANta Claus

The Old Spice guy Isaiah Mustafa is back, and this time bearing gifts for Christmas in the guise of MANta Clause. Above he tells us how he gave the world Australia on a Tuesday about 1.5 kabillion year ago. Go… Continue Reading

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

Navarro Correas Wine: Art with Wine

Interactive billboards are generally well received and the above from Navarro Correas wines and ad agencies Leo Burnett Colombiana / Alpha245, Bogota, Colombia is no exception. They recreated Van Gogh’s self portrait using 1000 acrylic cells and an automated robotic… Continue Reading

Nokia Lumia 800: 3D Projection

Another day, another large 3D building projection. This time from Nokia for the launch of their new Lumia 800 Windows Phone. The projection was done along to a live set from deadmau5 and created an amazing light show at Millbank… Continue Reading