Apple: 30 Years of Macintosh

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On January 24, 1984, Apple introduced the Macintosh. On January 24, 2014, Apple sent 15 camera crews all over the world to film an ad in one day using over 100 iPhone5s phones. The ad was directed by Ridley Scott and his son Jake, and the creative director was Lee Clow chairman of TBWA who came up with the original Macintosh ad with Ridley.
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From sunrise in Melbourne to nightfall in Los Angeles, they documented people doing amazing things with Apple products. They shot over 70 hours of footage, this was then edited and scored by 15 cinematographers, and 21 editors into the ad below. Watch the behind the scenes ad to get an idea of the impressive scale of this project.

Bells Whisky: The Reader

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Incredibly emotional and very relevant to South Africa, this new ad from Bells has had guys across the country shedding a tear. Easily my favourite ad of the year so far. The ad comes from King James and was shot by Velocity Films. If you like it do check out the behind the scenes clip at http://youtu.be/wkE-cbwhhNA

Super Bowl 2014 Ad highlights

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Below are some of the better ads from the 2014 Super Bowl. This year each 30 seconds of airtime cost $4m, yet somehow none of them seemed to get the kind of buzz that previous years ads have got. Watch them below an let us know if you have a favourite.
On another note the game was between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos (Seahawks dominated and won).

Chevy Silverado : Romance

Maserati: Ghibli – Strike

Bud Light: Ian up for whatever

Hyundai Genesis: Dad’s Sixth Sense

Esurance: Giving away $1.5 dollars

Volkswagen: Wings

Jeep: Restless

Smart: Electric Drive Offroading

Axe Peace: Make Love, Not War

Duracell: Trust Your Power – Derrick Coleman

Kia: The Truth (Morpheus)

Heinz Ketchup: Hum

Budweiser: A Hero’s Welcome

Chrysler: Bob Dylan

Microsoft: Empowering

Budweiser: Puppy Love

Jaguar: British Villains ‘Rendezvous

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T-Mobile: We Killed The Long Term Contract

Budweiser Super Bowl ad: Puppy Love

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How do you get 18million views in under 2 days? watch the below new ad from Budweiser for this years Super Bowl to find out. Work by Ad Agency Anomaly 

Volkswagen: Wings (Super Bowl ad)

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Volkswagen’s Super Bowl ad entertains by giving wings to engineers. The ad celebrates the fact that in the USA there are more Volkswagen cars still being used with over 100,000 miles on the clock than any other brand.
Although it’s miles better than Audi’s Super Bowl ad, it still seems a little weak against their Darth Vader kid ad from a few years back.
Work by Argonaut, San Francisco.

Chipotle: Farmed and Dangerous Official Trailer

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Chipotle, the restaurant that serves ‘Food With Integrity’, has taken a bit of a brave decision and is about to launch an original 4 part mini comedy series that looks at industrial agriculture and includes exploding cows. The series will premiere on Hulu on February 17th.
Have a look below to see get a teaser.

Newcastle Brown Ale: IfWeMadeIt.com

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Newcastle Brown Ale and Droga5 have just created this brilliant teaser for an ad they never made that they could have shown at the Super Bowl. The ad leads you to www.IfWeMadeIt.com where you can watch more entertaining teasers for what they describe as their mega huge football ad they could have made.
Very funny work, worth a look if you have a minute and want a laugh.

Shutterstock: Global Design Trends 2014

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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.

Coca-Cola: Happiness Bus Shelter

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The below new Coca-Cola Happiness Machine took place in a bus shelter in Uppsala, Sweden on a cold and dark afternoon in December with 185 days of midsummer. When people took a Coke from the machine a projection of a Swedish summer meadow was shown, heating lamps, audio from singing birds, an artificial sun and projections of growing flowers on the ground appeared.  Work by IUM, Stockholm, Sweden

Ajax: Social Wipes

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Ever wished you could easily remove old Facebook accounts you liked, or quickly unfollow unused and spam twitter accounts? thanks to an app from Ajax made by  VML in Sydney now you can. Great campaign that helps people + relates to the product real life benefits. Below is the case study, to try the app out for yourself go to http://ajaxsocialwipes.com/