A new breed of GPS

This could be an ad, but it isn't, it's just a funny video. I think anybody who has a GPS or knows someone who has, will relate to this.

Cork Stamp

Designer João Machado has created, for CTT (Portuguese postal service), the first cork stamp in the World. It is said to be almost sold out and there are no plans for a second edition of the stamp. The tree depicted is a sobreiro (I'm not sure how you call it in English, in Latin it's Quercus suber), basically it's tree from witch you take out the cork. Portugal is the world's biggest cork producer.


Via: ptFOLIO

R/GA: Tattoo Santa

I scooped this one from adgoodness, it's probably the best Christmas Card I saw this year.

Credits:
Agency: R/GA


Via: adgoodness

One leg dancing guy

It is a bit bizarre but the guy's dancing is amazing. I don't dance like that with two legs!

DDB London: Christmas Card

Nice animation on this DDB London Christmas Card.

Credits:
Agency: DDB London (UK)
Animation: Peepshow Collective (UK)


Via: It's Nice That

Camille Seaman: The Last Iceberg

Amazing photography by Camille Seaman.


Via: A CUP OF JO

Merry Christmas

I wish you all and your family and friends a very Merry Christmas and a great year to come.

André

LILT

Yet another spoof. This one, is great until the end. It doesn't even look made by the same people. I wonder what happened!

Mother

Don't know anything about this ad, don't even know if its new or not, but the animation is quite good.

Brian Dettmer: Book Autopsies

I am lost for words to describe the beauty of these books. I don't know if they are actual pages of the book that are cut, or if it's made with collage. Anyway, they're amazing!
You can read some information about the artist on Wikipedia.


Via: swissmiss/xblog

The Good Food Fight

This is a brilliant new flash-game to promote General Mill's healthy living website. The interactive agency behind this is Daddy alongside with ad agency mono. Give it a try and you'll be hooked.

Credits:
Advertising Agency: mono, Minnesota (USA)
Interactive Agency: Daddy, Gothenburg (Sweden)
Creative Director: T. Scott Major
Art Director: Chris Lange
Copywriters: Michael Hart, Troy Longie
Agency Producer: Jolene Lew


Via: Everything's Better With Brentter

Tribute to Keith Haring

Amazing stencil work by Peat Wollaeger in his tribute to artist Keith Haring.
Here's what he says about this project:
This is my Tribute to the first artist that inspired me...Keith Haring....
December is Aids awareness month and this tribute is to his Life...FIND A CURE!
The Wall I sprayed out was Part of Primary Flight a large mural project during this years Art Basel in Miami's Wynwood Art District.
To see more of the walls visit:
tinyurl.com/36te5k or www.primaryflight.com/
If you Do Not know who Keith Haring is or his raw work do you self a favor and visit www.haring.com

If you're into street art, I recomend you to check Peats website ---> www.stensoul.com or his youtube page ---> www.youtube.com/stensoul



Via: Wooster Collective

Live Cheese & Biscuits

This is the best Christmas "card" I've seen so far. It's from web agency AKQA, it's a sort of gerbel Big Brother. The "Happy Christmas from AKQA" lights up each time a hamster goes on the wheel.


Credits:
Agency: AKQA, London (UK)
Web streaming: Groovy Gecko, London (UK)


Via: NOTCOT

Kswiss

Do you think these guys were inspired by the Cadburys ad? Anyway, it's simple, but I like it. Nice drumming.

Get a Mac Christmas Ad

Let me know your thoughts on this ad. I like how they transformed the characters into a "cartoon". Is this a one off?

The Vegetable Orchestra

This is another cool video I found on The Guardian Viral Chart. Great music played with vegetables! If you'd like more information, go to the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra website.


Via: The Guardian

More Christmas spirit: 12 Days of Christmas (remix)

I don't know if you guys know this classic Christmas jingle, if you do I'm sure you'll appreciate this new version by Straight No Chaser, if you don't, I reckon you'll like it all the same.


Via: The Guardian

Orange: Ride

Nice production on this Orange advert. I'm not sure if it's new or not, I haven't seen before. If anyone has the credits for this ad let me know.

Starbucks: It's red again

Another great Christmas campaign. again by Wieden+Kennedy, however this time it's from the Portland office. Are these guys compiting to see who gets the best Christmas campaign? Pass the cheer with the Starbucks Cheer Chain ---> www.itsredagain.com

Agency: Wieden+Kennedy Portland (USA)
Creative Directors: Danielle Flagg, Jed Alger
Art Director: Matthew Carroll
Copywriter: Jen Nicolazzo
Interactive: Chean-Wei Law, Peter Yue
Producer: Bev Davis
Media: Lis Christy, Lynn Mayo, Lisa Osborne
Retouching: Kyle Pero


Via: Wieden+Kennedy Studio

Wieden's Wood

Nice festive-site by Wieden+Kennedy London. You plant, decorate and nurture your own Christmas tree. My tree "Breda" is the black one you see on the right side of the picture. Get in the spirit and make your own. Merry Christmas!


Via: welcome to optimism

Skull helmet

This is the coolest helmet I have ever seen. Ideal for those people who don't wear a helmet because it isn't cool.


Via: NOTCOT

Sharp Aquos

Nice production and music on this tv advert by W+K NY for the new Sharp Aquos LCD TV.

Credits:
Agency: Wieden+Kennedy New York (USA)
Music: Takagi Masakatsu - girls
Music Label: W+K TokyoLab


Via: Wieden+Kennedy Studio

Bits: ¿Y tú, qué harías?

Just found this one on the "blogs" section of Ads of the World. This is one of my favorites that I have recently seen. Tiempo BBDO made this 3 minute long animation with a killer soundtrack. The song is all about what you could do with the €600 you could win when you buy the snack "Bits". Let me know your thoughts on this. I think it's a serious contender to Cannes next year (at least a silver?)

Credits:
Agency: Tiempo BBDO (Spain)


Via: Ads of the World

Mikontalo Lights

This is an amazing project by Mikontalo, I'm a huge fan of Tetris, so to be able to play it on a building, there's just one word, WOW! Come to think of it, you don't even have to like Tetris to want to give it a go. Beats any PS3 (at least for a few minutes)!


Via: Wooster Collective

The Daily Coyote

Better than any advert, here's a truly inspiring story about a woman (writer) who left everything, got on her Vespa and crossed the country to finally stop in Wyoming where she now lives with her cat and coyote who she adopted when he was 10 days old after is parents died. Very cool blog which makes you want to own a coyote of your own. A must for any animal lover.


Via: NOTCOT

Zune: Intergalatic Swap Meet

I scooped this Zune advert from glossy, it's an amazing animation with very cool characters, all very colorful and with a nice tune adding to it all. It does remind me of Coca-Cola for some reason.

Credits:
Agency: 72andSunny, Los Angeles (USA)
Creative Director: Glenn Cole
Designer: Katie O'shea
Copywriter: Louise Shieh
Producer: Elisa Orsburn
Production: Blacklist, New York (USA)
Director: againstallodds
Animation Director: Derek Picken
Lead Animator: Tommie Lofqvist
Animator: Laurent Clermont
3D Artists: Kristian Rydberg, Steve Woodruff, Goran Forssling, Robert Andresson, Robin Arvidson
Music: The Deadly Syndrome - The Ortolan
Sound: Lime Studios Santa Monica (USA)
Sound Design: Lorren Siober


Via: glossy

MTV Switch: In your hands

Nice advert for MTV Switch by Ogilvy Portugal.


Via: ptFOLIO

Daedelus: Fair Weather Friends

This video-clip isn't fresh out of the oven, it has been seen by thousands of people already, so you might of seen it before, however it's certainly worth watching again for the great illustration it has.

Credits:
Music: Daedelus - Fair Weather Friends
Record Label: Ninja Tune
Director: Jordan Kim

Farmers HelpPoint: Morning Ritual

Although not an amazing advert, it is a very nice and well produced everyday ad. I specially like the scene with the hair blower.

Credits:
Agency: Campbell-Ewald, Los Angeles (USA)
Creative Directors: Bill Ludwig, Deborah Karnowsky
Art Director: Chip Kettering
Copywriter: John Dolab
Agency Producer: John Haggerty
Production: Biscuit Filmworks, Los Angeles (USA)
Director: Noam Murro

Greenpeace: You are my sunshine

In my opinion, one of the first really good adverts from Greenpeace. Great song to.

Credits:
Agency: Escape Partners
Production: Park Village, London (UK)


Via: The Guardian

Bigshot Toyworks Toy Design

This guys were featured in this month's Computer Arts issue. they make some very cool toys, check them out on their website ---> www.bigshottoyworks.com/

Beringer: Vineyard

Credits:
Agency: Publicis & Hal Riney, San Francisco (USA)
Director: Olivier Gondry


Via: NOTCOT

Death Proof

A severed arm was left in front of major theaters to promote the release of Tarantino's "Death Proof" on DVD. I'm sure it isn't to everybody's taste, however it must of caused quite an impact. Would you pick one up from the street? We might see them for sale on eBay.


Via: Invisible Red

Ikea: Fashion

Great photography in these Ikea ads. The photographers website is well worth checking ---> leardini.com

Credits:
Agency: DDB Oslo (Norway)
Art Director: Morten Foss
Copywriter: Espen Dysvik Hagen
Designer: Peter Løchstøer
Photographer: Massimo Leardini

W+K Seeking: the movie

Credits:
Movie by: Dominic Orlando, Mathew Carey
Music by: MEGA*CHURCH


Via: Wieden+Kennedy Studio

Mr Site: Take Away Website

Don't know if you guys have seen this product before. Basically, if like me, your not a web geek, you still get a chance to have your own website. You get 150mb web space, your own dot com name, it has hundreds of templates, which are customizable, you can have your own e-shop, etc. Do check it out to see the full list of features. You can find it also on Amazon.


Read about this on Practical Photography magazine.

Freixenet: The Key to Reserva

Just got this sent to me. This is absolutely brilliant work for a brand who supposedly isn't even that big. Anyway, watch it and let me know what you think. I reckon it's going to be a definite Cannes contender, maybe even D&AD.

Credits:
Agency: JWT Barcelona (Spain)


Thanks to Marcos Drummond

Blockbuster: Christmas

Another Christmas ad, another good one. This one reminds me of how it is at home, a lot of people, a lot of confusion. Every year we seem to have more people joining us, one day we'll have to build an extension just to make the dinner table bigger. Anyway, this ad supposedly has 35 references to movies. Can you spot them all? Great work by DDB Toronto.

Credits:
Agency: DDB Toronto (Canada)
Creatives: Shane Ogilvie, Joel Pylypiw
Production: Spy Films, Toronto (Canada)
Director: Jeff Labbe


Via: glossy/adgoodness

Coca-Cola: Beard

It's almost the 1st of December, pretty soon we'll be doing the Christmas decoration, so here goes the new Christmas Coca-Cola ad to help you get in the spirit. Some people say the ad is a bit clichet, but I like it.

Credits:
Agency: Ogilvy Argentina
Production: Rebolucion, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Director: Armando Bo


Thanks to Inês Casola

Wieden+Kennedy seeking

This might just be your chance to have some fun while producing great work. I'll be giving it a shot myself.
Good luck guys.

What W+K say about seeking: With only one ad running so far (THEME magazine, which came out 4 days ago), the site's already generated hundreds of submissions. More ads coming in BITCH, ALARM and GIANT ROBOT.

After people submit their profile, we request a 20 page pdf - which can be as much or as little like a traditional portfolio as they decide to make it.

We hope to get 1000+ pdfs that we narrow down to 50 or so. Then we'll invite those people in to meet. We may try to link them together in some sort of social network. Maybe we'll hire a few.

If you're interested, visit the link above.

Via: welcome to optimism

Nike: Beautiful Monster

This is the new Nike "Team Elite" campaign by w+k Portland.
The copy and photography are very good in the press versions, I however feel they aren't nearly as good as the TV ad. Beautifully directed, cool music, nice photography, it leaves you wanting to see more. Is there a longer version of this ad?

Credits:
Agency: Wieden & Kennedy Portland (USA)
Creative Directors: Mike McCommon, Tyler Whisnand
Art Director: Aaron Allen
Copywriter: Ian Fairbrother
Studio Artists: Ken Berg, Aaron Lee
Studio Manager: Jeremy Jiracek
Retouching: Greg Radich, Peter Lindman, Kyle Pero
Photographer & Director: Anthony Mandler

Via: Wieden+Kennedy Studio

Lego: Kipper (old commercial)

I'm sure this ad would still win Cannes today. Great stop-motion advert, definitely a classic of advertising.

Agency: TBWA London (UK)
Creatives: Mike Cozens, Graham Watson
Production: Clearwater Films
Director: Ken Turner
Producer: David Mitten
Director of Photography: Tom Harrison
Editor: Patrick Udale


Thanks to Marcos Drummond

Bouygues Telecom: Creation of the list

Great advert by DDB Paris for Bouygues Telecom. Fun, well produced, with great details such as "papa portable" and "papa maison", the 2 Zs, and the unidentified number. Most definitely worth watching.

Credits:
Agency: DDB Paris (France)


Thanks to Gustavo Azevedo

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

Yesterday was World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Unfortunately this year, in Portugal alone, there were already 756 road accident related deaths. Maybe that's why they say we have the worst drivers in Europe. Anyway, this is the campaign we did at DraftFCB Lisbon. It consisted of posters and a guerrilla campaign, both of which you can see above. The poster reads "If you kill you won't forget", the crosses just say "World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. 18th November 2007".


Credits:
Agency: DraftFCB Lisbon (Portugal)
Creative Director: Duarte Pinheiro de Melo
Art Directors: André Breda, César Nunes
Copywriters: Marcos Drummond, Sofia Vilanova
Photographer: Jarbas Teixeira Alves
Make-up artist: Erica Porru

The making of Brylcreem's Effortless tv ad

Brylcreem: Effortless

Credits:
Agency: WCRS, London (UK)
Creatives: Oli Beal, Tori Flower
Production: Sonny London (UK)
Director: Fredrik Bond
Producer: Ran Holst
Editing: Marshall Street, London (UK)
Editor: Tim Thorton-Alan
Post-Production: The Mill, London (UK)
Music: B Raymond & the Voicettes - Old Man Marely

Beechams: Battle of Britain

Another proof pharmaceutical advertising doesn't have to be boring and full of scientific jargon. This isn't a magnificent ad but it is a fun everyday ad. Enough for me, if I had the choice, to choose Beechams.

Credits:
Agency: Grey London (UK)
Production: The Mill, London (UK)

Nike: LeBron V

Credits:
Agency: Wieden & Kennedy Tokyo (Japan)
Creatives: Driscoll, Hutch


Via: Wieden+Kennedy Studio

Gif Collectif

Credits:
Project by Scott Thiessen

The monkey went for a haircut

Another spoof of another ad, by now it's an advertising "category", spoof is the new swiss knife it seems. This said all the spoofs I've seen up till now have been very good. The male audience will gladly watch this one, I know I did.

Via: The AdBlog

Diesel: Liquid Space Experience

Diesel do it again. Another great looking website, however, because of the video content not low bandwidth friendly. I hope all you guys have broadband because it's definitely worth a look.


Via: NOTCOT

Philips Simplicity Event: Ambient Window

I want one of these. The video isn't very detailed, it really doesn't explain how it works. Is it limited to that pattern? Can you upload your own patterns? Anyway, you can see its pretty cool. It would be a great way of impressing clients coming to your agency for a meeting.

Thanks to Bruno Duarte

Orange: Good Things Should Never End (Interactive TV Ad)

As amazing as the website is, this is the Interactive TV ad created by Weapon 7. Great stop-motion animation that takes you across a fantastic scenery with very cool details. It must of been great fun to build.


Via: Made in ENGLAND by Gentlemen

Dominoes: New World Record

Credits:
Animation: Grant Orchard from Studio AKA, London (UK)

Lolly jane Blue: Worms

This is a video clip directed and produced by Sil van der Woerd. Great music and fantastic visuals. You can see some more of his amazing work on his website www.silvanderwoerd.com

Stella Artois: Le Passage

Credits:
Agency: Lowe Brindfors, Stockholm, (Sweden), Lowe London (UK)
Production: Alphabetical Order, Stockholm (Sweden)


Via: glossy

Tescos: Christmas 2007

Looks like the Spice Girls are already cashing in again, 1 million pounds each, to be more precise. I'm not sure who did the ad. Was it Red Brick Road? Anyway, it's not a magnificent ad, still it's a nice everyday ad and in-keeping with the Christmas spirit. If anyone knows the credits, let me know.

Free Magenta

T-Mobile are in a legal fight against some Dutch brands because of the color Magenta, which according to them, they own the rights to use in commercial material. I claim letter A. It's mine no one can use it from now on. How stupid is this?



Via: swissmiss/Adverblog

Guinness: Tipping Point

Read more about the advert on CR Blog.

Credits:
Agency - Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO (London, UK)
Creatives - Angus MacAdam, Paul Jordan
Agency Producer - Carol Powell
Production - MJZ (Argentina)
Director - Nicolai Fuglsig
MJZ Executive Producer - Debbie Turner
MJZ Producer - Nell Jordan, Suza Horvat
Domino Experts - Weijers Domino Productions
Director of Photography - Ellen Kuras
Music - Spanish Dance No. 6 composed by Enrique Granados
Actors - The vast majority of the cast was from the local village and surrounding areas


Via: CR Blog

John Lewis: Shadows

Credits:
Agency: Lowe London (UK)
Music: Aubade/Morning Serenade from Prokofiev's Rome and Juliet

Via: CR Blog

Posh Crafts

These are some samples of the crafts done by my good friend Filipa, she's taken some time off copywriting to dedicate herself to other forms of art. Check her new blog posh crafts.

Orange: Unlimited Web Page

Check the website here ---> Good Things Should Never End

Credits:
Developed by Poke London (UK)


Via: NOTCOT/Spoonbuzz

Penguin Books

Credits:
Agency: Y&R Kuala Lumpur (Malasia)
Creative Directors: Edward Ong, Rowan Chanen, Tan Shen Guan
Art Directors: Tey Chi Keong, Licia Ng, Jeff Ooi
Copywriters: Edward Ong, Rowan Chanen


Via: The AdBlog