Outdoor

Nissan Leaf power sockets: shockingly simple

by bhatnaturally on May 4, 2011

Remember the recent Nissan Leaf ad? The ad runs on electricity and to remind people of that fact, Lew´Lara\TBWA, Brazil created these power sockets shaped like the car. The sockets were then placed at ‘decoration and construction stores’. The car’s shape may not be as iconic as the Beetle so I wonder if there is a [...]

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Fanta: uplifting brand experience

by bhatnaturally on April 25, 2011

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How do you bring the brand experience alive across (pardon the jargon) various consumer touch points? That’s the question often asked of advertising agencies. The attempt is to bring alive an aspect of the brand or a campaign in an unusual medium, putting the medium’s characteristics to best use. We’ve heard of the Coke Happiness [...]

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Fosters ‘Good Call’: when Outdoor compliments TV

April 20, 2011
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At the recently concluded Clear Channel Outdoor Planning Awards, a campaign for Fosters won in the ‘best use of outdoor in a multimedia campaign’ category. The campaign involved creating bus shelters and phone booth skins to make them resemble a beach hut. On the face of it, it seems no great shakes. But when you [...]

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China Green Pedestrian Crossing: ideas everywhere

April 17, 2011
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This is a brilliant example of the new kinds of demands made on the creative teams today. They are expected to come up with ideas beyond the :30 TV commercial and find new media to convey an advertising message. In China, DDB created used a pedestrian crossing as an advertising medium for the China Environment [...]

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Seen and noted: Hot Wheels outdoor

April 6, 2011
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A handful of the ads you see on ad blogs like Ads of the World, evoke that ‘I wish I had thought of that’ reaction. Here’s one such Outdoor idea for Hot Wheels.

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Smart says no, Cannes judges say yes

June 23, 2010
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At the Cannes 2010 Awards, the Outdoor Grand Prix was awarded jointly to Diesel’s ‘Be Stupid’ and an ambient idea for Andes beer. While the Andes beer relied on technology, the Diesel outdoor campaign was the traditional poster campaign. According to Adweek: Outdoor jury president Tay Guan Hin, Regional ECD of JWT Asia said, Diesel’s [...]

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Polo Snow Stamp: surprising, inexpensive – ambient at it’s best

June 23, 2010
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Came across this ambient idea for Polo. In December 2009, when UK was covered in snow, the creative minds behind this campaign came up with a simple, yet show-stopping idea: imprint the Polo stamp on the white snow – leaving behind a replica of the actual mint. Cool. Agency: JWT, London Via: I Believe in [...]

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