December 23, 2008

Luxury brands



"A leading luxury brand understands that it is an icon. It stands beyond its competitors and transcends categories by creating a clear space around itself that makes substitution an unacceptable compromise."

[Via: Interbrand "2008 Leading Luxury Brands"]

"The St Luke's Xmas card"



----------- > "Global snow ball fight"

December 22, 2008

"I Can Do Anything"



Client: Apple
Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab

December 18, 2008

Waitrose Christmas



Client: Waitrose
Agency: Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy

Tesco Christmas



Client: Tesco
Agency: Red Brick Road

December 15, 2008

"Fod for thought"

"The abiliy to distil complex business propositions and product benefits into a simple, singular thought provides a genuine competitive advantage during troubled and bewildering times. People will inevitably look to brands to act as a kind of filter or navigation tool, so now is the time to commit to marketing ideas that genuinely connec and spark enduring conversations"
-- Paul Kemp-Robertson, Contagious Magazine

"Real Life Adventures"



Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich

True!



[Via: ffffound]

Happy Christmas by AKQA

December 14, 2008

How to kill an idea











Client: Showoff
Agency:
Fuel, Lisbon

December 10, 2008

"The bailout"



[Via: Boing Boing]

December 08, 2008

December 04, 2008

"Food for thought"

"Do we really believe the true visionairies of the world ... the Steve Jobs (Apple) ... the Phil Knights (Nike) .. the Howard Schultzs (Starbucks) ... seat around waiting for the research groups to tell them what they should do?"
-- David Jones, Global CEO Euro RSCG, IDEA Conference 2006

November 26, 2008

(A really) nice chap!

I've finally met Russell Davies, today at breakfast in Lisbon :]

"JUST DO IT"










------------------------ > [Nike SS09] < ------------------------

November 21, 2008

"ATM receipts"



Client: HSBC
Agency: JWT Sydney

November 17, 2008

"Napkins"






Who said that DIY commercials couldn't be funny and "insightful"?

November 12, 2008

"Real Life Adventures"



Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich

"Upscalling"



Client: Toshiba
Agency: Grey, London

November 11, 2008

"Food for thought"

"Creativity is the ultimate source of all forms of power and freedom."
-- George Gilder

One a day



I've always had a particular admiration for St. Lukes (since the time when Andy Law and Jonh Grant were around).

"Daily Aphorism" is the agency's most recent and interesting online project.

"Policeman"



Client: HSBC
Agency: JWT

November 04, 2008

A Brief ... should be brief

A brief can sometimes be a mind dump from the account group.
The things the client wants to highlight.
The things the client doesn’t want highlighted, but wants mentioned.
The new direction the advertising must take.
The nod in the direction of the old advertising.
Pretty soon, you’ve got so much information your head is swimming.
The job looks insurmountable, your energy is sapping away.

(...)

Remember a brief is supposed to be just that.

Brief.



by Dave Trott

October 29, 2008

"Ultra-bendy"



Client: Aquafresh Flex Direct Toothbrush
Agency: Grey, Hong-Kong

October 26, 2008

A new theory is born



After Thomas L. Friedman (in)famous "McDonald's theory" (a type of Pax Burger), we now have a new international relations theory based on Starbucks, another global chain:

"The higher the concentration of expensive, nautically themed, faux-Italian-branded Frappuccino joints in a country's financial capital, the more likely the country is to have suffered catastrophic financial losses."

October 23, 2008

“CPR/Mount Everest”



Client: The Alberta Library
Agency: Rethink, Vancouver

October 21, 2008

"Food for thought"

"We work in an area burdened by jargon and complexity, but the best marketing strategies are defined in simple terms. If something is too complicated, then it’s time to start again."
-- Andrew McGuiness, BMB

October 20, 2008

"Chief"/"Gramma"




"Even the worst people in the planet need the planet."

Client: MTV Switch
Agency: Leo Burnett, Buenos Aires

"I'm a Mac"



I'm starting to feel sorry for the PC :)

[Via: PSFK]

"The comma"



Client: Associação Brasileira de Imprensa
Agency: Africa, S. Paulo

Ogilvy, the storyteller

October 17, 2008

"Domino city"



Client: Sony Bravia
Agency: Bates Singapore

October 14, 2008

Pure imagination ...




Client: Lego
Agency:
Blattner Brunner

[Via: AdverBox]

October 13, 2008

"Splatter"





"Splatter" by James Cauty.

October 10, 2008

"Slice of life"



[Via: Post Secret]