Shane de Lange’s weekly analysis of media design — both past and present, print and online — from South Africa and around the world.
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Shane de Lange’s weekly analysis of media design — both past and present, print and online — from South Africa and around the world.
Ad of the Week: Vodacom gives voice to the youth
by Oresti Patricios. Vodacom, Ogilvy Team Red and Dan Mace of Egg Films provide a voice for the youth that’s not just for Youth Month.
#DesignIndaba 2017: Design Indaba made Grid do it
by MarkLives. Grid Worldwide’s Heléne Lindsay gives us an overview of the creative process and work behind this year’s Design Indaba campaign.
Ad Exec: Step up and lead, adland
by Tom Fels. We are not only custodians of brands, but storytellers, innovators and purveyors of an optimism that is sorely needed in SA.
Ad of the Week: Sanlam’s super-duper boy
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) It has been a trend lately for ads to look back at ‘the old days’ with a strong sense of nostalgia. This week we go ‘retro’ again, with an ad from King James Group that harks back to the ’60s: Sanlam’s ode to youth and the patience that’s required to build wealth in the long term.
Cristal’s African awards festival looks East, not South
by Herman Manson (@marklives) There are plenty of ad award shows in the world but few are centred on Africa. In 2013, the Cristal Festival launched an African awards festival to complement its ones in the Europe and Middle East & North Africa (MENA) regions.