In 1994, the year democracy dawned and Afrikaans finally lost its political dominance, a group of Afrikaans media and cultural organisations teamed up to launch the Pendoring Afrikaans Advertising Awards. The awards intended to reward advertising created in Afrikaans
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World Cup murals cement reputation of South African illustrators
The South African illustration house Am I Collective has scored a major creative coup when it was commissioned to create 32 posters for ESPN’s 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign under the direction of New York based ad agency Wieden+Kennedy. The 32 murals celebrate each of the 32 teams that will be competing in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. ESPN owns the broadcasting rights to the event in a number of territories including the USA.
DStv acknowledges promo similarities with iconic Apple ad
“Here’s to the crazy ones… who had the balls to copy one of the greatest commercials ever made.” The Bizcommunity.com peanut gallery was un-amused when Ornico recently picked a DStv promo titled ‘The Dreamers’ as its ‘Ad of the Week’ on its ad showcase on Biz. The promo in question reminds one strongly of a rather iconic ad made by Apple for its successful ‘Think Different’ campaign in the late 1990s. Read the full story here.
The accountable ad agency
by Herman Manson. M&C Saatchi Abel aims to build an agency focused on measurable return of investment for clients. Is this the new dawn over adland clients have been waiting for?
Ogilvy Go really loves Mike Abel
The folks at Ogilvy Go must really love Mike Abel. They still list him on their contact page (from the link click on Ogilvy Go), even after he left for his stint as CEO of M&C Saatchi Australia, and in spite of his subsequent return to launch his new agency M&C Saatchi Abel. We suspect the page will be updated shortly – this screenshot was taken at around 14:00 on Monday, February 15, 2010.
This case is cold. Very cold.
Future Publishing has launched case. (the full stop is part of the title folks). <- this is ours It's tagged 'the business of creativity.'<- also ours Mike Schalit seems to be the face of the business of creativity with which I can find no fault. <- yup
Unexpected / Onverwags
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Mark Reads: Fire those Brandhouse people!
Stories worth a read this morning: Winfrey Bets on Her Future With Cable NYTimes.com Ms. Winfrey, the billionaire queen of daytime television, is planning to announce on Friday that she will step down from her daily pulpit, “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” in two years in order to concentrate on the forthcoming cable channel that will …
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Loeries 2009: Apocalypse Now? With Loeries 2009 just past Mandy de Waal looks at how digital and mobile technologies are forcing the reinvention of advertising.
At least the T&A was equal opportunity at some parties #Loeries 2009
At least the T&A was equal opportunity at some parties #Loeries 2009 (Kate Wolters as @marklives)