How fantastic is this – Concertina business cards from AM I Collective for a trip to the Pictoplasma Festival in Berlin.
Category archives: S’HOT
Am I Collective spot for Minute Maid China
Cape Town based animation and illustration hot shop Am I Collective is exporting South Africa’s design talent globally. They recently directed this spot for Minute Maid China.
A Postcard A Day From Gauteng
LoveJozi’s first app, in association with Gauteng Tourism, will be available later on in 2011.
Cops say ‘Fokofpolisiekar’
The Gauteng Flying Squad recently purchased 100 Audi S3 Sportbacks. Ogilvy Jhb designed this viral ad called ‘Fokofpolisiekar.’ It means, quite literally, ‘fuck off police car.’
Ogilvy JHB
Creative director: Mike Martin
Art director: Mike Martin
Copywriter: Charles Pantland
@work: AM I Collective on the Art South Africa cover
Am I Collective were commissioned to create the Art South Africa’s December 2010 cover. The issue’s theme: art and public spaces. This video shows how it all came together.
Playing games with Helen Zille (Punk’d by Chef)
The long-time face of Mr Delivery, the Chef logo, has officially been dismissed after new management took over the business. Here ‘chef’ calls up DA leader and Western Cape premier Helen Zille.
The kids are alright #designindaba #daytwo
The group of graduate design students assembled by the 2011 Design Indaba conference, currently being held at the Cape Town International Conference Centre, for its Pecha Kucha presentations yesterday, Thursday, 24 February 2011, (where they run though their work in 20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds), make up a remarkable collection of young design talent that represents a broad range of design interests.
A royal wedding without lobola? You must neva.
Budget airline’s latest marketing stunt is to plan delivery of a herd of cows to Buckingham palace in celebration of the wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton. For every flight booked from 14 February kulula “will make a contribution to the cost of a herd fit for a royal lobola (a symbolic payment to the bride’s family from the groom and his).” The cows will be sourced locally in the UK. The Sunday Times are reporting the couple has already decided not to accept gifts from corporations. Maybe they will be swayed by the plate & mugs? They do seem like collectors’ items.
The evolution of FoxP2
You and two mates decide to go it alone and launch your own ad agency. You need to come up with a name. Simple. Hit Google and type in ‘creativity.’ Whoa, information overload, but as you wade through the entries something about a creativity gene catches your eye. It’s called FoxP2.
Jock goes to Hollywood
Jock of the Bushveld is leaving for Hollywood, literally, as film director Duncan MacNeillie takes his 3D animated remake of the classic tale to American movie studios in a bid to gain distribution in markets outside South Africa.