Over the next couple of days MarkLives will be featuring the work of Alistair Palmer. His work revolves around design and art. He loves to work with his hands and enjoys playing with colour and texture. He finished school in 2000, started a business based around contemporary culture, went to an art school and then moved around a bit doing various creative things [and a few not so creative things…insert advertising].
Category archives: S’HOT
Stamps for Chesterfield
These stamps appeared on Chesterfield Limited Edition packs. The campaign was conceptionalised by agency Y&R. The brief to illustrators Am I Collective tasked them to “visually interpret a personal journey of discovery in your own style.”
Hoping plastic bags goes the way of the dinosaur
Hoping plastic bags goes the way of the dinosaur
Umshini wakho. Now hand in your unlicensed guns
by MarkLives. This poster work was a joint initiative by Art South Africa and Y&R, as Art South Africa was publishing an issue titled “Z is for Zuma”.
Packaging made from nature
To get consumers to view Consol as a brand that does good things for the environment and for people too agency MGM Brand Construction & Advertising came up with this campaign that creates a visual comparison between glass packaging and nature’s packaging (such as banana peels and carrot skins).
Get a load of this…
With an increased drum capacity and revolutionary steam wash cycle, you can save energy by washing fewer but bigger loads, confirming the fact that LG’s giants are truly gentler on your clothing.
The South African Presidency gets funky for the kids
The South African Presidency gets funky for the kids. For more info check out 10and5.com!
Plax gets a laugh
This ad for Plax mouth wash by agency Y&R uses imagery of a shooting squad to create immediate impact, and at closer view the consumer discovers the guy in line who has been gagged because of his bad breath rather than being blindfolded.
Ultra Mel ad layers photography
Ultra Mel custard is delicious whichever way you look at it. Agency Y&R took photographs of three beautiful girls and desaturated the pictures. It then made an A1 print of each and rephotographed the print in colour with a drop of Ultra Mel custard strategically placed on each print.
Audi Q5 TV commercial uses flipbook technology
This Audi Q5 TV commercial uses flipbook technology which has never been used in South Africa (says the agency) and which clearly illustrates the Audi’s philosophy of Vorsprung Durch Technik. By Ogilvy.