Global.Ad.Geeks: Shutting the book on terrible tats

by Mandy & Jon. How do you become an master tattoo artist without serious practice — without a hectic number of hours marking kilometres of skin? Lew’Lara\TBWA devised the perfect solution for Tattoo Art, a digital magazine from Brazil — “The Skin Book”.

Ad Feature: Where projecting pizza boxes and tweeting potholes meet

by MarkLives (@marklives) It’s Jacob Moshokoa and Sizakele Marutlulle in the Ad Feature studio this week – with a special crossing to Andy Rice at Cannes Lions!

Shelf Life: SA debuts in Nespresso

Cheryl Hunter (@cherylhunter)’s weekly pick of recent product, packaging, design and food launches: Cape Town cover for Nespresso, Castle Milk Stout is brand of the year, and a treasure trove in the Sunday Times.

Ad of the Week: Seeing around corners

by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) I am always excited by imaginative uses for billboards. And this is definitely the case with the Lexus Adaptive Headlights billboard created by FCB Cape Town for a high-visibility location at Cape Town International airport.

Global.Ad.Geeks: Neeson’s Clash of Clans

by Mandy & Jon. We don’t know who you are. We don’t know what you want. But if you are looking for to read a new column on global advertising, we can tell you we don’t have money to pay you to do this. But what we do have is a very particular set of skills. Skills we have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make us a nightmare for people like you…

Ad Feature: SABC zeros Cell C’s latest TVC, but its honesty keeps it a Hero for many!

by MarkLives. In the latest Ad Feature, it’s Cell-C-ad-loving Jacob Moshokoa and his 947 colleagues, Greg & Lucky, as his special guests. They also chat to Vega MD, Fay Amaral, about the R100 000 bursary up for grabs to the young creative devising the best ad for their show.

MagLove: A rose amongst the covers

MediaSlut (@MediaSlut)’s choice of the best international and South African magazine covers this week: Bloomberg Businessweek, Interview (Germany), Sync, Volkskrant Magazine, rooi rose and Food & Home Entertaining.

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