Andy Rice (@ricecommaandy) talks about his best and worst ads of the week — Durex’s #DontFakeIt and Ocean Basket’s Prawn Extravaganza — with Jenny Crwys-Williams during The Ad Feature on Talk Radio 702.
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Ad of the Week: Ever heard of a laptop billboard?
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) Even though I work in the industry, sometimes we overlook great campaigns. But fortunately awards shows can bring these lost gems back into sharp focus for me. This campaign, by FoxP2 for Ster-Kinekor, which ran late last year, won second place in the recent Creative Circle’s Ad of the Year in the Out of Home category, giving me another chance to look at it for Ad of the Week.
MagLove: The best magazine covers this week
by MediaSlut (@MediaSlut). My choice of the best international and local magazine covers in MagLove: Bloomberg Businessweek (Middle East), Variety, Computer Arts, Monet, Esquire and VISI.
Ad of the Week: Yebo!
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) Last week’s Ad of the Week was a nostalgic trip to a time before television. This week, it’s a self-referential trip for Vodacom, which has reprised a favourite campaign from yesteryear. Who doesn’t remember the ‘Yebo Gogo’ duo?
Design Annotator: 10 Inspiration Tumblrs by South African Creatives
by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal) Today’s Design Annotator includes:
– An interview with photographer Jody Brand, whose work is a raw glimpse into South African youth culture
– The British Council’s Connect/ZA programme of creative events, projects and initiatives
– Sculptures by Jonothan van der Walt that blur the lines between kitsch and fine art
– Disorienting photographs of ordinary things by Kent Andreasen
– Turning data into art with NumberPicture
– Two South Africans traversing the US in a campervan dubbed ‘Dora’
– 10 Inspiration tumblrs by some of our favourite local creatives
– Nokia Lumia at the InAWE Residency
– A final wrap up of Cannes 2014
Heroes & Zeros: Old Spice & Harvey Nichols — best ads of the week
Andy Rice (@ricecommaandy) talks about his two best ads of the week — Old Spice and Harvey Nichols — during The Ad Feature on Talk Radio 702. This week, Rice is joined by Sam Cowen.
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.
Design Annotator: Domestic bliss, super boy and adventurous photographs
by Uno de Waal (@unodewaal) In this edition of Design Annotator, you’ll find: a Twenty Journey Q&A; photographer Caroline Mackintosh; the RVCA Artist Network Program; graphic designer Matt Kay; Alice Mann’s Domestic Bliss; Sanlam’s new ‘Super Boy’ TVC; and a roundup of all the winning South African work at Cannes Lions.
Cannes Lions 2014: Final awards from Cannes 2014
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced the final winners that took home trophies from the 2014 awards. Categories awarded include Film, Film Craft, Branded Content & Entertainment and the Innovation Lions, as well as the Titanium and Integrated category.
Heroes & Zeros: Iziko & Delta — best & worst ads of the week
While Andy Rice is away at Cannes Lions, Jenny Crwys-Williams (@jcwLIFE) talks about her best ad of the week — M&C Saatchi Abel’s “Fossil Biscuits” for the Iziko National History Museum — and her worst — Delta’s giraffe-photo faux pas on social media — during The Ad Feature on Talk Radio 702.