Telling a visual story on your cover is still one of the most effective ways to catch a reader – if done properly!
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Magazine covers we love (to have and to hold)
Magazine covers we love
Awards Candy – SA app start-up signing global award shows
Wallace Seggie, a South African creative director, has developed an app that brings together in one place award winning work from a number of the worlds’ largest advertising festivals.
The Creative Circle needs to manage relevance, says Chris Gotz
Chris Gotz, Executive Creative Director at Ogilvy Cape Town, recently took up the reins as chair of the Creative Circle, a body promoting creativity in the South African advertising industry.
SA company behind One Show Interactive campaign
The One Club commissioned a South African agency, Pollen Creative Media, to produce its One Show Interactive campaign this year.
Magazine covers we love – Zombie Boy & Spoek
The best local and international magazine covers every week.
SA agencies take four Yellow Pencils
The 50th annual D&AD Awards has resulted in four Yellow Pencil wins for South African ad agencies.
Quick case: Allan Gray – growing its market share from 3.9% to 16% in eight years
Allan Gray, a successful but niched Cape based asset management firm, decided to extend the business into the retail sector with the launch a unit trust company, in a market dominated by a handful of big brand asset managers (such as Old Mutual and Sanlam) and specialist investment organisations (like Coronation, Investec etc.).
Magazine covers we love: All boxed in
National Geographic is famous for a lot of things, but one aspect of NG stands out as a trademark symbol, the thick yellow border. It’s recognized everywhere and distinguishes this publication from most others.
Magazine covers we love (this week)!
MarkLives.com runs a regular slot featuring the best local and international magazine covers every week. We recognise well thought out, powerful and interesting (and hopefully all three in one) magazine covers and celebrate the mix of pragmatism, creativity and personal taste that created each of them. By media bloggerMediaSlutZA.