by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal) This week’s Design Annotator includes: World Design Capital 2014 via Instagram, Yenza — Make It, 365 Postcards for Ants, Better Living Challenge, Plascon Design Awards, Guild Design Fair, Anthony Bila, Daniel Ting Chong, Machine’s second birthday, MTN’s “We’re Guilty” and Tuffy’s sweet makeover.
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Smart Africa TV: Digital advertising growth in Uganda
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this interview Seanice Kacungira, CEO of Blu Flamingo (@BluflamingoUg) talks about how she and her business partner set up Blu Flamingo in 2010 and how the online advertising space in Uganda is growing.
Jupiter Cape Town goes for new cool with global, digital work
by Herman Manson (@marklives) The Jupiter Drawing Room (Cape Town) has come off ‘two horrendous’ years, admits agency head Kevan Aspoas. During that time, the agency lost two major accounts, namely Woolworths and Sanlam. “It knocked our psyche,” admits Aspoas. But he believes the agency is getting its mojo back.
Heroes & Zeros: Andy Rice’s best (Yellow Pages) & worst (Volvo) ads of the week
Andy Rice (@ricecommaandy) talks about his best (Yellow Pages) and worst (Volvo) adverts of the week with Jenny Crwys-Williams (@jcwLIFE) during The Ad Feature on Talk Radio 702 (@Radio702). Find out why these brands feature in this week’s Heroes & Zeros webisode.
Shelf Life: Spicing up furniture design trends
Louise Marsland (@Louise_Marsland)’s weekly pick of recent product, packaging and design launches: latest furniture design trends from Cologne; spicing things up in the kitchen; is nailing a product to a wall actually art; and the sweet smell of success.
Design Annotator: #designindaba expo product highlights, new Polo Vivo ad a hit
by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal) Today’s Design Annotator features the best from 10and5 in the form of: Design Indaba Expo highlights and brand activations; the new Volkswagen Polo Vivo TVC “The Hit”; Native VML’s e-reader app, bookly; a TV licence ad; SA-born comic book artist Willem Samuel; Mirage magazine’s Henrik Purienne; more on Absa’s L’Atelier competition; and visual development artist Lorraine Alvarez Posen.
Smart Africa TV: The Adventures of T Boy
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this interview, Debra Odutuyo of MTA Productions talks about her new TV comedy show with T Boy (@dontjealousme), which takes the YouTube comedy star from Meet The Adebanjos and makes him the focus of a new show, The Adventures of T Boy.
Heroes & Zeros: Andy Rice’s best & worst ads of the week
Andy Rice (@ricecommaandy) talks about his best and worst adverts of the week with Jenny Crwys-Williams (@jcwLIFE) during The Ad Feature on Talk Radio 702 (@Radio702). Find out which brands feature in this week’s Heroes & Zeros webisode.
Shelf Life: Inspirational products from #designindaba
by Louise Marsland (@Louise_Marsland) Here are some of the products and designs showcased at Design Indaba Conference & Expo worth highlighting as they are not only about aesthetics but also innovative ways for using design to solve problems.
Ad of the Week: KFC crosses cultural barriers
by Oresti Patricios. There’s nothing that makes South Africans more patriotic than being away from home. That’s the archetype that Kentucky Fried Chicken, the brand now known as KFC, has leaned heavily upon to promote its ‘finger licking’ fast food in its new South African TVC, “Tastes Like Home”, from Ogilvy & Mather Johannesburg.