by Herman Manson. Barclays Africa Group, the financial services group which includes Absa in South Africa, has completed its account pitch.
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Ad of the Week: Absa, rewriting the future
by Oresti Patricios. T+W’s “The Girl Who Rewrote Her Future” TVC is an inspiring story from Absa and Afrika Tikkun.
Ad of the Week: What do you mean, ‘free’?
by Oresti Patricios. A spot-on TVC from The Jupiter Drawing Room and Leigh Ogilvie of Velocity Films to promote Absa’s Gen Z bank account.
Shelf Life: Absa takes a new approach to the branch
Absa experiments with retail, Sunglass Hut interacts at Fashion Week, and Oude Molen wins in London — Cheryl Hunter’s weekly pick!
Absa says its sticking to red after new logo surfaces online
by Herman Manson. Earlier this week, social media users noted the opening of an Absa concept store sporting a blue logotype alongside Barclay’s eagle.
Design Annotator: Design Indaba wrap-ups, hackathons & floral installations
by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal) This week on Design Annotator we’ve rounded up: Design Indaba field notes; Absa’s Make Think Become Did initiative; MTN’s Seed It campaign; XooXity hackathon; last year’s Absa L’Atelier competition winners; Marissa Pretorius of Cape Town-based florist, OPUS; illustrator Jaco Haasbroek; Stefanus Nel’s Blink Project; and multi-talented artist Nardstar*.
Design Annotator: Design Indaba, creative hustles and boers at the end of the world
by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal) This week on Design Annotator we’ve rounded up: this year’s Design Indaba (DI) MBOISA nominations; studio visits with Cape Town and Joburg designers exhibiting at the DI Expo; a Google Hangout with Absa’s brand manager on its DI sponsorship; the inaugural GUILD Design Fair; #CreativeHustles; interviewing Richard Finn Gregory on his upcoming film ‘The Boers at the End of the World’; and how to buy illustration prints from Take Me Home online!
#AdoftheYear: South Africa’s 10 Best Ads of 2013 (Part 2)
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) [2nd 5 of 10] And the winner is… Here is the second half of my entirely subjective countdown of the best of the Best Ads of 2013. It was a good year, so everyone’s a winner (as they say).
Ad of the Week with Oresti Patricios — Absa: “Prosper”
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) Branding is another aspect where banks can successfully try to set themselves apart, in this tough retail-banking sector. Absa is certainly trying to do this with a broader effort that speaks to the self and the human spirit.
Design Annotator: Creative Entrepreneurs and Mandela’s Legacy Posters – plus Men with Beards
Design Annotator with Uno de Waal is a new column featuring the top design work from South Africa’s biggest online creative showcase, Between 10 and 5, curated by Publisher Uno de Waal @Unodewaal.
One of our most anticipated projects has completed and the response to the Mandela Poster Project could not have been better. The Mandela Poster Project honours Nelson Mandela’s legacy in a series of poster tributes. I’m a huge fan of the work produced, and we’ve curated the posters that we liked the most. Some of South Africa and the Worlds best illustrators contributed to the project – definitely one to check out. Probably the funniest projects we’ve featured this week has been Bernard Brand’s photo’s of dudes with beards. Bernard has amassed a collection that would make any hipster-loving copywriter crazy with envy. Our last video is from the electronic music act PHFat – their latest video is an eery black and white semi-horror. This month is also 10and5 Self Starter Series. We’ve delved deep to find South Africa’s top creative entrepreneurial talent. Our first interviews are with Dion Chang of Flux Trends and Ross Drakes of Nice Work. Check out more of the great work that South African creative entrepreneurs are doing in our Self-Starter section.