Shane de Lange’s weekly analysis of media design — both past and present, print and online — from South Africa and around the world.
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The kings, James & Al, on trebling agency in last decade
by Herman Manson. Over the course of 20 years, King James Group has established itself as one of the creative drivers in the South African agency market.
#AdoftheYear: Top 10 Best South African Ads of 2014 [ads 10–6]
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) The Christmas decorations are out in the malls, the newspapers are full of brochures and seasonal specials, and the promise of a well-earned break is just around the corner. With two weeks to go until Marklives.com closes shop for the holidays, it’s time to do a countdown of the #Top10 Best South African Ads for 2014.
Ad of the Week: Meet your match — a matter of taste
by Oresti Patricios. This very classy campaign from Johnny Walker caught my eye. It’s a brand that has a lot of traction, and we’ve looked at the “Keep Walking” campaign before, but this felt like a case of getting back to basics and really getting customers to look at the product in a new way.
Design Annotator: Afrikaans Creatives, Spoek Mathambo & CI by algorithm
by Uno de Waal. It might be because of my Afrikaans background which makes me biased, but I’m loving the new Pendoring Awards short films that have been released.
King James – the road less travelled
Fourteen years after its launch King James has emerged as South Africa’s most acclaimed independent ad agency. Growing organically, the agency has finally reached a tipping point to boost confidence, influence and revenues, even as it steers the challenges of offering a fully integrated, digitally adept service.