Shelf Life: For art — blood, sweat and tears

Louise Marsland’s (@Louise_Marsland) pick of new product, packaging and design launches:

An extraordinary campaign and product created with real bodily fluids; Magnum ice cream feeds your personality; Yum Yum Peanut Butter goes on a 3D ride; and Primedia has even taken over the changing rooms in store.

Shelf Life: KFC surrenders the Colonel

Louise Marsland’s (@Louise_Marsland) pick of new product, packaging and design launches:

KFC puts aside its iconic branding to promote hunger relief; Clorets breathes new life into Alex; Google and KitKat collaborate; Brand Union explains the new Vodafone ‘Power of Red’; and Kiehl’s finally opens up in Cape Town.

Shelf Life: Window dressing

Louise Marsland’s (@Louise_Marsland) pick of new product, packaging and design launches: In-store and mall promotions gain traction with Primedia; Nike takes sporting fashion to designer tech highs; a new retail loyalty scheme launches for Pick n Pay, BP customers;and Woodbender weaves a range of seating for office or home.

Shelf Life: Monkey Shoulder Scotch!

Louise Marsland’s (@Louise_Marsland) pick of new product, packaging and design launches.

L’Occitane launches its new fragrance range in SA; KFC adds to breakfast; a new Scotch that doesn’t monkey around; and African Pride and Protea Hotel’s new websites give guests what they want.

Shelf Life: Downton Abbey wallpaper!

LG proclaims ‘It’s all possible’ when ‘Life’s Good’; Standard Bank moves ‘design forward’; trendy Woodstock gets some Middle-Eastern flavour; you can own a ‘piece’ of Downton Abbey; and we’re still waiting to hear when Kiehl’s will open in Cape Town…

Shelf Life: New digital media network for forecourt stores

Louise Marsland’s (@Louise_Marsland) pick of new product, packaging and design launches.

Graffiti gives forecourt screen advertising a go;Amarula has a full harvest for Spring; the bygone era of the ‘gentleman’s club’ revitalised by the new McCullagh & Bothwell designs; and Huggies gets a dose of reality.

Shelf Life: General Mills launches Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars in SA

Louise Marsland’s (@Louise_Marsland) pick of new product, packaging and design launches.

Nature Valley granola bar launches in SA; Promoting wine tourism; adidas is a scream; Armani celebrates the modern woman; and there’s still time to enter Product-of-the-Year.

Shelf Life: Kraft SA becomes Mondelez (just don’t say it in Russia)

Louise Marsland’s (@Louise_Marsland) pick of new product, packaging and design launches.

A new purple logo for Kraft Foods SA and a name change; collaboration is the game for Lego and Cartoon Network; adidas runs an experiment and Tile Africa renovates its logo.

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