CHECK OUT DAWN GARDNER, A RECENT GRADUATE WITH A VINTAGE FILM, ABSTRACT GEOMETRY STYLE. HER WORK WOULD LOOK GREAT PRINTED LARGE SCALE AND FRAMED NICELY.
IN AN EXPERIMENT TO TEST PEOPLE’S HONESTY, COCA COLA LEFT A WALLET CONTAINING $100 IN THE CROWDED PERU DISTRICT, LIMA. THE OWNER’S NAME AND ADDRESS WERE INSIDE. 70% OF PEOPLE WHO NOTICED THE WALLET RETURNED IT. THE AD ENDS WITH THE PHRASE ‘THERE ARE REASONS TO BELIEVE IN A BETTER WORLD’.
IN THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE OLYMPICS SPOTS VS. STRIPES CAMPAIGN, CADBURYS HAVE LAUNCHED AN INTERACTIVE AUGMENTED REALITY GAME, USING THEIR EXISTING CHOCOLATE BARS. THE ‘QUAKSMACK’ GAME WILL IS AVAILABLE FOR APPLE AND ANDROID USERS.
ANOTHER BRILLIANT OFFERING FROM ORANGE - A FREE FILM EVERY THURSDAY. I ALSO LOVE THE CONCEPT BEHIND THE ADVERT, WHICH WAS DIRECTED BY CHRIS PALMER, THE MAN BEHIND THE WONDERFUL SKODA ‘CAKE’ AD. FREE FILMS WILL INCLUDE ‘THE WRESTLER’, ‘THE GHOST’ AND ‘CHE: PART ONE’.
FREE APP WITH YOUR FRAPPUCINO, SIR? STARBUCKS ARE NOW OFFERING CUSTOMERS FREE SMARTPHONE APPS WITH THEIR PURCHASES, WITH THE FIRST FREEBIE BEING MUSIC APP SHAZAM ENCORE, USUALLY SELLING AT £3.99. THE CAFÉ CHAIN HAVE COLLABORATED WITH APPLE SINCE 2007 GIVING AWAY FREE MUSIC AS PART OF THE ‘PICK OF THE WEEK’ PROMOTION. NICE LITTLE BONUS WITH YOUR COFFEE.
THIS AD BY AMV BBDO FOR CANCER RESEARCH IS THE BEST CHARITY ADVERT I’VE SEEN IN A VERY LONG TIME. THE EMOTION SHOWN IS INCREDIBLY TOUCHING, AND THE GENTLEMAN AT THE END GETS ME EVERY TIME. INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE.
