Levi’s loves local
Levi's has long been a staunch supporter of local culture, particularly South African music as is seen with the brand's sustained sponsorship of the Oppikoppi and Rocking the Daisies music festivals. ...
Stop me if you’ve heard this before.
Advertising Agency: Rafineri, Istanbul, Turkey Client: Binboa Vodka Creative Directors: Ayse Bali, Murat Cetinturk Art Director: Ozer Yalcinkaya Copywriter: Gorkem Yegin Illustrator: Pelin Kirca Published: March 2010 Via: Ads of the World
Wikileaks and the new world of journalism
What MandyLives!com is reading right now about how Wikileaks is changing journalism. It's all about rethinking thinking and developing new mindsets: From Nieman Journalism Lab: Data, diffusion, impact: Five ...
CHEW’s Africa Issue
Oliver Hambsch is the design genius behind the cover of the latest issue of CHEW Magazine which focuses on Africa.
Vodacom’s too cool
Who loves you Daddy? Amy Allais of Ola! Films has created a winner for Vodacom in an advert that's part "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" and some "Little Miss Sunshine" with ...
Mon Dieu! France.fr
TechCrunch reports that just over a week ago France launched a multilingual tourism site to sell the nation's brand to the world. One small problem though, tourists visiting the site ...
Cape Town Stadium’s new logo gets an ‘f’ for fugly
Sport24 reports that the Cape Town Stadium has unveiled its new logo: Morne du Plessis of SAIL STADEFRANCE which manages the stadium was quoted as saying: "The logo had to be ...
Recalibration
By Al McKay of Yellowwood Future Architects The world is looking for a complexity antidote, to return to what is familiar and comforting. What industries can we expect to see flourishing? [caption id="attachment_400" align="alignleft" ...
Happy Birthday Madiba
MandyLives!com celebrates Nelson Mandela's birthday this weekend with an image of him used in an advertising campaign that helped turn Apple's fortunes around in the late nineties. The television advert featured the ...
He’s just one ridiculously handsome guy. (To bad he had to say goodbye).
After a breathtaking run in what has been called the smartest social media campaigns of its kind, the Old Spice guy has hung up his soap on a ...
Crowdsourcing racism
Eish! Talk about a campaign looking for trouble. Brandchannel reports that Vaseline recently launched a Facebook page that offers an avatar that people can adjust to make themselves ...
iPhone 4 brand bruising
Apple's brand hasn't been doing well of late and the iPhone 4 antennae debacle has been particularly bruising for the brand. The smart phone was rejected consumer watch groups and the media ...
World Cup winners, and losers
By Velma Botha, head of brand strategy and research company OIL, Cape Town. WINNERS: [caption id="attachment_387" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Fans supporting Bafana Bafana as they played against Equatorial Guinea at the SuperSport Stadium ...
BP = Brand Poison
With news BP is going to be investigated for allegedly negotiating the release of the Lockerbie bomber in an oil-for-terrorist deal it seems as if BP's reputation couldn't possibly get worse.
Brilliant book design
For one of the most intelligent book design places online mossy on over to Faceout Books - which is a great place to explore and learn if you're a designer or ...