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Levi’s loves local

Posted on July 27th by mandyd.
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 ...
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Stop me if you’ve heard this before.

Posted on July 27th by mandyd.
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

Posted on July 27th by mandyd.
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, ...
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CHEW’s Africa Issue

Posted on July 22nd by mandyd.
Oliver Hambsch is the design genius behind the cover of the latest issue of CHEW Magazine which focuses on Africa.

Vodacom’s too cool

Posted on July 22nd by mandyd.
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 ...
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Mon Dieu! France.fr

Posted on July 22nd by mandyd.
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 ...
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Cape Town Stadium’s new logo gets an ‘f’ for fugly

Posted on July 22nd by mandyd. %
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 ...
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Happy Birthday Madiba

Posted on July 16th by mandyd.
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 ...

He’s just one ridiculously handsome guy. (To bad he had to say goodbye).

Posted on July 16th by mandyd.
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 ...
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Crowdsourcing racism

Posted on July 16th by mandyd.
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 ...
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iPhone 4 brand bruising

Posted on July 16th by mandyd.
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 ...
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World Cup winners, and losers

Posted on July 15th by mandyd.
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 ...
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BP = Brand Poison

Posted on July 15th by mandyd.
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 ...
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Brilliant book design

Posted on June 15th by mandyd.
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 ...
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The Daily Maverick ups the game. Yet again.

Posted on June 15th by mandyd.
SA's brightest young news and analysis site unveils Maverick Monitor, World Cup essentials www.thedailymaverick.co.za, the news and analysis website thinking South Africans have come to trust and ...