Google Chrome: The Peanut Gallery

Love this new Google Chrome experiment, called The Peanut Gallery. The site lets you add the text to old silent film clips by using your computer’s microphone and the Web Speech API in Google Chrome to turn speech into text.… Continue Reading

Newcastle Brown Ale: No Sound

Thought I would share this short but rather funny ad for Newcastle Brown Ale from ad agency Droga5, New York. There are 4 more short clips, if you fancy watching them, you can see view them at http://www.youtube.com/user/Newcastle

FiftyFifty: Frozen Cinema

Nice simple and effective activation for help the homeless charity FiftyFifty by Havas Worldwide, Düsseldorf. They let cinema goers experience how homeless people feel in winter, and then via QR codes found on the blankets, people could donate to the… Continue Reading

Qualcomm: Best Bus Stop Ever

Mobile technology company Qualcomm wants to make everyday life better with mobile, so they brought in a few surprises to a bus stop. They put up a poster featuring a URL, then waited for people to visit the mobile site.… Continue Reading

Schneider Beer: Maturation

Brilliantly funny beer ad from Argentina. The ad was based off the idea that the taste and quality of a Schneider Beer could be summarized in one big secret – maturation time. Ogilvy & Mather Argentina and Schneider visualized that… Continue Reading

Nivea: Stress Test

Interesting activation idea by Nivea and Advertising Agency: Felix & Lamberti, Hamburg. To launch the new Stress Protect Deo, NIVEA put passengers at the airport in an unexpected and stressful situation: They were framed at random and in real time… Continue Reading

Super Bowl Ads 2013

It’s that time of year again where lots of very expensive ads get airtime, and 2 teams play a game of football, this time the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens. The highlight of last nights game was when… Continue Reading

Super Bowl Car ad highlights

It’s that time of year again where big brands who can afford around $4million dollars to pay for a 30 second ad during the Super Bowl (+ normally from $6million to make), start to share their work. Below are the… Continue Reading

Microsoft: IE – Child of the 90s

Microsoft have just released a wonderful ad for the new Internet Explorer looking back at the 90s, the decade IE was born. If you’re a child of the 90s prepare to get nostalgic. Wonderful work by Column Five, Newport Beach,… Continue Reading

TNT: A dramatic surprise on an ice-cold day

TNT have released a follow up ad to last years dramatic activation that took YouTube and the world by storm. This time they spice it up a little, the ad includes kidnapping the person that pushes the button, riot police,… Continue Reading