Victoria’s Secret’s Holiday 2010 TV spot: Angels forever

A hell of a way to start posting today. Enjoy Victoria's Secret angels: Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge, Adriana Lima, Katsia Zingarevich, Erin Heatherton and Chanel Iman.

Martell XO: Party, Piano

Advertising Agency: TBWA / MAP, France
Creative Director: Sébastien Vacherot, Manoëlle Van der Vaeren
Art Director: Nicolas Boyer
Copywriter: Marc Platet
Photographer: Mark Seliger
Art Buyer: Vanessa Barbel

New Straits Times: Exploitation, Riot, Smuggling

Advertising Agency: McCann Erickson, Malaysia
Executive Creative Director: Szu-Hung Lee, Hwa
Creative Director: Jules Tan
Copywriters: Szu-Hung Lee, Primus Nair, Zaidee Zainal, Benjamin Ng
Art Directors: Jules Tan, Jerome Ooi
Agency Producer: Jimmy Ong, Bridget Hong
Photographer: Loh Lin Shan / iRom
Account manager: Alexis Young
Account Director: Andrew Pinto

Media 1: Undeliverable Letter

It is nice to see advertising agencies who try to get themselves into pitches, use their creativity as the medium instead of spamming. See what "Media 1" did in order to get new clients.

Advertising Agency: Demner, Merlicek und Bergmann, Vienna, Austria
Creative Director: Francesco Bestagno
Copywriter: Alexander Hofmann
Art Director: Francesco Bestagno
Graphics: Claudia Strauss
Account Manager: Siegfried Kaufmann

Sanzer hand gel: Doorknob, Phone booth, Subway

Excellent and impactful work. Drives the message through and makes you think twice before touching anything.

Advertising Agency: Chuo Senko, Thailand
Creative Directors: Jak Naiprayoon, Noppadon Shinkhem
Art Director / Copywriter: Noppadon Shinkhem
Producer: Sumith Alansunyaluck
Photographer: Bob Eye View
Digital computer artist: M.A.R.S.
Published: August 2010

Most Contagious Review 2010

Contagious Magazine released their free annual review on trends and technologies. As always, 2010 review is packed with interting articles. According to them, in 2010 the smartest brands realised that the model is not 360, it's 365, moving from campaigns to projects.
You can download it here.

Google Zeitgeist 2010: Year in Review

Google's 2010 recap based on the aggregation of millions of search queries.
You can vist http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist2010/ and play with the results.