Android KITKAT 4.4: The future of confectionery

Each Android version is named after a dessert and in alphabetically order. So, from Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean, it was time for K and what's more suitable than a favorite worldwide chocolate like Kitkat. According to adage no money changed hands.

A parody video -making fun at Apple-like dramatic debut videos- was made to introduce the new Android KitKat 4.4 along with a revamped version of KitKat site and an Android microsite that you should check out:
http://kitkat.com/#/home
http://www.android.com/kitkat/

Take 3: Recycle a tweet - The worlds first recyclable and refundable tweet‏

8 billion bottles and cans trash Australian beaches, rivers and ocean each year, killing precious wildlife and marine life.

In an attempt to convince Barry O'Farrel, the Premier of New South Wales, to implement a Cash for Containers scheme (Recycling deposits), Take 3 created the world's first recyclable and refundable tweet.

Though recycling deposit refunds has been a proven solution around the world, in Australia it is still facing strong opposition from beverage companies.

A national scheme for Australia will soon be under review with the key decision maker being Premier Barry O’Farrell. Take 3 needed to prove the recycling power of a ‘Cash for Containers’ scheme whilst calling on Barry O’Farrell to make the needed change.

So they created the world’s first recyclable and refundable tweet. A tweet calling on Barry O’Farrell to implement the Cash for Containers scheme and encouraging the public to recycle the tweet by re-tweeting it.

Every re-tweet can be refunded the same deposit amount as a standard beverage container, one shiny Australian 10 cent piece.

Support the call for a Cash for Containers  scheme by recycling our tweet at recycleatweet.com.

Credits:
The Take 3 Team

Ray-Ban: #nofilterjustrayban

Last day of summer but I'm posting about a cool idea DDB Brussels had for Ray-Ban sunglasses to keep it going for a little longer (well, in Greece, the weather is like summer almost year round).

So, DDB tranformed trams in all major Belgian cities into "Ray-Ban Test-Drive Trams" by pasting filters on the windows and letting people discover the city through different Ray-Ban color lenses thus promoting the wide range of Ray-Ban's polarized color lenses: from sky blue to hot pink.

To make it social, posters inside the tram invite travelers to share their pictures of the city with #nofilterjustrayban.

Credits:
Campaign: #nofilterjustrayban
Agency: DDB Brussels
Client: Ray-Ban Belgium (Luxottica Group)
Marketing Manager: Dagmar Sleuwaegen
Agency: DDB Brussels
Creative Director: Peter Ampe
Creation: Gertjan De Smet
Account Manager: Gertjan De Smet
Strategic planner: Maarten Van Daele
Head of Digital: Geert Desager
Online producer: Simon De Pauw, Sevenedge
Experience Architect: Maarten Breda
Graphic Designer: Arnaud Hemroulle
Production company: Lijncom, JCDecaux, Clear Channel
Photographer: Mary-Ann Koninckx, Yannick Tielemans
Media: website, transit, social media

Peugeot 208: Holotransform

In auto shows you can see the car that you like but you can only imagine what it will look like if you wanted to add or change something. 5Seis developed an interactive hologram for the Peugeot 208 at 6th International Motor Show 2013 so that visitors could remotely customize the car as they pleased. They could change the color, apply stickers on roof, mirrors, doors, add spoiler and choose from variety of rims. They could even put some bicycle carriers on top, snowboards etc.



Credits
Advertising Agency: 5SEIS, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Creative Director: Pablo Saquero, Gabriel Aufgang
Producer: Ariel Serra, Ivan Schwindt
Additional credits: Triple Impacto
Published: June, 2013

Montce: Little Black Bikini

Green eyes. Perfect body. Great filming. A relaxing little film from Montce swimware. Enjoy.

MONTCE SWIMWEAR - Little Black Bikini from BJ Golnick on Vimeo.

Credits:
Starring: Dominique Storelli
Direction - Cinematography - Edit - Color: BJ Golnick
Music: Purity Ring - "Lofticries"

Intel and Toshiba: The Power Inside

The third social film experience from Intel & Toshiba is here. They started two year ago with "Inside Experience" and now with the "Power Inside" we deal with an alien invasion. It seems that extraterrestrial moustaches and unibrows take over the upper lips and eyes of people around the world.

Your face can join the Uricks (the aliens) or the Guardians. Just visit www.thepowerinside.com or www.Facebook.com/insidefilms to watch the trailer and audition to be in the film. To join the Urick team and potentially be featured in the film you have to upload a photo to the Facebook Page, and the facial recognition software will add a moustache or unibrow. You can also upload videos of yourself removing a moustache to join the Guardian team.

Directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon  (“Blades of Glory” and “The Switch”), the movie stars Harvey Keitel (“Reservoir Dogs”), Craig Roberts (“Submarine”), Analeigh Tipton (“Crazy, Stupid, Love”), Reid Ewing (“Modern Family”) and Zack Pearlman (“The Inbetweeners”).

The first episode of the social film will be available on August 15 and continue online over the next six weeks.



(thanks Monika)

What happens online in 60 seconds

A 2013 version of a well known type of infographic. It is always impressive to see what happens online in just 60 seconds.

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