Archive for April, 2010

speed painting on chatroulette

Friday, April 30th, 2010

nice to see creative ideas coming out of using chatroulette.

The Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2010

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Millward Brown Optimor have just released their 2010 Top Brands compilation.

Apart from the list they include analyses by several key categories and some “Key TakeOuts”.  Well worth having a look at.

You can see the presentation here

… or if you are more patient download it at www.brandz.com

Nike’s Musical Shoes

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Clever stuff from Nike.

Put their shoes in the hands of a pair of Japanese DJ’s and you have music.

Works on their feet too!

Big Bold and Beautiful from Philips

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Last year Philips took the Cannes Film Grand Prix for its “Carousel” short-movie below.

 

Now they’ve followed up this mini-film idea with a series of five mini-films…. “Parallel Lines” by Philips and Ridley Scott  Associates.

Here’s the official teaser:

 

And the trailer ….

 

And the films.  Bold stuff.

 

And the sixth film?

Yours!

Ambient With A Smile

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

torontokarate_preview

“Schools Kill Creativity”

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Another gift from TED Talks and Ken Robinson.

“Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity”.

This is not only thought provoking but extremely funny.

Enjoy, I think you will.

What adults can learn from kids

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

This is one very smart kid, talking on TED talks.

If you want to know more about her, check out her own website:www.adorasvitak.com/

she’s also on Wiki.

 

You can find TED talks at www.TED.com “Ideas worth spreading”.

The Fun Theory Winner

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

What a neat idea …

Check out more on the fun theory at www.thefuntheory.com, including several more clever video demonstrations.

This is an initiative of VW Sweden.

As the site says “This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better.”

Are You Indispensable?

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

A couple of days ago, Guy Murphy, our global planning head kindly sent out boxes of books to the JWT planning community.

The book?

“Linchpin” by Seth Godin, the marketing/business consultant.

The subtitle is “Are You Indispensable?”

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On Amazon 80% of readers gave the book a 5 star rating.

Good stimulating read.  Look out for it and enjoy.

(Oh and check out Seth’s blog at http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ )