To promote the launch of a new IKEA superstore opening in Sweden, IKEA’s approach was to combine traditional and new media, namely, to have customers look at images via mobile while listening to a radio commercial.The commercial was composed of two messages in one ad-break. In the first part, viewers were instructed to send an SMS to the promotion number with the promise that they would receive great offers and be participating in a “unique image-radio experiment.” They were also told to stay tuned for the next message a few minutes later. The link the IKEA sent back contained images. In the second message, listeners were asked to listen to the radio while looking at the images on their mobile,
What better time than now to launch this beautiful campaign when FIFA World Cup is approaching fast. Nike is unveiling an action-packed film that brings together some of the world’s greatest players to inspire soccer lovers and sports fans around the world. The epic three-minute film, “Write the Future,” takes people on a journey that dramatically captures that one moment when headlines are written - from a single pass or one strike that brings a nation eternal happiness, while bringing others to their knees.
The film, directed by renowned Hollywood director and producer Alejandro G. Iñarritu (21 Grams, Babel), features some of the world’s best players, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Wayne Rooney, Fabio Cannavaro, Franck Ribery, Andres Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott, Patrice Evra, Gerard Pique, Ronaldinho, Landon Donovan, Tim Howard and Thiago Silva. Special guest cameos are made by tennis legend Roger Federer, basketball superstar Kobe Bryant and Homer Simpson.
Agency: Wieden + Kennedy, Amsterdam, The Nederlands
Creative Director: Mark Bernath, Eric QuennoyArt Director: Stuart Harkness, Freddie PowellCopywriter: Freddie Powell, Stuart HarknessProducer: Elissa SingstockProducer: Olivier KlonhammerExecutive Creative Director: Jeff KlingHead of Broadcast: Erik VerheijenProduction Company: Mokkumercials – AmsterdamProduction Company: Independent Films – LondonDirector: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Stuart Harkness, Pablo CasacubertoDirector of Photography: Jeroen van der PoelVFX Company: The Mill
Bayer in Brazil presented the choices of normal strength Aspirina and the stronger Cafiaspirina pain killers with a print advertising campaign featuring annoying situations. Aspirin can help you deal with the Boss, the Ex Wife and the Teenage Daughter. But, there are worse menaces than them like the boss’s jokes, the ex wife’s lawyer and the teenage daughter’s boyfriend. Not to worry, for them you have got Cafiaspirin.
Agency: Almap BBDO, Brazil
Executive Creative Director: Marcello SerpaCreative Directors: Luiz Sanches, Dulcídio CaldeiraCopywriter: Marco Giannelli (pernil)Art Director: Ary NogueiraTypographer: José Roberto BezerraSupervisor: Maria Luiza Dias
