Ill illustrations: Kronk for Mahala
I recently picked up on the third of these illustrations by Kronk for Mahala magazine. Instant classic South African commentary in my eyes: The... Read More
Benefit driven communication for benefit driven consumers
As with many categories, banks in SA have pushed mushy sentimental messages for as long as I can remember. Absa tried to convince people, “My... Read More
The future of communication: Catvertising
If you don’t get on board.. you will be left behind. Read More
Going back to the start: sincere concern or green wash?
Here’s great video that comments on the shape of the world today. Ultimately it’s an ad for Chipotle though, a listed international... Read More
Slogan slagging: FNB use unnecessary force
FNB’s ‘Steve’ campaign is surely doing a great job for them. It’s creating the perception that their features are suprior... Read More
Thumbs down on thumbs up
A disturbing trend in advertising seems to come from a misguided idea that mirroring Facebook and social media’s iconography in ads will... Read More
Confused by the power of the Bark Side
Very funny… but what does this have to do with VW? I believe it’s called ‘vampiring’ when characters in ads become bigger... Read More
Lolita
You don’t normally think of the words “Dakota Fanning” and “scandal” in the same sentence…But today The Guardian reports that... Read More
Conspiracy Theory
Most people know the long winding road which caused all cigarette adds to be banned and along with it cigarette promotion activity became limited... Read More
Media magic: Stuttering billoard
In our ‘Media magic’ series we look at some of the inspiring uses of media to enhance or even convey a message. The stuttering billboard... Read More
Most Recent Comments
The ANC really did a great job of publicising this piece and exhibition. As hard as it may have been to swallow.. simply ignoring it would have created far less attention and as a result 'defamation'. Personally I think you've made it as a politician when you not only draw the scorn of artists but also ignore it. Andre
Not sure who designed it, but they did tell me they're about to roll out more of these Andre
A really significant investment in retail communication and functional interaction - head and shoulders ahead of the competition - Anybody know who designed it? Is it a one off? R/M sqm? Graham Leigh
I heard that Ad I also immedialy associated it to an attck on ABSA. I do however think that if comparitive advertising is done is subtle and clever was such as in this case, we need not be over sensitive. We all afterall knew who FNB was bashing their Steve campaing, its all the other 3 banks with Absa included. Lazola
Just saw this - Amazon to open their first physical store: http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/amazon-real-life-store.html Andre