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Love, Not Violence: See the Anti-Terror Ad Going Viral in the Middle East Zain's branded spot earns praise, and some criticism By Gabriel Beltrone A telecom ad that aims to battle terrorism with song has gone viral in the Middle East, delighting audiences while also sparking controversy over its depictions of bombing victims, its use of the issue to promote its brand, and its vision of Islam's role in preventing violent extremism. The three-minute commercial, created by marketer Zain...
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Remember That Pub’s Brilliantly Lazy Ad That Went Viral? They Made a Fun Sequel Dave Blackhurst goes even more low-fi By Tim Nudd Earlier this month, we wrote about an English pub's most excellent ad that went viral and was celebrated as a genius bit of brilliantly lazy design. The ad showed what appeared to be a text-message conversation between the client (Tom Hughes, owner of the Friars pub in Bridgnorth) and the designer, Dave Blackhurst. Their text...
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Leo Burnett Group’s Arc Worldwide Expands After Winning MillerCoors 7 executives hired or promoted, plus 2 new offices By Patrick Coffee Arc Worldwide, the shopper marketing division of Leo Burnett Group, announced plans to expand its presence by opening new offices in New York and Northwest Arkansas and adding new names to its leadership team. The press release positions this expansion as an attempt to make the most of recent new business wins and to promote...
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CBS Chief Glenn Geller Won’t Return Following Heart Attack Longtime network scheduler Kelly Kahl will take his place as Entertainment president By Jason Lynch CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller, who had been sidelined for the past two months after suffering a heart attack, won't return to the network as planned, and will be stepping down from his role, CBS Corp. announced today. UPDATE: The network has promoted Kelly Kahl, formerly senior evp of CBS Primetime and the network's longtime...
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It Was Just Revealed Snap Bought a Drones Startup, but That Doesn’t Mean It’s Getting Into Flying Robots Acquisition simply could be about other kinds of hardware By Christopher Heine Can drones wear video-recording sunglasses? Perhaps that's a look we'll see in the future--or not. BuzzFeed News reported on Friday night that Snap bought Ctrl Me Robotics, a Los Angeles-based, drones-making startup. Variety then ran a story that said the acquisition occurred late last year. Both publications are characterizing the price tag as less than...
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Foursquare Inks Deal With Reddit to Power Location-Based Posts But will it catch on with users? By Lauren Johnson "The front page of the internet" is getting a mobile remake that should make it easier for users to add additional information to their posts. Foursquare is announcing today that its data will power a new feature within Reddit's app that lets users tag posts with their location. In theory, the feature will allow users...
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House Industries’ Fonts Have Added Style, Swagger and Strangeness to What We Buy for 2 Decades The Henry Ford Museum looks back on more than 20 years of unusual inspiration By Robert Klara One afternoon in 2010, Andy Cruz got home, checked his voicemail and heard the sort of thing that most designers only dream of. It went like this: "Hi. This is Jimmy Kimmel. Sorry for bothering you at home. I just wanted to talk to you about designing a logo for my show." For a moment,...
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