Facebook Places launches in Australia
Facebook Places, which launched in Australia today, will allow Facebook users to share their location with friends. So if you’re enjoying a coffee in Brunswick Street, Brisbane and your friend is nearby, you’ll be alerted – and like magic, you can have a random catchup. This new feature is set to open up new real-life [...]
And the polished turd award goes to…
The last episode of this series’ Gruen Transfer announced the official winner of the Polished Turd award last night. The winner had to produce the disgraceful ad that was voted by the panel as the Worst Ad Ever. According to the experts West End Beer deserved the Turd for its terrible acting and painfully half-arsed [...]
How to sell social media to the boss
Sick of watching your competitors blog, tweet and engage with your customers on Facebook while your market share dwindles? Does your boss think social media is a murky area, best left alone, or even worse a ‘waste of time’? We all know the value of social media for business, but convincing the boss can sometimes [...]
New slogan launched today “Queensland, Where Australia Shines”
Queensland’s new slogan was launched today by the state’s Premier Anna Bligh. Gone are the days of “Where Else But Queensland” … now we will be referring to “Queensland, Where Australia Shines”. The new brand, which reportedly was 12 months in the making, has been described by Ms Bligh as capturing “the essence of Queensland – [...]
Creative Airline Concept
Kulula is a low-cost South-African airline that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Check out their new livery! WHAT A PITY KULULA DOESN’T FLY INTERNATIONALLY – WE SHOULD SUPPORT THEM IF ONLY FOR THEIR HUMOUR – SO TYPICALLY SOUTH AFRICAN. Kulula is an Airline with head office situated in Johannesburg. Kulula airline attendants make an effort [...]
High Speed Bullet Photography
If you are ever starved for a creative concept, think beyond space and form, consider ‘time’. Sometimes the most beautiful moments happen in the blink of an eye. Check out what Alan Sailer has captured through high speed photography! Feel free to blink though, these photos won’t let you miss an inch of detail! Also, [...]
Guilt free SHOE shopping
Wouldn’t you love to own one of these cute pairs of shoes and feel good about the purchase? – For each pair of TOMS shoes purchased a child from around the world in need will also receive a pair of shoes. The philanthropic entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie came up with this ‘one for one’ model while [...]
Longevity of a Catchphrase
Think just for a second about an ad that is memorable to you. You know the one, the ad with the catchphrase that immediately comes to mind, that always springs up and even gets used in general conversation. One of the most long lasting and memorable catchphrases from television advertising that I can think of [...]
Design Week Brisbane – 17 days to go!
The Brisbane Design community has really been spoilt this year for design events, and it is all about to climax for the year. In 17 days time the Icograda International Design Week hosted by AGDA starts in Brisbane on 11 October and funnily enough runs for the whole week! This is such an amazing ONCE [...]
Sass and Bide shines at London Fashion Week
Flying the flag for Australia at this year’s London Fashion Week is Sass and Bide. The brand returned to the city which discovered them back in 1999 when Heidi Middleton and Sarah Jane Clarke sold their designs at West London’s Portobello Markets. Now 11 years later, Sass and Bide launched their Spring/Summer 11 collection at the [...]