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Experience Spinifex in China

The principals of Spinifex Group, worldwide leaders in creating and delivering cutting-edge experience media projects, are very proud to continue their collaborations with Director Han Lixun, famous for the print-block segment of the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony, and Yvonne Ho, producer on the Beijing Olympic Games, in creating the cinematic multimedia feature attraction at the heart of Yan City, which just opened in China’s Chun Zhu Province. This latest spectacular high-tech storytelling achievement, uniting the talents of Director Han with those of Spinifex Group creative director Richard Lindsay and his colleagues, builds upon their joint efforts during the historic Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, wherein Spinifex was distinguished as one of the only non-Chinese production company involved. A news release on this project is available here, and the case study is online at SpinifexGroup.com.

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Cartoon Network’s 2010 Brand Expansion


To help Cartoon Network bring to life its vision of a brand expansion strategy that included a new look and tone, international creative design and production studio Brand New School (BNS, www.brandnewschool.com) partnered with the network’s creative team to produce a look and sensibility that would allow them to have a dialogue with its audience across an array of platforms. The network chose to embrace its brand visual heritage of the black and white checkerboard by imbuing it with new meaning, and the artists and producers of BNS brought this idea to life in a fresh, compelling way using dimension, color and movement. All the new design elements began appearing in late May, and the new on-air IDs premiered on the network earlier this month.

For further information:
. Case study on Brand New School’s website
. Campaign press release
. In-depth feature story from Brand New
. Additional media coverage

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Case Study: Scion + ATTIK – “United By Individuality”


In 2008, global creative agency ATTIK and Scion launched the “United By Individuality” branding campaign. The agency recently produced this case study encapsulation above. Links to additional campaign information appear below.

. Scion United case study on ATTIK.com
. Scion Samples case study on ATTIK.com
. United By Individuality campaign news release and materials
. United By Individuality campaign website wins “Site of the Day” from the Favourite Website Awards
. United By Individuality “Samples” campaign news release and materials

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Experience media from Spinifex Group

I’m very proud to be working with the phenomenal Sydney-based creative communications company Spinifex Group, which is made up of authentic leaders in creating and delivering experience media.

With recent projects ranging from immersive interactive experiences to global broadcast events and epic big screen corporate communications extravaganzas, they have resolved some of the most ambitious and complex storytelling challenges of our times, with historical results. Below, I’ve organized summary notes on some of their latest projects, which as you’ll see, include numerous mesmerizing ceremonies and pavilions at the Shanghai World Expo, the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Ceremonies, the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Ceremonies, and many others. Read more

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Nathan Love wows TV and online viewers worldwide


Record numbers of television and online viewers worldwide continue to experience the artistry of New York City animation studio Nathan Love and its illustrious clientele. The latest releases include commercial collaborations with director Willis Wong, Lunar Films and Hopr for J. Walter Thompson Shanghai promoting China’s popular online game Fantasy Westward Journey, and with advertising agency 22squared for Baskin-Robbins’ nationwide summer advertising campaign. Nathan Love is online at www.nathanlove.com, on Facebook here, and on Linkedin here.

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Brilliant directors: Shilo’s Evan Dennis


Director Evan Dennis and his fellow filmmakers from U.S. creative production company Shilo recently detailed their artistry in creating this engaging new broadcast/web spot for Mountain Dew’s new Green Label Art Shop Series campaign. For this all-star project, Evan worked in close collaboration with creative director David Hohman, art director Campbell Hooper and their colleagues from integrated marketing agency TracyLocke to create compelling content authentically supporting Mountain Dew’s innovative campaign and the phenomenal talents assembled. Read more

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Brand New School designs a winning AICP outing


Earlier this week, creative design and production studio Brand New School (BNS, www.BrandNewSchool.com) proudly announced their role in designing and producing numerous elements which debuted at the 2010 AICP Show, The Art & Technique of the American Commercial, and the 2010 Next Awards, a featured presentation of the AICP Show. The annual program, hosted by the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) had its premiere Tuesday evening at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and will soon travel on to high-profile venues in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Miami, and Richmond. Original works created by BNS for 2010 include the above Sponsor Reel Sequence for the AICP Show itself, and for the Next Awards, which honor and examine the best in marketing communications across all channels featuring moving image media, the visual identity system, presentation graphics, and (together with McCann Systems) a dynamic Next Awards video installation that lit up MoMA’s Sculpture Garden. During the prestigious Next Awards presentation, BNS earned top honors in the Experiential category for their innovative project promoting Monday Night Football on ESPN produced for leading advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy. The full story is available online here.

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PepsiCo Refresh Project 101


There’s a lot to love about PepsiCo’s commitment in America to the Pepsi Refresh Project, which is set to give away more than $20 million in 2010 to “refresh the world, one idea at a time.” PepsiCo has vowed to award over $1 million in grants each month to U.S.-based ideas with the most public votes, with up to 1,000 new ideas accepted each month. I was just asked to look into making a submission, and in doing some homework, I’ve gained a lot of admiration for this thoughtful initiative, inviting Americans to plead the case for a real-world need — or even a dream — with seemingly a very real opportunity to win financial support on some level. While hoping this might eventually become more of an international effort, I invite those now eligible to join me every day in visiting the site and using our 10 daily votes to help along our favorite ideas.

Click_here_to_see_funded_projectsAs for the ideas themselves, we can fire away, seeking $5k up to $250k for one idea per month, where you can change your monthly submission even after submitting, and if you don’t win this month, you can resubmit next month. There are five categories: Health, Arts and Culture, Food and Shelter, The Planet, Neighborhoods and Education.

The official website www.refresheverything.com provides this toolkit for developing your idea, along with a wealth of information, including key dates, what to expect and how to follow-up before, during and after submitting, and many other inspiring case studies of ideas submitted to date. You may also be interested in this April story detailing the latest winners, as well as the project’s blog.

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Shilo’s global recognition and evolution


The 2008 “Burma Viral” project produced by U.S. creative production company Shilo, together with Carl Le Blond, Executive Creative Director at Ogilvy & Mather Amsterdam, John Jackson, Director of Social Responsibility, MTV Networks, Suki Dusanj, Founder of The Burma Arts Board, activist Sam Roddick and others, is featured within the pages of “For A Good Cause,” a new collection of the world’s best socially conscious design. Recently released by Barcelona-based publisher Index Book, the book was conceived and authored by Cactus Disseny, and is now available through major booksellers worldwide. In other news, on Shilo’s recently updated website at www.shilo.tv, the company is now individually showcasing its directorial talents. Among the newest works presented are the powerful Under Armour “Protect This House. I Will.” films, and the FELA! project, all directed by Andre Stringer, with concept and writing credits going to Shilo’s sibling creative company, WMIG. In this story detailing Shilo’s latest developments, partner and EP Tracy Chandler explains that individually crediting directors Stringer, Jose Gomez, Noah Conopask and Evan Dennis, along with the growing importance of WMIG in much of their project work, are key components of the company’s successful evolution.

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Stop-Motion Brand Film from We Are Plus Illustrates Powers of SMART Board


Jeremy Hollister, Judy Wellfare and their colleagues at NYC-based strategic creative ideas studio We Are Plus are very proud to reveal their latest project, produced in collaboration with Toronto-based Sharpe Blackmore Euro RSCG. This creative, stop-motion brand film showcasing the category-leading SMART Board interactive whiteboard from SMART Technologies is being distributed internationally in seven languages via viral seeding and Facebook, and will also be featured in other applications and materials by SMART’s marketing team. The story from We Are Plus, including complete project credits, is available here. For more information on SMART Technologies, please visit www.smarttech.com, or check out to learn more about the new Love of Learning campaign.

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