McDonald’s has rolled out specially designed French fry packaging for the first time it its history, in celebration of the forthcoming FIFA World Cup. The new packaging features stunning artwork by an international pool of 12 artists—each of them created an original street art visual for one of the packs. Additionally, the mini-buckets feature a key to opening a specially created AR app for further engagement with the brand’s fans.
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McDonald’s has adopted a minimalistic approach in its latest campaign by TBWA/Paris that promotes the fast food giant’s “Big 6” menu items. The «Picto» effort features a series of outdoor visuals and a TV-spot that depict the products—Big Mac, cheeseburger, fries, sundae, Chicken Nuggets and Filet-o-Fish—as simple graphic elements.
Ahead of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, scheduled to take place from 6 to 23 February, a global Olympic partner McDonald’s is rolling out a social media effort to connect athletes with the broad fan community. Fans are given an opportunity to wish good luck to their favorite athletes or teams. The messages will appear on the special display in Athletes’ Village in Sochi as well as on the bracelets the sports heroes will wear.
Interbrand’s “2013 Best Global Brands” top 100 list has revealed that Coca-Cola, which used to lead the chart for the previous 13 years, has lost its dominance as the most valuable global brand, yielding precedency to the technology giant Apple estimated at $98.3 billion. The total value of all 100 best global brands is $1.5 trillion, which is 8.4% record increase over 2012, Interbrand reports.
McDonald’s is making its restaurants a yet happier place for kids. The fast food chain has collaborated with DDB Singapore to create an ultimately playable table for its youngest customers at the brand’s venue in Yishun, Singapore. The team behind the project turned a traditional grey table in the restaurant into a playground using Near Field Communication—thanks to a pinch of technology a boring piece of the interior turned into a platform for an interactive game.
McDonald’s is highlighting its products through a plethora of personal stories of UK consumers on the new destination 100 McDonald’s Moments. The fun and playful site by Razorfish London and Goodboy Digital features a hundred of various feedbacks from real people who are telling how McDonald’s has left its mark in their life experiences, from personal relationship to travelling abroad.