Facebook is promoting its Home for Android interface in a new ad that aired in the USA during the Final Four on CBS on Saturday. The “Airplane” commercial by Wieden+Kennedy celebrates Home’s virtue which lies in enabling Facebook users to stay connected with friends anywhere and anytime, without making extra clicks on their mobile devices.
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The creative collaboration between Pepsi and Beyoncé enters a new phase with the launch of an international campaign inspired by the “moment of now” philosophy. The brand has kicked off a new promotion by 180 LA, encouraging its fans to remember the past, while living the present moment to the fullest.
Kraft discovers the sexy side of cooking in the new “Let’s Get Zesty” campaign launched for the Kraft Italian Dressings range in the U.S. The promotion by BEING Los Angeles is fronted by a hot guy, the Zesty Guy (apparently, a cousin of Old Spice Guy), who unleashes his macho charisma while cooking simple dishes like salad or pizza. The product itself seems to play a supporting role in the humorous promotion, serving as a tool to help the hot cooking guy show more of his prefect body.
The fashion giant Saint Laurent (previously Yves Saint Laurent) has released a portrait series to celebrate its long-term relationship with the world of rock music. These two dimensions don’t seem to belong to the same universe, but in fact the leading artists from the rock field adore fashion labels and vice versa. This deep connection was reflected in the Saint Laurent Music Project, photographed by the house’s creative director Hedi Slimane. The series includes black-and-white images featuring rock icons including Marilyn Manson, Kim Gordon (of Sonic Youth), Courtney Love, and Ariel Pink.
Nissan is kicking off a new pan-European campaign under the “Urban Thrill Rides” tagline to promote the city car, a new Nissan Juke n-tec, available in European showrooms from March. The effort, developed by TBWAG1, writes a new charter in the “urban” narration, started by the brand years ago. It reveals the car’s adventurous personality and demonstrates how easily it integrates into the megalopolises’ life, ruled by high speed. The “Urban Thrill Rides” push is launching across more than 20 European countries starting April.
Google is launching a bunch of pranks for April Fool’s Day. Google Nose beta seems to be the most impressive one in this range. The service allows to experience smells of various things by just typing in their names and also lets detect objects by their scent. Google Nose, developed “to offer the sharpest olfactory experience available,” even got a website where the service is detailed.