This year the executive creative body of ABSOLUT VODKA company, Absolut Art Bureau, has partnered with the quinquennial exhibition of modern and contemporary art dOCUMENTA (13), which has taken place from June 9 to September 16 in Kassel, Germany, as well as become a sponsor and supporter of another art event Art 43 Basel in Switzerland.
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Google and Cirque du Soleil are unveiling a stunning online experience, which mirrors the circus’s unparalleled approach to making miracles by going beyond the laws of physics as well as the limits of a human body’s abilities. The new online project dubbed Movi.Kanti.Revo (which means “moving, singing and dreaming” in Esperanto) takes the audience into the dimension where magic happens to them. All you need to become part of this stunning sensory Chrome experiment is to follow the link in a browser that supports WebRTC, like Chrome plus have a microphone and a camera on your computer device. You can get into the whole thing even if you don’t have a cam and a mic, but they definitely add more fun to the experience.
The confrontation between Coca-Cola and Pepsi fades now that the new iPhone 5 release has renewed vigour in the Samsung and Apple war. Samsung has posted a new video to its Facebook page, mocking at Apple fans who were waiting for the new device in line at the store. The brand is poking fun at its competitor al all the “new and mindblowing features” of Apple’s latest product, which will be released in retail on September 21, and highlights the possibilities of the Samsung Galaxy SIII smart-phone in a light and non-pressing way.
There are dozens of ways to save water, ranging from using water-saving manufacturing technologies to washing jeans less frequently. AXE presents the most controversial way to reduce the water consumption—the brand is encouraging Americans to take shower together to save gallons of water. The brand launched a new campaign titled Showerpooling, calling ‘guys and gals’ across the country to take shower together for the great water conservation purpose. In 2010, AXE launched a similar initiative in Canada.
Brands do not only provide people with goods, they also create jobs and help people build their careers, either by hiring or by motivating them. In fall 2011, Starbucks launched the Jobs for USA platform to support small businesses and people behind them, and this year Benetton, the recognized leader in sharing positive power across the globe and encouraging people to have a brighter attitude, helps the enemployed youth.
Pernod Ricard’s luxurious whisky Chivas Regal 12 YO launches a new creative initiative— the annual collaborations with famous people of art and craft aimed to create limited-edition series of packaging inspired by gentlemen style, masculinity and craftsmanship called ‘Made for Gentlemen’. The brand has debuted the first collaboration of this kind with British luxury shoe designer Tim Little, the owner and creative director of a male shoe brand Grenson, who designed a collectible tin featuring a stylish deconstruction of classic English leather shoes.
Google has re-imagined its Creative Sandbox platform to deliver inspiration to creative minds in advertising agencies across the globe through successful online ad projects. For the past four years, Creative Sandbox used to be a title for offline events hosted by Google for creatives, but now it has expanded to an online treasure box of groundbreaking experiences. The destination is showcasing digital campaigns’ case studies, unveiling the basic components of the projects, and inviting ad professionals and emerging creators to explore and share the best examples of digital work.
Volkswagen loves to experiment with the print ads format. The auto brand, which released an augmented reality print to enable busy (or lazy) consumers to test the VW car with their iPhone, now presents a vibrating ad in Indian newspapers including The Times of India to promote the Polo and Vento models in India.