Smirnoff, which excited the globe with party-swapping initiatives as part of the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project for two consecutive years (2010 and 2011), comes back with an international 6-month project, which is also designed to pat tribute to the best in the world’s nightlife cultures. The world’s No.1 vodka brand initiated Smirnoff Midnight Circus, “a global tour celebrating unique nightlife experiences in more than 25 cities.” It won’t be a traditional circus (no clowns, magicians, acrobats and animals), but a new kind of world uniting entrainment, a hilarious spectacle with modern performances.
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The article is written by Gaston van de Laar, Client Services Director at CARTILS
At CARTILS we have gained experience creating brands and brand designs. Over the years, we have observed that the most difficult part of our job is to truly create unique brand personalities: design that embraces their very own DNA and endure a life time.
Old Spice unveiled a highly interactive musical piece on Vimeo, featuring Terry Crews, one of the brand’s Guys. The former NFL player, who has been communicating the “power” message to public in a series of Old Spice commercials, now turns his own body into a machine, which produces music. In the new video piece, developed by the brand’s agency Wieden & Kennedy and director Tom Kuntz, Crews is sitting surrounded by musical instruments including drums, saxophones, a guitar and synthesizer to name but a few. But basically it’s not him who plays all of them—numerous electrodes are attached to his muscle groups (pecs, triceps and sartorius adductors among others), which activate the instruments with each muscle contraction.
Grolsch has introduced a new character in its advertising, police officer Journt, “the most notorious police officer in the Netherlands,” who never says a word. The Amsterdam beer brand has rolled out a new ‘silent’ campaign in the UK on its official page at www.grolsch.com.uk and invited the audience to get involved into the activity for a chance to get four pack of Grolsch beer.