Converse and Dazed & Confused magazine have partnered with London-based Whitechapel Gallery to run the second annual Emerging Artists Award. The call for submissions was posted on May 26 and the works will be accepted for review until June 30.
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Dr Pepper learnt a tough lesson in Great Britain last July with the huge scandal concerning the status take-over promotion on Facebook started as part of the brand’s ‘What’s the worst that could happen?’ campaign. Having tendered apology for the blunder (the thing was that a mother found her 14-year-old daughter searching for the meaning of her new status update with ‘two girls, one cup’ phrase referring to a notorious porn video), the brand closed the activity. Now, the buzz went down and almost one year later, the brand comes back with another teen-oriented project, dubbed ‘Pepperhood,’ which definitely will not have any unwanted after-effects.
Heineken, which launched its hilarious Open Your World campaign in December 2010 with the ‘The Entrance’ spot, is now coming up with a new stunning video, the long-awaited second spot of the campaign. The film, which premiered on YouTube yesterday, May 25, is called ‘The Date’ and features a couple which is walking through a huge Chinese restaurant, packed with musicians, guests, chefs, beautiful ladies and gentlemen and a magician with a rabbit.
Google plans to launch a new mobile payment system based on Near Field Technology as soon as today, dailytech.com reports with a reference to Bloomberg. According to the anonymous sources, familiar with the matter, the payment system will initially be launched in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.