To celebrate its 5th edition, the Pentawards and Avery Dennison invite all designers from all around the world to participate free of charge in a special competition dedicated solely to the creation of self-promotion through packaging design.
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Changing diapers is a heroic deed in the eyes of a baby, and Pampers ‘Gifts to Grow’ program is teaming up with celebrity mom Bethenny Frankel to celebrate this and all the other wonderful things parents do each day for their babies and families that make them real, unsung heroes. Recognizing parents for all their hard work and dedication to their family, Pampers is unveiling a new year of gifts, incentives and rewards from their ‘Gifts to Grow’ catalog that families can earn by purchasing Pampers branded products.
In partnership with non-profit organization The Adventurists, Hendrick’s gin presents a series of ‘Afternoon Tea with a Legend of Adventure’ events. During each event, the invitees will meet a famous adventurer, take tea with home-made cakes and taste the best Scottish gin in a free bar sponsored by Hendrick’s. The events will be held in Edinburgh, New York and Madrid. However, the first ‘Afternoon Tea’ is scheduled in London for February 05.
Yesterday, January 30, IKEA named Kyria Henry the grand prize winner of its ‘Life Improvement Sabbatical Contest.’ After a month-long, online public vote, Ms. Henry has won a year-long sabbatical (worth $100,000) to improve the lives of others through her ‘paws4vets’ program, and over the next year, will share her experience online at www.thelifeimprovementproject.com. Additionally, IKEA is donating $46,844 to Save the Children’s U.S. Programs, $1 for every vote cast in the contest.
On January 27, Google presented ‘Life in a Day’ documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. This crowd-sourced featured film by Kevin Macdonald was created from over 450,000 hours of footage, sent by 80,000 users from 192 countries. People from all around the globe were invited by YouTube to record their daily routines on July 24, 2010, to create “an emotional journey.”
To endorse the newly-unveiled Mercedes-Benz CLS, Hamburg-based agency Jung von Matt/Alster presented a new interactive animated story, which deserves being called an art project. The animated video that constitutes the core element of the digital campaign for Mercedes-Benz CLS was created based on the short interactive and personizable story written by Joey Goebel. The Berlin-based illustration duo Drushba Pankow created visuals for the story.
Levi’s has launched another promotional project related to music, travelling, amateur documentary and pioneering youth spirit. The 2011 Levi’s Roadwear campaign, which was developed by BBH Asia Pacific, merges the best traditions of the previous brand’s initiatives of this kind, including the viral spot ‘Guy Walks across America’ and ‘Norte a Sur: Una Ruta, 5 Experiencias,’ a TV series chronicling the journey of five American Latinos along the Pan-American Highway. The campaign is supported by an interactive story which builds on a road trip by Mermonkey band, three mates who embarked on their first-ever tour across the country. Their routes are mapped on the website www.levisroadwear.com/my, which is created in style of old cartographic pieces on which brands jeans models look like geographical objects.