On the first day of 2011, Nestlé, the famous packaged food company founded in 1866 in Switzerland, launched a massive national campaign to commemorate a big date, the company’s 90-year business presence in Brazil. The advertising initiative entitled ‘Retrospective’ features highlights of the most remarkable events of the past decades to remind consumers of the most important turning points in the county’s history, which Nestlé has lived through together with the nation.

Are we on the cusp of a new design aesthetic driven by the need to get fit yet get noticed in the current hyper combative post-recession climate? If so, this climate may be turning architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s mantra ‘less is more’ ever so slightly on its head as the budgets of governments, business and people demand ‘more for less’. But what form might this new aesthetic take over the coming years?

Diesel knows how to impress. In 2010, the brand was shocking the public with its controversial ‘Be Stupid’ marketing campaign, which gave tone to everything Diesel was doing last year—from new collections to out-door activities (Facepark) and collaborations with other brands (with Fiat). The new addition to Diesel’s extensive portfolio is the Spring-Summer’11 collection, which is inspired by something radically opposite to forward behavior. The essence of the new range is revolving around “espionage and adventure” and gives consumers a feeling of getting into a very heart of a spy movie.

On January 1, 2010, Tony Martin, Kelly Ferris and Antonio Santiago—who were selected as part of a worldwide online vote—set off from Madrid, Spain, on an unprecedented journey known as Coca‑Cola Expedition 206. The mission: visit 206 countries and territories where Coca-Cola is sold—or as many as they possibly could in one year—to seek out and document sources of happiness around the world. Now, one year later, it’s time to show the results of this quest to find what makes people happy.

UNISEF teamed up with renowned artists and musicians to record an album titled ‘UNICEF’s Children First’ for and about kids in deprived communities all around the globe. The album which will be available for purchase starting January 11, will feature performances by a plethora of celebrities including Antonio Banderas, Anne Sofie von Otter, Rebecca Caine, Barbara Hendricks, and the Sylvia Young Theater School Children’s Choir.

Following a review of more than 5,600 creative submissions Doritos and Pepsi MAX revealed the names of the 10 finalists in the Crash the Super Bowl challenge. These 10 finalists will go on to compete to be one of six consumer-created ads—three for Doritos and three for Pepsi MAX—airing during the Super Bowl XLV broadcast, February 6, on FOX.

New year should start with good news. LG committed to spreading only positive information to prove that problems are not the only things that are happening in the world today. On December 14, 2010, the company installed a huge 81 feet around the corner by 47 feet tall billboard on Times Square, NYC, above the corner of 45thStreet and 7th Avenue, to share good information with others with the help of LG’s first-ever animated Good News Ambassador. The digital character is encouraging people to send their own inspiring messages via SMS and tweets, giving them the chance to see their name and news in lights high above Times Square.

PepsiCo‘s Frito-Lay North America division said that approximately 50 percent of its product portfolio will be made with all natural ingredients, including three of its biggest brands, Lay’s® potato chips, Tostitos® tortilla chips and SunChips® multigrain snacks. The products made with all natural ingredients do not have any artificial or synthetic ingredients, and they do not contain any artificial flavors or artificial preservatives, or ingredients such as monosodium glutamate (MSG), yet still have the great taste consumers expect from Frito-Lay.