Kia Motors America (KMA) caused quite a stir with its first-ever Super Bowl ad of 2011 Kia Sorento CUV, which featured a colorful cast of life-size children’s characters from YO GABBA GABBA!, the award-winning children’s television series and live tour. Building on the momentum and increased brand awareness generated by the 60-second spot, Kia has become the presenting sponsor of the YO GABBA GABBA! THERE’S A PARTY IN MY CITY! tour.

We recently attended a technical packaging seminar where a diverse group of industry representatives gave a 20 minute presentation on the virtues of packaging specific to their individual areas of expertise. The focus for the night was the role of Packaging Design. It was a broad topic, which I had anticipated speakers across areas such as structural form, material innovation, print technology and brand identity. I was disappointed.

Nestlé is promoting itself as one of the most ‘student-friendly’ brands in Brazil. The food and drink manufacturer teamed up with the JWT agency to target the college and young employees audience with a new campaign, in which it is assuring that Nestlé brands can deal at least with one problem in the beginning of ‘adult’ live—the problem of proper nutrition.

P&G‘s Future Friendly announced it has expanded its signature partnership with the National Geographic Society through the launch of an integrated in-school conservation education program called Find Your Footprint. Developed to inspire students, families and schools to monitor and reduce their environmental footprint this school year, the multimedia program focuses on energy, waste and water tips that can then be applied to participate in a national classroom conservation contest.

From now on, Facebookers can share information on where they actually are at the moment with a set of special features called Facebook Places. With its help, the social media users, logged in on the site from their mobile phone, can post the information on their current location wherever they are right now to be able to meet some friends or just people with related interests, who are nearby right now.

Heineken UK’s leading lager Foster’s has unveiled a radical branding redesign that emphasizes its Australian personality and accentuates the quality and modernity of the brand. The new branding builds a strong point of difference for Foster’s in a market where most lager brands use heritage as a selling point. The new design clearly presents a progressive and positive attitude with its Australian stance—communicating sunshine, fun, informality and inclusiveness.

AXE launched its “One Night Only” concert series on August 16 with acclaimed rapper T.I., who took the stage for an intimate secret show performing in NYC. Marking T.I.’s highly anticipated return to the stage, the show was filled with surprise appearances from artists B.o.B., Keri Hilson and Swizz Beatz, and T.I. debuted tracks from his soon to be released album, “King Uncaged.”

Recently, Gucci commissioned famed graphic novelist and director Frank Miller to create the advert for its up and coming fragrance Guilty, which is arriving to the store this fall. Now, we can take a sneak peek into the creative collaboration by watching the trailer which will be soon followed by a release of the 60-second commercial (which is more like a short 3-D film in a cartoon style) online and on TV as well as an extended version at a prestigious music awards ceremony in the course of less than a month.