Being on diet can be really depressing, and sometimes even the result can’t make us happy. Unilever has come up with a controversial campaign for its Du Darfst brand of low-calorie products such as butter, sausage, cheese, spreads, prepared salads and more—the new marketing initiative, developed by Ogilvy Dusseldorf, encourages consumers to ‘Fuck the Diet’ (despite the campaign is in German, it uses the English tagline) and enjoy the food. The slogan seems to be even more controversial than those of Unilever’s AXE, which is thought to be launching the most outrageous campaigns, while the promotional elements are not edgy at all.
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The Harley-Davidson brand, which has been associated rather with male brutality than female charm, is launching an initiative dedicated to women. The motorbike manufacturer is inviting us to get a deeper insight into the world of female bikers by reading real stories submitted to the Buzz Wall by women from all around the world, who are telling their riding stories.
Citroën UK is calling its Facebook community of 81+ thousand members take part in developing a new version of the C1 city car, the Citroën C1 Connexion. The auto brand is putting the future of the car into the hands of users by asking them to determine what look, equipment and details the special edition vehicle will have. To contribute to the project under the ‘You like it. We make it.’ slogan, users are invited to join the activity through the dedicated app.
Google celebrates one of the biggest figures of modern history, Nelson Mandela, by helping launch an online destination dedicated to the former South African president and anti-apartheid activist, who turns 94 this summer. The Nelson Mandela Digital Archive comes as a giant digital museum, which chronicles his life and work, providing millions of Internet users an opportunity to get an insight into the democratic leader’s life-time struggle for social change.
Social change, efficient usage and conservation has become the key themes of a range of initiatives running under brands’ banners—and Toyota can be named one of the most active companies in this game-changing movement due to its numerous initiatives of this kind. Toyota is adding a new initiative to the list by launching Spring Greening Challenge, a Facebook app that features weekly conservation challenges, data on the impacts of your personal domestic green choices and offers a chance to win money for participation. The new application has been unveiled as part of TogetherGreen, a conservation alliance between the National Audubon Society and Toyota, which was created for fostering public awareness and continued involvement in conservation issue.
Kotex wants a woman to talk about her period openly, and to be not shy about this controversial theme. The feminine hygiene care brand has teamed up with Israeli agency Smoyz to launch another campaign dedicated to the theme on Pinterest (the agency says that it’s the first-ever promotional effort that uses this photo-sharing service, which is gaining momentum now). The creative team behind the project dubbed ‘Women’s inspiration day’ selected women, who shared the photos with items which inspire them most on Pinerest boards, and then Kotex asked a female designer to incorporate the new Kotex design into these interests, such as lanterns, bowls, vases, spoons, etc.