Starbucks UK is rolling out its 2014 Starbucks Youth Action program, aimed to inspire, empower and support young people from across the country, who want to contribute to their communities with fresh and bold projects. The company will support the most promising ideas by providing necessary training and managing skills to the teams behind them.
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Virgin Atlantic launches a new safety video, an animated film, that is more likely to be watched by frequent passengers than previous traditional instructional spots. For the new project, the airlines company tapped the Art & Graft design and motion studio that created a 6-minute spot focusing on a character (e.g. a flier), who learns the safety rules in unconventional settings, movie genres.
Pepsi UK is adding a bit more adrenaline to its non-energetic drink Pepsi Max with its new online effort, The Unbelievable Channel, that is rolling out on YouTube. The campaign, which syncs with the brand’s “Live for Now” positioning, targets a younger generation of guys who love extreme sports and want more of this energy. The online channel will feature numerous videos documenting unbelievable feats and experiences delivered by Pepsi Max and the ad agency AMV BBDO.
Heart Research UK has offered an alternative way to discard unwanted and disturbing memories about the past relationships. Ahead of Valentine’s Day, the organization launched an unconventional auction, #InstaHeartAuction, where people could trade the stuff their «exes» gave them in the times of romance.
Advertising agency JWT London has conducted a research in summer 2013 to discover what it means to be a man today. The 27-page study reveals the insights into hopes and fears of 500 British consumers of three generations of men: Gen Y, Gen X and Boomers. The “Masculinity & Modernity: Investigating the Men of Britain Today” research spans three major themes—the outer man (self-image, style, beauty, body, and more), the inner man (signals of masculinity, male pride, and more), and marketing to men.
Brand design consultancy Elmwood has revealed an exciting new identity for the men’s grooming AXE/Lynx range, while another well-known design and innovation company Seymourpowell has designed the bottle for it, “Icon2.” The challenge was to capture the unique, sophisticated yet youthful identity of the fragrance with the contemporary graphics and an intuitive design. The designers were approached with a task to communicate the humour, sexual attraction and masculinity AXE’s ethos using a playful, eye-catching and visual language.
Virgin Active is rolling out its ‘Live Happily Ever Active’ social media campaign, urging people to explore some new, non-traditional workout experiences every day. As part of this promotion, started on January 1, the brand has released a controversial spot dedicated to… clenching as an alternative fun way of burning extra calories.