Toyota helps history happen—the auto giant will provide its Toyota Tundra, a half-ton pickup truck, to tow the 300,000-pound Endeavour space shuttle to its final destination, a resting spot at the California Science Center. The brand has launched a campaign, developed by Saatchi & Saatchi L.A., to support this historical undertaking and is calling the public to contribute to the scientific center with their #TundraEndeavour tweets.
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The confrontation between Coca-Cola and Pepsi fades now that the new iPhone 5 release has renewed vigour in the Samsung and Apple war. Samsung has posted a new video to its Facebook page, mocking at Apple fans who were waiting for the new device in line at the store. The brand is poking fun at its competitor al all the “new and mindblowing features” of Apple’s latest product, which will be released in retail on September 21, and highlights the possibilities of the Samsung Galaxy SIII smart-phone in a light and non-pressing way.
There are dozens of ways to save water, ranging from using water-saving manufacturing technologies to washing jeans less frequently. AXE presents the most controversial way to reduce the water consumption—the brand is encouraging Americans to take shower together to save gallons of water. The brand launched a new campaign titled Showerpooling, calling ‘guys and gals’ across the country to take shower together for the great water conservation purpose. In 2010, AXE launched a similar initiative in Canada.
One of the best ways to make an ad viewed and talked about by larger number of people is to make it controversial. The Dr Pepper brand has posted a new visual to its Facebook page—actually, quite a conventional one,—which ignited a lot of buzz in the comments. The ad titled “Evolution of Flavour” actually depicts an evolution of a man, featuring three stages of a human’s development: Pre-Pepper (an ape), Pepper Discovery (a cave man), and Post-Pepper (a man as he is now). This approach has been used numerous times in all kinds of visuals, but this time it turned to bee really offensive for some fans of the Dr Pepper page.
New York has been inspiring creative minds for decades, being the center of art, music and fashion scene of the country. The High Line is the city’s iconic location, which has influenced creative work of a number of artists and brands, needs some support from people who want to preserve the authenticity of the place. Recently, Friends of the High Line, which “works to build and maintain an extraordinary public park on the High Line… by transforming an essential piece of New York’s industrial past,” launched a merchandise program, which was joined by Diane von Furstenberg. The fashion designer created a special-edition collection to contribute the non-profit organization, which “provides over 90 percent of the High Line’s annual operating budget.”