FEB AD PICKS

Welcome back to February's edition of Ad Picks. 

The month started with one of the biggest come backs ever in the NFL grand final. I was going to share one of the ads, but with so many articles already out there about them, I decided to share some ads you may have missed that I also enjoyed.

The first is a massive creative campaign for Mailchimp (the email marketing client), who have had problems with people mispronouncing it e.g FailChimp. So Droga5 played on that fact and created loads of different content from music videos to short films of its different mispronunciations.

The content is fun and they picked some clever mispronunciation that still linked back to the brand and even if people didn't think of Mailchimp and were interested in e.g SnailPrimp and googled it, it would say 'did you mean mailchimp?'

The next one I wanted to share was for crisp brand Tostitos.

When people go out for a beer or two they don't realise they are over the limit until it's too late. So Tostitos created these special crisp packs for bars that have a little hole to blow into and a graphic on the pack lights up to show them clearly if they are over the limit. This idea is a clever use of their packet and it will help save lives too, making it even better.

This last one isn't so much an ad, but it's a very fun Trump website. You can type in whatever you want him to say (to a certain level) and it finds snippets of him saying those words from different speeches and puts it together. Check it out: http://trumpwith.love

I hope you enjoyed this post and you'll share with your friends. Please keep your eyes out for the March one towards the end of the month.

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NEW WORK ADDED

I've just added two new campaigns to my website and I've also shared them with you below.

The first one is an outdoor campaign for Livelighter to start a conversation: why are major sporting events like the Olympics being sponsored by junk food and sugary drink brands? Thanks to the very talented team at Cream Studios

The second piece is a print campaign to recruit more St John Ambulance Volunteers. We highlighted the fact that St. John Ambulance volunteers play a big part in their communities by providing life saving services and learning new skills to develop their careers. Thanks to the photographers Thom Perry and Sam Passante.

JAN AD PICKS

Welcome to my new monthly posting 'Ad Picks'.

So what is it?
Well, every month I'm going to write an article with a few ads that have caught my eye. I'm aiming at sharing ones that you may have missed or just love seeing again.

So here is my first month - January.

Malteasers - Outdoor
This adshel caught my eye when I saw it on Best Ads, mainly from the simplicity of it and the nice use of Malteasers for World Braille day. What do you think it says?

The Dyslexic Captcha - Interactive
I'm dyslexic and was lucky when I was younger that mine was discovered early, so I got the help I needed and now I'm a lot better. So this ad stood out for me.

This hospital in India took photographs of dyslexic kids handwriting to create a captcha (the boxes on websites that ask you to copy the numbers into box) to raise awareness and the signs to look out for, for the parents.

It's a very nice use of the different mediums and I hope it helped many dyslexic children be diagnosed.

The Association for Safer Driving - Online

Over 80% of accidents are caused by people using their phone whilst driving and with people ignoring ads, the association of safer driving in Israel had to get through to people. They used a famous vlogger and created a real car crash in one of her videos.

It would have definitely caught people off guard and the message hits hard.

I hope you enjoyed this post and you'll share with your friends. Keep your eyes out for the February one towards the end of the month.

NEW SITE

Today I'm launching my fully redesigned website. It's fully responsive, cleaner and it shows off my work by putting it first. I've got a few new pieces in there and I'm showcasing my broad skillset as an Art Director with some of my illustrations still there. My blog has been refreshed using the same design. Check it out here.

NEWS

After being away on my honeymoon, work has been incredibly busy and I haven't got around to starting up my blog after my extended break.

My latest news is that I'm currently redesigning my whole website, which should be live in the next few months and I wanted to share the great news that an ad I created at Gatecrasher (See the ad here) has won 'Best of Year - Press single' at the 2016 Campaign Brief Awards a couple of weeks ago.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. My blog is going to be paused for a short while, whilst I'm off to the UK to get married. I'm then road tripping around the west coast of the US on my honeymoon on the way back.

MY AD OF THE WEEK .128

If you haven't cried at a Christmas ad yet, this one will make you cry. I don't want to ruin it, but it is an emotional rollercoaster. It's worth a watch.