Absolut Blank

Absolut, the vodka company, is running “Absolut Blank”, an integrated advertising campaign featuering work by range of installation artists. Under the tagline “It all starts with an Absolut Blank,” the campaign blends print, interactive, digital, and installation art as the artists used the blank canvas of the bottle to indulge their creative inspirations including light installations, murals and collages. The campaign, which highlights various mediums of artistic expression, launched in the UK this week.

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“In ABSOLUT BLANK, ABSOLUT has boldly made its iconic bottle into a blank canvas to inspire artists throughout the world to collaborate and fill it with creativity. We brought together creative collaborators from a variety of disciplines and watched the journey from pure white canvas to exceptional pieces of art. The result depicts how artists and creativity are inspired through ABSOLUT,” says Mark Hamilton, Global Marketing Director at The Absolut Company. The 18 artists participating in ABSOLUT BLANK represent a variety of creative disciplines from across the globe; from drawing, painting and sculpting to film making and digital art. Among the artworks are UVA’s high intensity, bright and striking light installations, Mario Wagner’s attention-grabbing cut-out imagery, the colourful and playful graphic design of Aesthetic Apparatus, the bold illustrations of Kinsey and the detailed work of Good Wives and Warriors.

Credits

The Absolut Blank project was developed at TBWA\Chiat\Day New York by chief creative officer Mark Figliulo, creative director/copywriter: Sue Anderson, associate creative director/art director Hoj Jomehri, art Producer Teresa Rad, executive producer Robert Valdes, senior producer Darryl Hagans, assistant producer Ellen Fitzgerald
Filming was shot by director Floria Sigismondi via Believe Media with executive producer Liz Silver, line producer William Sloss, director of photography Simon Chaudoir, photographer Felipe Robelo.
Retouching was done at E-Graphics by director/editor Kief Davidson, editor Lauren Giordano, assistant editor Gabriel Chavez. Art materials and logistics were produced at Alarming Industries.
Editor was Hank Corwin at Lost Planet with executive producer Krystn Wagenberg.
Visual effects were produced at The Moving Picture Company (MPC) New York, by executive producer Justin Brukman, producer Louisa Cartwright, VFX supervisor Marcus Wood and 3D artist Liam Griffin. Telecine was produced at MPC Los Angeles by colorist Mark Gethin.
Music is by The Octopus Project.
Artists in the Absolut Blank project are Adhemas Batista, Aestethic Apparatus, Alex Trochut, Brett Amory, Dave Kinsey, David Bray, Eduardo Recife, Fernando Chamarelli, Good Wives & Warriors, Jeremy Fish, Ludovica Gioscia, Marcus Jansen, Mario Wagner, Morning Breath, Robert Mars, Sam Flores, Thomas Doyle, UVA, and Zac Freeman.

Bus-sheltersvertising

Bus shelters are such dreary places, even advertising can sometimes spruce them up. Below, check out 20 examples of clever bus-stop ads that provide a welcome diversion while you wait for that bus that will never come.

1. Guarana Antarctica
   
   The Brazilian soft drink turned bus stops into goalmouths for this 2006 World Cup campaign. Bring your own ball.
2. Caribou Coffee
   
   Colle+McVoy in Minneapolis introduced Caribou Coffee's new hot breakfast sandwiches by making bus shelters looks like ovens—with actual heat coming from the coils. Hot stuff.
3. Yahoo!
   
   Yahoo! pitted San Francisco neighborhoods against each other with interactive, 72-inch touch screens at 20 bus stops that challenged people to play against crosstown rivals in live head-to-head social games. The winning 'hood got to host a concert with OK Go.
4. Fisch Franke
   
   The restaurant Fisch Franke in Frankfurt, Germany, made the point that it serves fresh fish by turning a bus shelter into an aquarium with live trout swimming inside it.
5. Ikea
   
   The Swedish retailer has been turning bus stops into little rooms with its furniture for more than a decade. Given the size of many city apartments, the scale isn't far off.
6. Fitness First
   
   This bus-stop ad for a health club in the Netherlands had a scale in the seat and displays the sitter's weight for all to see—to shame him or her into joining.
7. Amnesty International
   
   This German ad used an eye-tracking camera, and when it sensed someone was looking it, it changed the image (after a short delay) from marital violence to marital harmony. "It happens when nobody is watching," says the headline.
8. Osram
   
   A trigger on this South African bus-stop made it light up only when someone was present, sending the message of energy conservation. "Only use electricity when you need it," is the headline.
9. Big Brother
   
   Bus shelters in Australia promoted the show Big Brother with Bluetooth transmitters that sent text messages to people nearby. The first read, "Im watching u," and gave the recipient's location. The second, 30-40 seconds later, read, "Big Brother is back. 7 PM weeknights on TEN."
10. Vitaminwater
    
    Bus-stop ads for Vitaminwater in Boston, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles have been outfitted this summer with USB ports, so you can charge your phone or iPad.

1. McDonald's
   
   A bus shelter in Vancouver was turned into an "hourglass," counting down the days until the end of a free-coffee promotion.
2. Calgary Zoo
   
   Not pretty, but effective—this Calgary bus shelter was trashed to promote a dinosaur exhibit at the zoo. Extra marks for the dino print in the shattered glass.
3. Australian Environment
   
   Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation showed its appreciation to people who took public transport by setting up motion sensors that triggered recorded applause when someone entered the shelter.
4. Cluedo
   
   Pulling aside the shower curtain on this Italian bus stop revealed a knife-wielding killer—to promote the murder-themed board game Cluedo (aka Clue).
5. 3M
   
   The company promoted its industrial-strength security glass by putting $3 million in a bus-stop display (actually, only the $50s on top were real) and challenging people to break it open.
6. Spike TV
   
   Spike TV brought a colorful lightsaber display to bus shelters to promote its 2008 airing of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, when it became the first basic-cable channel in the U.S. to air all six Star Wars movies.
7. Science World
   
   Gross, but surely unforgettable. Canadian educational nonprofit Science World created "sneezing" bus-shelter ads. When you pressed the button, you got hit with a spritz of water as a person was heard sneezing. It then threw out some scientific facts about sneezing.
8. Quicksilver
   
   The skate and surf brand made bus shelters a lot more fun for young punks in Copenhagen by adding a ramp to them.
9. Virgin America
   
   The carrier promoted the "mood lighting" on its airplanes but adding some to its bus shelters.
10. Sun Smart
    
    Need a little free sunscreen? This cancer-awareness bus-shelter ad from Australia has got your covered.

Jack Daniel's| Live Freely. Drink Sensibly

Arnold just launched "Independence" – a new campaign for client Jack Daniel's. Kicking it off is this TV spot titled, "As American As."

For print, a Kentucky letterpress was commissioned to roll out these handcrafted posters:

  

And just how exactly were they created? Well, just watch:

You can download the rest of the posters – and more – on Facebook.

Coca Cola>>> testing the honesty of the Peruvians

BOOBSvertising

At the 2010 World Cup, Paraguay ( which was eliminated by Spain in the quarter-finals ), and the world, discovered an unusual supporter in the person of Larissa Riquelme , who proudly showed off his passion ( and buxom ) for its national team nicknamed "The Albirroja".

A year later, while playing Paraguay in the Copa America ( the equivalent of the European Cup of Nations ), another supporter, which is unknown at this time the name, is about her becoming the new darling of Paraguayan media. A rival for Larissa Riqueleme ( we will not complain eh ... )?

Seeing her wear his cap "Tigo" (a telephone Paraguay), one can doubt the sincerity of the girl (since when women love football? ^ ^) But who cares, Larissa Riquelme had been recovered by Axe last year, right?

For information, Larissa Riquelme has recently vowed to strip the public square if they win selection to the Paraguayan Copa America. So we all hope that Paraguay Rétière his performance in 1999 (3-0 win in the final against Brazil) and the two young ladies can agree! First step tonight in Mendoza, in the 1 / 2 final between Venezuela and Paraguay in 1 / 2 finals ...

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