Category Archives: branding

Telluride Film Festival

The Next Chapter

If you could see me sitting at my Mad Men desk right now, in my red chair, you’d notice a very large bulletin board over my right shoulder. It’s upholstered and stuck with pins glued to buttons.  Those pins affix …

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Happy.com. Try it.

I was feeling frustrated today so I typed in the URL happy.com to see what would come up.  Perhaps it would lighten my mood.  I never would have guessed the brand associated with happy.com.  Would you have? So now Walgreens …

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Teaching an Old Spice New Media Tricks

Last month I was in Portland and had the good fortune to meet Byron Oshiro of Wieden + Kennedy. This is the powerhouse agency behind Old Spice’s The Man Your Man Could Smell Like campaign with Isaiah Mustafa. Creativity interviewed …

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Chocolate-Covered Crowdsourcing

Kraft has a big hit on its hands with “Love in Action,” a 27-minute branded-entertainment film they crowdsourced in Greece. By getting Greek audiences to help with everything from story to styling, they’ve been able to build buzz because people …

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Traffic Cameras Made Fun

Volkswagen, who’s really hit the nail on the head with their Fun Theory campaign, has found a winner in their crowd-sourced contest for best new Fun Theory concept.  You may remember how delightful their previous campaign with Piano Stairs was …

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