the living poster for fisch franke


July 23rd, 2009

what would you do to attract new business to your restaurant? kudos to another clever idea by publicis (for fisch franke restaurant). to create visibility and awareness of their use of fresh fish, the creative team decided to bring the fresh fish tank (usually inside the restaurant) out on the street. this bus shelter poster ad caused quite a stir on the streets of frankfurt, germany, exactly what they had hoped for. the talk of the town – at least for a few days.

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wavevertising – ambient media


July 21st, 2009

i have always been a fan of smart advertising, creative more unconventional ways of advertising or marketing rolled out in our direct living environment. in this regard i blogged about , and other before.

now i came across a new way of sharing your message with the world based on a new technology developed by japanese scientists – wavevertising.

“scientists at japan’s akishima laboratories have developed a technology that allows programmers to literally ‘write’ messages on the surface of water. its an experimental device, which appeared stateside at the museum of modern art last year, is called amoeba (advanced multiple organized experimental basin) [...] not only is amoeba capable of producing the entire roman alphabet on the water’s surface, it can conjure a number of symbols, too. akishima’s directors hope to sell the device for use in amusement parks and hotels to enhance existing decorative fountain technology.”

Wavevertising

when are we going to project messages on the ?

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david wilson – moray mclaren – we got time


April 22nd, 2009

amazing creative talent, low tech animations with praxinoscope and record player, great hand drawn illustrations. the idea, concept and everything has been put together by for .

here is and more on .

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overworked and pasty? try computertan.com


February 4th, 2009

do you feel tired, overworked and pasty? then you should try this revolutionary new way to keep you looking healthy, young and attractive in the office. provides a free application that converts the electrical impulse of your computer into radiated factor-free emitted through your monitor.

log on to for your free online tanning session.

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you wouldn’t buy our shitty cars


December 11th, 2008

“so we’ll be taking your money anyway”

“you probably thought it was smart to buy a foreign import of superior quality, with better mileage and resale value. maybe you even thought that years of market share loss might prod us into rethinking our process and redesigning our products with better quality in mind. but you forgot one thing: we spend a shitload of money on lobbyists. so now you’re out $25 billion, plus the cost of your subaru. maybe next time you’ll buy american like a real man. either way, we’re cool. we’re the big three. we don’t need to compete.”

(via adfreak and you might want to check out lawrence lessig’s rant on bailouts)

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where creatives grow best


December 9th, 2008

the south west regional development agency (swrda) has launched a viral campaign “the harvest” aimed at attracting new work and staff to the region by raising awareness of the south west’s creative industry credentials. the overall creative concept of the campaign is aimed at highlighting the strength of the creative industries in the south west of england.

“the harvest” has been planned, produced and seeded by bristol-based viral agency rubber republic and you can find some more information about the campaign at

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nokia n97 launched at nokia world 2008


December 2nd, 2008

i have been a nokia fan since i got my first mobile phone, the nokia 8110 which became popular as the matrix phone. since then i went through probably 10 other nokia phones until i switched to the iphone, then and and nokia wasn’t catching up, until last night. nokia just launched the n97 at nokia world 2008 in barcelona.

a very slick and beautiful full touchscreen plus slide-out qwerty keyboard ‘internet phone’.

“the world’s most advanced mobile computer, which will transform the way people connect to the internet and to each other. the nokia n97 introduces the concept of ’social location’. with integrated sensors and an electronic compass, the nokia n97 mobile computer intuitively understands where it is. the nokia n97 makes it easy to update social networks automatically with real-time information, giving approved friends the ability to update their ’status’ and share their ’social location’ as well as related pictures or videos.”

the symbian s60 os based n97 will be released next year with 32GB of memory at an estimated €550. i like the phone but won’t buy it at this price and i hope that ’social location’ equals recently acquired location based service .

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under the radar – my6sense and soocial


November 14th, 2008

i attended the on wednesday, met a lot of friends and made great new connections. i was impressed again by all the innovative ideas and startups presenting their services and products for the first time. i don’t want to go into detail about all of them, you can find some more info at but two of them really stood out for me.

my6sense ranks content from your different information streams based on what matters to you the most and allows you to interact in one click, it is focused on solving the ‘firehose effect’ of information deluge on mobile handsets.

“the amount of information that flows into our lives daily is growing rapidly. not only that, each information stream includes many pieces of content. the volume of information leads to lack of attention. the situation is getting worse with mobile. with our first consumer product, my6sense, we are aiming to solve a very big problem in a unique way — by presenting consumers information they need most”

“starting with cutting-edge machine learning technology, my6sense found an ingenious way to elicit the relevant variables needed for effective personalization. what is remarkable is that my6sense avoids added burden to the users and dramatically enhances the quality of their experience. the result is a groundbreaking solution for the mobile user.”

you can sign up to become an alpha user at / .

soocial provides a one address book solution to contact management. no matter where you add or change a contact, it will be changed in your other connected devices or web applications. a problem that most of us are facing everyday and soocial is providing a solution for it, hassle-free contacts across different platforms, computers, mobile devices and online address books.

“our philosophy is that there is no good hassle-free solution yet to the contact management problem. we aim to link all currently disconnected address books to each other. a change in one of these address books will result in a change in all your connected devices.”

read more about their approach here, soocial is available at / .

won most of the jury and audience votings – “dialplus enriches the standard phone call experience by automatically and simultaneously providing dynamic, contextually relevant visual information about the called or calling party before the call is answered, during the call and after the call is over”. two friends and partner companies announced their new services, iotum with and .

keep it going , , , , and , it was great to see you!

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mashable’s 2nd annual open web awards


November 6th, 2008

just kicked off the , an international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology. through an online nominating and voting process, the open web awards recognizes and honors the top achievements in 26 categories. this year, mashable is partnering with and i am one of them. the achieved over 250,000 votes combined between mashable and 50 international blog partners.

now it is time for your nomination, the open web awards are now accepting nominations in 26 categories via the widget below. you may nominate a site/company in as many categories as you see fit. however, there is only one nomination per category per e-mail address, so choose wisely.

nominations will be held from november 5th till sunday, november 16th 2008. the voting round will be held from november 19th till december 15th and winners will be announced on december 16th.

if you want to support your favorite service/company, .

please find all the info at

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seven days out – please vote on november 4th


October 29th, 2008

the upcoming election won’t be decided by tv ads, news cycles, or the polls – it will be decided by you! voting is absolutely crucial, important and every single vote counts! 537 people decided the 2000 election so yes, every vote counts! here is a great customizable viral video that you can .

and if you still have the feeling you don’t know enough about barack obama, here is a great provided by , with news clips, pictures and a lot of background information. you can share this timeline via

“we’re coming around the turn. america recognizes that at this time in history, with so much at stake, with the economy nose-diving, with two wars and the threat of terrorism, the threat of climate change, we need to do something fundamentally different. and all of you are the shock troops.” – barack obama

only seven days out – so please vote on november 4th!

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more material: , and the official

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