Inspiring work from 2011

It’s been such a busy year that I’ve found it impossible to post regularly, so here’s a round-up of just some of the business/brand/communications/design ideas that caught my eye in 2011.
1. O2 Academy TV
Having recently become a Dad, it’s been difficult to get out to see many gigs in 2011. O2 Academy TV has been [...]

How Clients Buy Work

Here are some notes I took from a very inspiring presentation this morning at Ogilvy by Simon Thompson from Apple and Russell Davies on how clients buy work. There were a couple of notable differences of opinion and it was interesting to get two perspectives on the same issue, however the common ground was that [...]

The Jonny Cash Project

Just to add to my previous post, here’s another lovely interactive video for Jonny Cash, in which fans are invited to draw each frame, making for a visually unique video and an immersive experience for contributers and observers alike.

www.thejohnnycashproject.com

More interactive music videos please

Talk of the town in the past couple of weeks has been Arcade Fire and Google’s inspired interactive music experience - The Wilderness Downtown.

Set to the band’s track “We Used to Wait”, the project is not only a showcase for Google Chrome, Streetview, Maps (and HTML5), but is also a very nice example of how [...]

Old Spice’s pungent social media campaign

The introduction of the entertainingly smooth-talking Isaiah Mustafa as the new macho face of Old Spice was an inspired way to revitalise a staid brand, and a deserved winner at this year’s Cannes Lions in the film category. However, in the past couple of weeks, the team at W&K have successfully demonstrated how a great [...]