Contagious News Feed

ANDYs

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Ever wanted to befriend the industry’s top talent, or, even better, have them seek you out, finally recognising your understated genius?

Now, thanks to a campaign promoting the ANDY awards, that’s pretty much what’s happe...

Breaking the Cycle

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

BBH London and children’s charity Barnardo’s have a tradition of work that stops you dead in your tracks. Remember that IPA Effectiveness Gold campaign from 2002 where children acted out their fu...

UNIQLO / AT&T

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A couple of stunning websites have caught our eyes over the past week. We’re pleased to see that UNIQLO hasn’t been resting on its Cannes Cyber Grand Prix-winning laurels and has built on the success of websites such as UNIQLO GRID,...

Coming to you...O2

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

When O2 rescued the beleaguered Millennium Dome in 2007, even hardened cynics conceded that it pulled off an astonishing coup with aplomb. What’s more, as an O2 customer, you’re given VIP treatment whenever you go t...

Motorbikes, Motorola, Mofilms

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Epoch Films has bought branded content specialists Kirt Gunn & Associates to launch Dandelion, a brand-sponsored entertainment company. The company will be managed by Kirt Gunn, and Epoch Film’s...

Mobikasi

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

After all the excitement of Nokia LifeviNe another amazing little geotagging story has popped up on the Contagious radar, this time in South Africa. The Grid is a location-based mobile social network that was develo...

Visa befriends Android

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Visa recently unveiled a partnership with Google’s mobile platform, Android, where users can sign up to receive offers from marketers that will be delivered directly to a simple interface on their mobile phones. ...

Street Striker, SBX, School of Life

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Following on from last week’s epic political upheaval (to our friends in America - THANK YOU. That’s all we’re going to say) we’d like to kick off the round-up with a lovely initiative entitled Create A Positive Mood, which is dedic...

Project Splitwheel

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

How many of you remember that episode of the Simpsons where Homer is reunited with his long-lost half-brother, Herb, who also happens to be the CEO of a major US car manufacturer? Keen to create a car for the average Joe, Herb puts Homer in charge o...

LIAA

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

While we wait for issue 17 of our hard copy magazine to come back from the printers, we’ve been out and about attending the London International Advertising Awards, the winners of which were announced last night at an action-packed ...

Because We Can

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The arty types at Sydney’s Glue Society have collaborated with quirky spirits brand 42 Below Vodka to create a new global and deliberately unbranded campaign.

A series of anonymous white boiler suited...

Crunch time

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Doritos Crash the Super Bowl, a competition that allows the public to create and submit their own crisp commercial for the Super Bowl slot (!), returns bigger and better this year with a whopping piggy bank to boot....