Ad of the Week: Apotek Hjärtat digital poster

An innocuous looking poster in a Stockholm subway proved surprising to commuters recently when the model starring in the ad reacted to the arrival of trains, with her hair blowing around as if by the wind. The digital poster, which is for haircare company Apotek Hjärtat, is our Ad of the Week.

Illustration agents round table

If you’re a freelance illustrator, you might have thought about getting yourself an agent. But what exactly can they do for you and your work, and how do you go about approaching one? We talked to four agents to find out

3D Printed Music Video for Cut Copy by Party

The first project out of Party’s New York office has launched, and it’s a sweet one: a stop-motion music video for Australian band Cut Copy that features 200 3D-printed figurines. And as an added bonus, the entire video is available for download as an open source BitTorrent bundle, so fans can make their own versions…

New Damon Albarn promo features personal video footage

The second video from Damon Albarn’s forthcoming album Everyday Robots has been released, and features scenes shot by the singer during travels in Tokyo, London, Dallas, Utah, Colchester, North Korea, Iceland and Devon.

Design Indaba: Day 2

Day 2 of Design Indaba featured talks from Pentagram designer DJ Stout, South African photographers Zanele Muholi and Nandipha Mntambo and AlmapBBDO creative director Marcello Serpa…

Virgin Atlantic safety film references classic movie genres

As we have written about a bit lately, airlines are becoming increasingly imaginative with their in-flight videos. Virgin Atlantic is the latest brand to reinvent its safety film, with this charming animation that serves as a journey through different film genres…

Oliviero Toscani’s ADC speech turned into newsprint

Last year, photographer and Colors co-founder Oliviero Toscani gave a speech at the 92nd Art Director’s Club festival. The text has now been turned into a newspaper and a series of four typographic posters by illustrator Ben Weeks and Underline Studio

OFFSET 2014: Early bird tickets still available

The 2014 edition of Dublin’s OFFSET festival still has early bird tickets available – until March 1. With an impressive line-up of speakers this year, the long weekend of March 21-23 promises to be a memorable one

Ikea’s RGB billboard

In a neat twist on Ikea’s space-saving appeal, German agency Thjnk Hamburg has created a billboard ad which displays three different headlines thanks to the use of coloured bulbs As this film explains, the billboard’s three headlines are printed in different colours which are switched ‘on’ and ‘off’ using coloured bulbs attached to the top […]

Kermit wants the world to Be More Tea in new Lipton ad

The pre-Oscars ad anticipation begins with this hilarious new ad for Lipton Tea starring The Muppets. The spot, created by Adam&DDB, sees Kermit The Frog lost in a world full of Animals, wishing that everyone could just ‘Be More Tea’…

Design Indaba Day 1

This year’s Design Indaba in Cape Town kicked off with some inspiring talks on advertising, digital innovation and interactive story telling. Here are a few of the highlights from the first day

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