Monday, February 6, 2012

Flying people in the city

Here is an ambient stunt in New York for the film Chronicle:


Radio-controlled "humans" were flown around the city.  In the movie, three friends gain super powers -- including the power of flight.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Turning billboards into bags

Leftover vinyl from billboards, bus shelters and bus wraps were used to create these bags for Chevrolet Canada:


Saturday, February 4, 2012

Friday, February 3, 2012

A chocolate Like

To thank Cadbury UK's one million fans on Facebook, a gigantic Facebook Like thumb was made out of chocolate:


It took two days and three tons of chocolate to make the gigantic Like thumbs-up.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

The web is what you make it

Here is a clever video for Google:


The video tells the story of G. Rajendran, an artist from Southern India who used Google AdWords to revive the dying art form Tanjore, becoming a successful business man in the process. 

Here is a video for Google Maps:


A giant cube replica of New York city was placed inside a gyroscope to show how Google Maps can provide live traffic updates, bus maps and GPS navigation.  All with an extremely cool low-fi, Rube-Goldbergesque quality.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Gnomes galore

Here is an ambient ad from Germany for toom:


To raise awareness for the German hardware store, The Gnome Protest was organized.  Gnomes were placed in the city center with protest signs with slogans like "Seeds Not Weeds!" "Pain in the Grass!" and "Just Say Mow!"  The back of the protest sign had copy about toom hardware store and the associated Facebook and Twitter pages.



Here are some print ads from South Africa for Stihl Leaf Blowers:



Tuesday, January 31, 2012