After a successful 2017 Tabbie Awards Result for Contact Media and Communications’ Afropolitan Magazine last year, the dynamic and custom publishing house is at it again, taking Gold in the Tabbie Awards Best Single Issue Category for their custom B2B title Acumen Magazine. The Trade Association of Business Publications International (TABPI) unveiled the 2018 Tabbie […]
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Global collaboration on Let me Live
South African photographer and director, Chris Saunders is the creative talent behind the superb intercontinental music video ‘Let Me Live’, a collaboration between Rudimental and Major Lazer launching globally this month. Saunders says: “This project was a six month developmental process because we wanted to do something really disruptive; really different. We shot about 30% […]
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Black River FC, the small Johannesburg agency with the big heart, keeps knocking them out the park and has been awarded the Metropolitan account. In a four-way pitch which included some well-known names from South Africa’s advertising industry, the team at Black River FC took top honours and will help drive the brand’s journey into […]
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Popular FCB ad campaign wins again
These three radio ads from FCB Africa agency, 1886 Advertising, took a Radio Campaign Silver Lion at the Cannes Advertising Festival this year, proving that great creative ideas have the legs to go the distance, year after year. The campaign, for Cell C Surance, initially broke two years ago. It used a reworked version […]
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Artifact Advertising was awarded lead strategic and creative agency for Galitos
Casual dining restaurant Galito’s recently went out to pitch and Artifact Advertising was awarded lead strategic and creative agency with a brief to re-launch the brand, locally and internationally. Andy Taoushiani, MD Artifact Advertising, says: “With over 15 years’ experience in the QSR industry we are thrilled to add Galito’s to our portfolio of clients. We are […]
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Andre de Jager: Young creative on the move
André de Jager, a semi-finalist in this year’s Adobe Design Achievement Awards, is one half of the creative team behind SMILE, a campaign aimed at driving social change among South Africa’s youth. As a former student of Vega (a brand of The Independent Institute of Education – The IIE), de Jager took part in the […]
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Brands: taking centre stage at festivals
Brands need to become part of the festival conversation, and grab opportunities to connect with revellers with both hands. What does the word festival mean to you? And if you ask the person next to you it will mean something different. The Oxford English dictionary defines festival as: a day or period of celebration, typically […]
Continue readingMore TagOgilvy SA effective campaigns recognised in Apex triumph
Ogilvy emerged from the recent Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) APEX awards with an unrivalled five awards, underlining the agency’s position as an industry leader in effective communication. In the Launch category, Ogilvy secured a silver award for the Audi #untaggable campaign, a bronze for the Carling Black Label #NoExcuse campaign and a bronze […]
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Mango awarded Best Low-Cost African Airline in Africa
Mango Airlines has been presented with the most sought-after award in the aviation industry. The Skytrax World Airline Awards – often referred to as the “Oscars of the aviation industry” – has announced that Mango is the ‘Best Low-Cost Airline’ of 2018 – a victory that spans the entire network of African airlines. “We could […]
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Robin Adams joins Egg Films
Commercials director Robin Adams has joined the nest at Egg Films, where he’s teamed up with producer Kerry Hosford and already finished his first successful flight.After graduating from AFDA Cape Town with honours, Robin’s first ad, Ster Kinekor Vision Mission My Son The Flyer, won five M-Net TAG Awards, including Best Newcomer and Best Direction. He […]
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