Netflix - No Installation Required

A funny Netflix ad featuring local comedian Jason Goliath as an installation technician, takes the piss out of DSTV's laborious process for connection. The ad launched shortly after MultiChoice announced their disapproval of Netflix not being regulated like other TV stations in South Africa.

You Might Like:

• Epic Paragliding Video - Cape Town Scenes
• Skydiving in Cape Town
• Cape Town Vending Machine With a Strong Message
• My Timelapse Compilation Video

Buzzbike: Bicycles as Rolling Adverts

Buzzbike gives Londoners a free bicycle if they are prepared to be a rolling advert and ride it 12 times a month and park it securely outside. The bike is built by Cooper (Mini), uses Bluetooth and apps to measure activity, and enable community communication, plus advertisers can specify geographic preferences for promotions. Good for the environment, good for the people riding them = brilliant!

You Might Like:

• Hoogekraal Mountain Bike Trail - GoPro
• Awesome Mountain Bike Video - One Shot
• Doing The Impossible on the Road Bicycle
• RAV4 Outdoor Website in South Africa
• Downhill Drifting on Three Wheels in Cape Town

Old Irish Beer - Real Virtual Reality Experience

Most people don't trust exaggerated advertising slogans, To launch a new Old Irish craft beer they came up with "Discover the real taste of Ireland" and delivered exactly that via real virtual reality.

View the case study video.

You Might Like:

• Salta Rugbeer Vending Machine
• Carlsberg: Probably The Best Billboard in the World

BMW S1000RR Bus Stop Activation in Cape Town

I'm a fan of motorbikes and Cape Town. This is a very clever activation at a bus in Cape Town to showcase the BMW S1000RR, capable of doing 0-100km/h in 3 seconds, "blink and you'll miss it".

You might like:

• Quick motorbike ride around Cape Town
• Danny MacAskill in Cape Town
• Honda Paper: New Stop Motion Video Ad

Pets With Credit - A Dogumentary

Cute alert, with a real message from Interac. did he really need that leather jacket?

A Digital Billboard With Balls

Australian based men's trucks company Bonds decided to show the comfort of their underwear by illustrating via a large digital billboard, how men's balls react to temperature. Ballsy ad in Melbourne.

See their reaction to a trim here.
Also their reaction to telcum powder here.

You might like the Carlsberg Billboard

A Remarketing Banner That Makes You Like Banners

This remarketing strategy is completely different to the norm. Usually online advertisers use remarketing to re-engage previous users of their website. 3M decided to give users the digital equivalent of a sticky note, fully interactive and customisable; so the banners you see following you around the internet are notes you want to remember, rather than hard sell messages that can often lead to ad fatigue and irritation. Did it sell more Post-It products? I'm not sure. Did it allow potential customers to participate with the campaign, add value and yield positive brand sentiment? I think so.

Carlsberg: Probably the Best Billboard in the World

#ProbablyTheBest

Toyota Turns Car Hoods Into Mysterious Stories

By: Saatchi & Saatchi

DialDirect - The Notebook Ad

Seen as a pre-roll ad on YouTube.

WestJet Surprise Passengers for Christmas

Incredible Christmas surprise by WestJet. Passengers scanned their boarding pass to have a personal chat with a WestJet Santa Claus, but they took the conversation a lot further. Heart warming.

Toyota RAV4 Outdoor Website in South Africa

Innovative idea to reach the outdoor Toyota RAV4 target market, they built a life-size website along a 1.8 km mountain bike trail in Bryanston Cycle Park, Johannesburg. Video explains the installation.

You might enjoy:

• Epic Bike Compilation
• Three Wheel Drifting in Cape Town
• Contermanskloof Mountain Bike Shuttle Days
• Mini Cooper Backflip on Snow

Douwe Egberts Yawn For Coffee Vending Machine

Douwe Egberts is not new to clever vending machine activations, but I like that this was done locally at O.R Tambo International Airport in South Africa and turned over 210 yawns into smiles. Using facial recognition, tired travelers simply yawned at the vending machine to activate it and dispense their free cup of Douwe Egberts coffee.


Related:

• Salta Rugbeer Vending Machine
• BOS Ice Tea Vending Machine
• Coke Zero and James Bond - Unlock the 007 in You
• Coca Cola Happiness Machine

Checkers - Gordon Ramsay Meets Nataniël

The new Checkers ad is quite funny, Gordon Ramsay and Nataniel in the same kitchen.

I'm going to try translate the Afrikaans for some:

1. I'm here to make sure he doesn't swear.
2. My aunt lies like that on the stoep when it's warm.
3. Shame he's not that bad. 

Here's the making of video.

Beneful - Dog Rube Goldberg Machine

Who doesn't love a Rube Goldberg machine video or puppies? Beneful brings the cute factor to this one and presents you with the "Dog Goldberg Machine".

@AdsMitchell Thanks for sharing our video! :)
— Beneful (@Beneful) July 12, 2013

Pleasure.


You might also like:

• Redbull Kluge - The Athlete Machine
• Ken Block Gymkhana
• Insane Dubstep Dance and People are Awesome

#PubLooShocker - Brutal Prank

Leo Burnett is hitting people hard (again) with his No Drinking and Driving, "THINK!" campaign. Here's his latest piece of brutality, just some guys washing their hands in #PubLooShocker. Thought they'd show a message as a 'cool down' after the prank, but that's now reached over 6 million views!

Coca Cola Counting Calories in New Ad

Coca Cola trying to create healthier living habits. Questionable or innovative, leading from the front?

Google Zeitgeist 2012

There it is, the release of Google Zeitgeist 2012, an annual review of how the world searched.

Related:

• Google Zeitgeist 2011

Internet Explorer 10 - IE Sucks

Internet Explorer, somewhat of a sincere angle on this video for the release of IE10. Not bad at all.

www.browseryoulovedtohate.com

Red Bull Kluge: The Athlete Machine

What a brilliant piece of work, Red Bull never seize to provide epic entertainment pleasure.

"Derived from the German adjective Klug (meaning "clever"), Red Bull Kluge combines complex machinery patched together with the energy and prowess of world-class athletes, to see what happens when physics gets physical."