Archive for August, 2006
Coke teams up with Grand Theft Auto
Posted on 18. Aug, 2006 by Cassandra.
Now that the ad as gone around the world a couple of times on YouTube – its time for us to chime in with our completely biased opinion from the bottom end of Africa.
Coca Cola’s latest chart smashing advertising hit has been made to resemble the ultra-violent kids-favourite Rockstar video game – Grand Theft Auto.
Instead of the game’s main character romping around killing, raping and hijacking, our hero downs a ice cold Coke and proceeds to love and care for everyone instead like he’s an e-junkie at a trance party.
Now, Coke have been very clever here. The ad is fresh, viral, innovative, engages the target market and is a mild form of protest advertising. Is the world’s biggest brand trying to say to the American public that love, sharing and kindness works better than bombing the crap out of others?
We got the version of that woman walking around Cape Town giving away bottles of Coke to everyone, which was alot less memorable than the GTA version.
The GTA Coke ad can be put up there with the best ones the brand has ever made. More…more.
See the Coke ad here – YouTube
Z4 by Cherryflava
Posted on 17. Aug, 2006 by Cassandra.
After the BMW ad campaign here on Cherryflava – we were lucky enough to be invited to the Cape Town leg of the unveiling of the new car.
Check out our pics from the BMW ‘Innovation Day’:
Z4 by Cherryflava
Posted on 17. Aug, 2006 by Jonathan Cherry.
Following the BMW ad campaign here on Cherryflava – the team from BMW invited us to an ‘Innovation Day’ and the unveiling of the new Z4 Coupe here is South Africa.
After flying through to Paarl in a 130i and back in a X3, they pulled back the hiding cloth and revealed this beast.
We were hoping that we’d be invited to take the puppy for a year and splash Cherryflava branding on it to see how it holds up on the streets of Cape Town, but instead they allowed us to leave with these shots to encourage the saving for our own.
Bragging rights in Joburg
Posted on 17. Aug, 2006 by Cassandra.
Brilliant outdoor tactical ad in Joburg – done by Ogilvy Joburg for Audi RS 6.
Now what about the followup site where you can post your speeding picture in your new RS 6?
SA bloggers present….
Posted on 16. Aug, 2006 by Cassandra.
Local music blog The Muso has put together a wicked collaboration of musical tastes from a collection of South Africa’s bloggers.
Dubbed – ‘Whatever blows your hair on your back’, its the first in hopefully a series of group posts by the SA blog community.
We’re in there with our choice of Cape Town’s own indie-punk, kick-some-ass band; The Wild Eyes.
While you’re at it – go have a look at a great business concept aimed at promoting independant artists called; Sellaband.
Its a web platform that enables fans to sponsor bands, and get a piece the
action in return. How it works: fans, dubbed Believers, find an artist
they like on SellaBand.com. For USD 10, they can buy a share, or
‘Part’. Once the band has sold 5,000 parts, SellaBand arranges a
professional recording, including top studios, A&R managers and
producers. Believers receive a limited edition cd of the recording. [via]
For sure there’s a cool opportunity for the guys from The Muso to start a similar thing here in SA. Clearly there’s more than enough talent and support. Let’s talk – we want in.
SA Bloggers Present: Whatever Blows Your Hair Back - The Muso
Lurking in NYC
Posted on 16. Aug, 2006 by Cassandra.
This picture is fascinating in so many ways.
Note the rather numerous food outlets available just on one street corner. The random, relaxed manner in which the pedestrians are casually crossing the street, the guy sitting in the window on the second floor staring at everyone….and this rather nasty billboard (right above a deli) in the middle of it all. Here’s another elsewhere.
Apparently this thing is for Cartoon Network, and another good example of how the evil of heavy metal has spread into other entertainment genres aimed at kids.
Iron Maiden in the 80′s – Cartoon Network today. [via]
[BTW - "My boogers itch" is from a show called "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy."]
The 50 Coolest websites of 2006
Posted on 15. Aug, 2006 by Cassandra.
Time media has released their 50 coolest websites for 2006.
Many of this year’s choices are shining examples of Web 2.0:
next-generation sites offering dynamic new ways to inform and
entertain, sites with cutting-edge tools to create, consume, share or
discuss all manners of media, from blog posts to video clips.
YouTube and MySpace crack the nod as well as Zunafish – the swap site which we wrote about a while back.
50 Coolest Websites – Time.com
iJeanpant
Posted on 15. Aug, 2006 by Cassandra.
Here are a lekker new jeanpant for your iPod.
This are a Levi jean, with a moorse dinkim red rope to hang your lekker white iPod - packed full of sweet tunes of Twisted Sister and Celine Dion – on.
No word on whether there are a plan to make a iRooi Rokkie as yet.
But we can all like to wear a iJean, wiff a belt.
More:
Bright
Gizmodo
Learn to speak English with an Afrikaans accent - Cherryflava WAV file.
Your days are numbered
Posted on 15. Aug, 2006 by Cassandra.
The more we investigate various furnishing and design options for our mega-lair – the more we realise that paint on walls is so…not now.
At $1000 per sheet, this Helvetica wallpanel covering is the business, if you’re running a maths thinktank or you’re a numerologist.
We’re not impressed. There are no 0′s in the pattern. It was a sure sale until we saw the lack of 0′s. [via]
Website: Helvetica
Shoppertainment
Posted on 14. Aug, 2006 by Cassandra.
Retail 2.0 – its not only online business that can benefit from a swift kick in the pants.
Check out this uber sexy takkie shop in Hong Kong, that uses the store design to entertain and engage shoppers. [via]
When last did you go to Canal Walk or The Zone and get worked over by the design of a shop?
Previously: The ultimate kids bookstore – Cherryflava
