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things well done | coke spot ::

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

:: Coca Cola created this short advert (if you can call it that) as part of it’s ongoing Open Happiness campaign, showing how Coca Cola can connect people and bring happiness. W+K Amsterdam is behind it. H/T Jenn.

It’s superb.

Notice that while there is no Coca Cola logo / branding in the content itself (only in the closing title card), you know it’s Coca Cola right away (the shape of the bottle and glass, the color of the bottle cap, etc.). Beyond the branding though, the content delivers on the most important thing of all – is just plain compelling and entertaining. Bravo, well done.  // AjS

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things well done | safe sex in taiwan ::

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

:: a safe sex / anti-STD poster in Taiwan (or perhaps Hong Kong, but I am almost certain it’s Taiwan. Hong Kong is probably too conservative to have something this “vulgar” in public.). The bottom caption reads, “Be careful, this is what could happen if you don’t wear a condom.” I have always found the Chinese words for condom to be quite funny: on the mainland, 安全套 and 避孕套 are used, meaning respectively “safety cover” and “avoid pregnany cover” – the latter being a bit misleading. The word 保险套, meaning “insurance cover” is used in the below poster. Bravo, well done. Via Space Ghetto. // AjS

Safe-Sex-in-Taiwan

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things well done | w+k 上海 three ::

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

:: the below “thing” showed up at the Neocha.com studio a couple weeks ago – at first I didn’t know what it was, but it didn’t take me long to fall in love. It’s part funky plastic casing, part string-bound book, and part pixel-art USB rabbit – there is some Styrofoam-like substance and a magnet in there as well. It was gifted to us from W+K Shanghai and is essentially a credentials document presenting the agency’s work in China for 2008. The book is full of what books should be full of – bold, compelling photos. Even without a word of text, it captures (what appears to be) the creative energy and inspiration behind W+K client campaigns. They even went as far to pre-load the pixel-art USB rabbit with cool multimedia content – a Flash presentation of 2008 W+K work, with photos and videos; and a separate video showcasing life at W+K for employees. All of us in the marketing / advertising / PR space in China should take note of this effort. I’m très impressed. Bravo, well done. Good timing too, I just lost my USB drive – I want a fucking laptop next year though, or a pair of Nikes. // AjS

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things well done | stained-glass comrades ::

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

:: Dominic Johnson-Hill, the founder of Beijing-based designer / hipster clothing-maker Plastered T-shirts, is now creating stained glass portraits of famous Chinese revolutionary figures. Five Chinese artists have been commissioned to create the pieces, and versions of Mao Zedong, Lei Feng, and Deng Xiaoping are already done – see below. Dominic says there will be more pieces, so watch this space or check out Plastered T-shirts’ blog. /// AjS

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things well done | coraline ::

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

:: I’m an animation and 3D / CG junkie. I recently watched Coraline. It’s excellent. I highly recommend taking the time to check it out. Bravo, well done.  // AjS

[UPDATE: Thanks to Xiao Du for pointing out that Coraline is available in full-length format on Youku, link here or watch below. However, it's of course much better on a big screen or in HD.]

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things well done | post-it stop motion ::

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

:: this is just so amazingly good. See below for a short film titled Deadline. Deadline was directed / edited by Bang-yao Liu, a Taiwanese student at Savannah College of Art and Design, and shot by Jay Tseng. The film was Liu’s senior project, and it creatively tells the story of everyone’s fight against deadlines and keeping up with post-it / to-do notes. The interaction between the actor and the pixel-like post-it notes is flawless. Production on the film took three months of planning, four days of shooting, and over 6000 post-it notes. This video was just a week and a half ago and now has nearly one million views. is equally as interesting. Bravo, well done. // AjS

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things well done | couches ::

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

:: a short video showcasing the versatility of a slinky-like cardboard couch. Bravo, well done. // AjS

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