Hippo Eats Dwarf!

March 15th, 2010

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McMillan publishers came to us with a brief to launch the hilariously titled book Hippo Eats Dwarf; a collection of urban myths collected from around the world.

Given the books contents, we created a spoof newspaper called The Misinformer, a website to support it and a street team acting as newspaper vendors. We designed an built the site, and sent out the teams on a busy Monday morning in stations across London to distribute 5,000 copies to depressed consumers as they headed to work.

Brightening their day clearly worked, as we had 4,000 hits on the website straight away!

Macmillan Publishers

March 15th, 2010

BRIEF
• Stir up buzz and awareness of the new
book Hippo Eats Dwarf
• Book researches and documents the best
urban myths of recent years (bonsai kittens,
the left-handed Whopper, male lactation
and more)

SOLUTION
• A touch of street theatre hitting main
commuter routes with spoof newspaper
distributors handing out 5,000 copies of
“The Misinformer” to an intrigued public.
• A website (that Jack designed and built)
where the curious public can discover if the
headlines in “The Misinformer” are true
or false.

WHERE
• Rush hour across London busy train stations:
Liverpool Street, Waterloo, Kings Cross,
London Bridge.

RESULTS
• 5,000 papers distributed
• 4,000 hits on the “Hippo” website

The men who stare at goats

February 21st, 2010

CLIENT
• Target Media

BRIEF
• Raise awareness of the film release
• Make people stop and stare

SOLUTION
• Goat crime scenes
• High visibility Central London locations
• Near major cinemas
• White stencil outlines of goats
• Incident boards nearby

WHERE
• Leicester Square
• Oxford Street
• Soho Square
• Old Street
• Brick Lane

Codemasters / Dirt 2

February 14th, 2010

BRIEF:
• Stir up buzz and awareness of the new
Colin McRae rallying game, Dirt 2

SOLUTION:
• Street campaign hitting target youth areas
with stickers, clings and chalk stencils to
build awareness and anticipation for the
game’s release
• Fly posting on major streets to establish
prominence and maintain the game’s standing
as a major release
• Multi-format approach to keep the message
in consumers’ minds and stimulate interest

WHERE:
• London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester,
Glasgow and Edinburgh
• Youth areas and near game stores,
high streets, skate parks, colleges etc.

RESULTS:
• Widespread awareness of the game’s release
• 5% sales increase vs previous edition

Jack QRcodes hit London

January 22nd, 2010
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Jack’s been in the lab and is testing out QR codes on our poster sites across London for the next few weeks. If you’ve made it to this blog, well done!

We’re keeping a track of how many visits come from our posters, so thanks for being an early adopter.

Panasonic 8X Life

December 4th, 2009

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Jack worked with Panasonic’s agency AKQA who created the campaign “8X Life” to promote a new youth targeted Panasonic camera with a big zoom. We installed oversized models of everyday objects at street level for 2 weeks.

Our team scouted for unconventional sites that were in high footfall areas and targeted a youth audience, then hired and licensed them individually. Installed from Nov 10 to Nov 22 in central London, Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Edinburgh the campaign received excellent PR coverage and plenty of interest from pedestrians.  A great example of outdoor creativity.

The Men Who Stared At Goats

December 4th, 2009

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This is a strong example of what you can do with incident signs and chalk stenciling as we implemented a grass roots buzz campaign surrounding the excellent film The Men Who Stared At Goats. Working with our client, we hand picked a selection of key areas to target and over one rainy night covered London’s hot spots.

TAIO CRUZ OVERSEES ART EXHIBITION INSTALLATION UNDER THE WESTWAY

November 9th, 2009

TAIO CRUZ OVERSEES ART EXHIBITION INSTALLATION UNDER THE WESTWAY

Editors on Oxford Street

October 26th, 2009

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Branchage Film Festival 2009

October 20th, 2009

Click here to view the embedded video.