Award Show Bedlam! D&AD, Marketing Awards winners announced

Hello ladies. Look at the award shows. Now back to me. Now back to the award shows. Now back to me. Notice something? Yes, Wieden + Kennedy Portland and Old Spice are still cleaning up at the big international shows. They’ve just picked up not one but two very rare Black Pencils at the 2011 D&AD Awards today, not to mention three Yellow Pencils, two Nominations, and two pieces they figured would be good enough to throw in their upcoming annual.

Now Available recycles a bit of Christmas for VW Italia

Unless you’re a super-environmentalist, it’s easy to forget that with the holiday season comes a massive amount of paper and packaging. And it’s not just the pretty wrapping paper we buy, but all the shopping bags we cart our presents home in, not to mention the gifts’ actual packaging.

Milan based agency Now Available has made the link between the holidays and the need to recycle for Volkswagen Italia.

W+K Amsterdam gets behind a Dutch victory at 2010 World Cup

Today was the draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup seeding in Cape Town, South Africa, and anticipation was high in the ihaveanidea offices. Rafik and Nat had their national teams in the mix this year (Algeria and Uruguay respectively) and Ignacio, having his Costa Rican team bounced from contention a few weeks ago, is cheering on the Dutch (he lived in Amsterdam for a time).

TalkTalk uses pickpockets as “put-pockets”

We’ve often heard different companies claim that their products or services leave you with more money in your wallet, but this is the most literal interpretation I’ve ever seen.

Rethink goes gorilla/guerrilla for Parissa Wax Strips

There haven’t been very many summer-ish days in ihaveanidea-land this year, but the Pacific Northwest has been enjoying some unusually warm and dry weather… perfect for heading out to the beach!

Vancouver based agency (and ihaveanidea fans) Rethink has taken advantage of the hot season, and has unleashed this unique advertising medium on the city’s beach-going crowd.

Crispin comes clean with Domino’s “American Legends” stunt

Is it an environmental message? Is it just another form of graffiti? Whatever you call it, Crispin Porter + Bogusky has teamed up with GreenGraffiti to literally take their message to the streets of New York, LA and Philly to promote Domino’s American Legends pizzas.

Fake Brüno Crashes Movie Premiere To Promote Nando’s

Sacha Baron Cohen has garnered a ton of press in recent weeks, pulling off outrageous stunts all over the world in order promote his latest film. But at the Sydney premiere of Brüno last night, the man known for sabotaging others’ events had the tables turned in the form of a stunt by Melbourne ad shop The Sphere Agency, promoting Nando’s Chicken.

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