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It’s “more than a feeling” for BBH London’s Barclaycard roller coaster

Ever since I was young, I had this dream. A modest dream, but a dream nonetheless. I always wished that if I ever became ridiculously rich, I’d build a city-sized bumper car track, with enough cars for everybody, and enough room between them to really get some speed and power to give a target whiplash.

All that’s old is new again: BBH’s “Levi’s Modern Vintage” campaign

Levi Strauss & Co. has been around since 1853, and while the brand’s popularity may rise and fall with the trends, it’s still a major US cultural icon in many areas of the world. Besides, you can’t last for more than 150 years without having that certain caché, and Levi’s has enough of that to last several more decades.

BBH taps China’s underground scene for Levi’s

What’s one of the western hemisphere’s greatest pop culture export of all time? A trusty pair of blue jeans, Levi’s specifically. What’s are some of the east’s gifts to global pop culture? Kick-ass funky art and animation, and video games.

BBH Asia Pacific’s Shanghai office has combined both sides in a regional integrated campaign for Levi’s, featuring a a pair of China’s trendsetting artists: musician Sulumi and illustrator Yan Wei.

BBH tells the tale of “The Man Who Walked Around The World”

The gang at Adfreaks brought our attention to a five and a half minute long epic by BBH London for Johnnie Walker Scotch Whisky. Entitled “The Man Who Walked Around The World”, the online movie features acclaimed Scottish actor Robert Carlyle, regaling the history of Johnnie Walker, the man and the brand.

BBH Mumbai’s first TV spot is lifting them higher

More Bartle Bogle Hegarty news today, as its brand spanking new Mumbai office has launched the agency’s very first TV spot. The 60 second ad is for Rediff.com, one of India’s top web portals, and features a rubber duck with a knack for singing like Jackie Wilson.

“He’s got a real purty mouth, ain’t he?”

In this modern-day salute to the classic film Deliverance, BBH London forgoes the banjoes and replaces them with duelling beatboxers in this TV spot for Mentos Gum.

BBH’s KFC spot not “fresh” enough for Ad Standards Authority

It’s not often that real life takes its cues from satire, but it seems like the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority was reading The Onion before passing judgement on this KFC ad by BHH London.

Sorrell. Lévy, Hagerty & Pandey talk about the ad biz on BBC tomorrow

Looks like the BBC is going to have quite an interesting debate this weekend, featuring some of the top top TOP dogs in the advertising business.

According to Campaign UK, the BBC will be airing The Insider Debate on Advertising tomorrow evening, with a panel consisting of Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP; Maurice Lévy, CEO of Publicis Groupe; Sir John Hegarty, Chairman and Worldwide Creative Director of Bartle Bogle Hegarty; and Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman of Ogilvy India.

Going wild with the 2009 Animal Spot Awards

Okay, maybe your TV campaign didn’t win a Lion, but it did feature a lion. If so, you might be kicking yourself to learn that you could’ve won an Animal Spot Award.

Yes, the sixth edition of the Animal Spot International Advertising Festival Awards Ceremony takes place this Thursday, July 9th, at Casa del Cinema (Villa Borghese) in Rome, Italy. For those of you unaware of Animal Spot, it is a worldwide festival that celebrates ads that feature animals and/or are for animal related causes.

BBH Singapore, David&Goliath Build Their Creative Depts

The hiring of creative talent has taken a beating in this economy, but two of ihaveanidea’s Portfolio Night 7 host agencies have both made significant hires in their creative departments.

First off, BBH Singapore, who has just hired Senior Art Director Adrian Chan, who is ranked as the top creative talent in the region by Campaign Brief Asia — a really big accomplishment for somebody only three years into the ad biz. Hey, you’d be up there too if you won Gold Lions and Pencils so early in your career!

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