In May 2006, a communications agency called Hakuna Matata, which specialized in luxury living, joined marketing forces with The Fun Group, an amusement park installation company, and created Dinner in the Sky. The concept is as simple as its name, a flying dinner table. Over the past decade, this Belgian READ MORE >
Everyday, more than 2 billion photos are shared on Facebook and their subsidiaries: Instagram and WhatsApp. The conversation around those photos is tremendous, but sadly, the more than 250 million people who are blind or severely visually impaired feel left out of the conversation. Thankfully, Facebook launched their new alternative READ MORE >
We found this meditation on brand building in the Harvard Business Review fascinating. Cultural Strategy author, Douglas Holt, talks about how much harder it is to build a brand in the era of social media. Initially, branded content appeared to be the key to creating substantive relationships with customers, but READ MORE >
Once you look past those Trump posts, does your newsfeed look more and more like the Home Shopping Network? Whether it’s Beachbody or Rodan & Fields or Jamberry or whatever else, the rise of social media has made it easier than ever for anyone to try their hand at multilevel READ MORE >
If we noticed any theme in last night’s Super Bowl ads, it’s that advertisers seem more willing to take risks and have fun. We loved the Doritos ad where the baby in the ultrasound wanted his dad’s Doritos. It was a little weird, but we thought the dachshund hotdogs running READ MORE >
Described as the Olympics of indigenous sports, the World Indigenous Games were held last week in the city of Palmas in the Amazon region of Brazil. Almost 50 ethnic groups from around the globe gathered to participate in bow and arrow shooting, spear tossing, log racing, tug-of-war, xikunahati (a football-like READ MORE >
A year or so ago, Facebook created Mentions, an exclusive app available only to public figures, designed to help them “keep in touch with their fans.” If you’re curious to see what Facebook looks like to Lebron James and Kim Kardashian you’ll enjoy seeing these side-by-side screen grabs of “normal” READ MORE >
This fall a new generation is headed to college and these kids can’t remember a time without computers, email, texting and smartphones. They’re reinventing everything, including how to become a celebrity. One new launchpad to stardom is barely ten-year-old YouTube, and I’m not talking about singers, sports stars and actors, READ MORE >
No Cameraman? No problem. Introducing Soloshot; the robot cameraman. This remarkable piece of engineering lets anyone capture the perfect video without assistance. How does it work? Simply set up the camera, wear the tag and Soloshot tracks your movements. It keeps you in the shot from up to 2000 feet READ MORE >
We love humor and brands that build on humor, and even more than that, we love big brands that give little agencies a chance. For a long time now, Geico has consistently put out some really funny commercials, all from the Martin Agency, so we were surprised and a little READ MORE >