Landsbanki Images for Business Service have won a Gold award for design (illustration and photography) at the 2012 European Art Directors Club awards. The Iceland bank commissioned twelve illustrations that portray the connection between Icelandic landscape and Icelandic business, with images ranging from the countryside to the capital, from fisheries to geothermal energy industry.
Blatt afram (Go Blue) in Iceland is running a provocative advertising campaign asking parents the tough question, “Is your child in safe hands?” (Er barnið þitt í öruggum höndum?). 93% of children who are sexually abused know the offender. According to Halliday’s 1995 study 30% of offenders are women and 70% are men, and more than often it is someone parents trust. It is the responsibility of a parent to insure their children are in a safe environment. Informed parents protect children. The campaign portrays the many ways in which children are touched by adults, usually in innocent and supportive ways, but with the potential for abuse, including in the classroom, gymnasium, personal tuition, childcare, church and surgery.
Iceland telecom Siminn promoted their 3G internet access in 2008 using a television commercial featuring Galileo and leaders of the Catholic Church, continuing in the same vein as the controversial 2007 ad featuring Jesus, Judas and the Last Supper.
Björk, the Icelandic singer/songwriter, has launched a music video for her new single, Dull Flame of Desire, featuring Antony Hegarty from Antony & The Johnsons. The music video, released on September 15, is an amalgam of three videos developed by the three runners up in the Innocence video competition, from Germany, Japan and Spain. This single is due out on 22nd of October.
Iceland band Sigur Ros have launched a music video for their recent track Gobbledigook featuring men and women in full nudity. The music video is inspired by nude photography icon Ryan McGinley, in particular his recent “I Know Where The Summer Goes” exhibition.
