VivaPets and the RSPCA Brighton in the UK worked with CrazyTalk this year to send out a Christmas appeal from the pets. The software package from Real Illusion was used to provide a talking mouth for Moggy the Rescue Cat who introduces us to the cats and dogs that need support this Christmas. See more [...]
Target has commissioned a series of Christmas Plays to demonstrate the benefits of whole families shopping at the stores throughout the United States. Four versions of a school Christmas play are presented, “Mrs. Claus’ Dream”, “Rudolph”, “Reindeer”, and “Elves”. “There’s no place like Target at Christmas to save”.
Ben & Jerry’s in the UK has released a Christmas single, taking on the competition in the UK obsession with the number one Christmas seasons hit. The animated video shows the Ice Cream cows taking on the duties of the reindeer to help Santa deliver Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
McDonald’s Netherlands has commissioned a Christmas greeting using Fries arranged in the shape of a Christmas tree. The headline is translated here in English as “Merry Christmas”.
Unicef Croatia used graffiti this year to encourage purchase of UNICEF’s Christmas postcards. The graffiti, painted on a wall in a Zagreb high school over a number of days, demonstrates the capacity for a set of Christmas cards to provide vaccine for people in need.
Digital agency AKQA has produced a festive season message in film for the creative industry, using 49 microwave ovens. AKQA’s greeting features the Christmas song, “Jingle Bells”, planned over a week and filmed over a day at Pinewood Studios, London.
Wieden+Kennedy London has produced a “Christmas Card Making Machine” this year, displayed in the agency’s front Hanbury Street window. The card has two large screens showing a scrolling chain of twelve characters. As pedestrians stand in the footprints outside the window their faces are photographed and embedded in the card. The resulting images can be [...]
Thwak! Music, a music production company in New York, has produced a music video, Bring the Toyz, featuring Santa Claus let loose in a music studio. The video, available in HD at Thwak, is also available on YouTube and Vimeo.
Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang have had their Christmas special updated to focus on the world of the advertising agency this year, with “The Making of the Agency Holiday Party Invitation”, a dubbed video doing the rounds this week. No one has owned up to making or commissioning the spot although there is a [...]
This is the first post from Robyn Gower, the newest member of the Inspiration Room editorial team. She will be focusing on design, photography, trends and inspirational ideas. Welcome to the team Robyn!
This Christmas, take refuge from the barrage of saccharine Christmas promotions by immersing yourself in the cinematic vision of Magnum photographer, Trent [...]
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