Tag archives: cool

Malaria, a little masterpiece

Pardon the title which might sound like a bad taste joke, but the truth is this short film, titled “Malaria”, is definitely a storytelling masterpiece. Created by Brazilian artist Edson Oda, this incredible and super original content piece combines origami, kirigami, time lapse, nankin illustration, comic books and western cinema. Enjoy and share it, it really deserves it! Read more…

The Ex Lover Blocker App

Content blocking apps are growing in popularity. You can block football scores to be able to watch the game later (see Heineken) or you can decide to block ads that promote impossible beauty (see Dove). Now, you can also help those friends who recently were dumped by their girlfriends and can’t help trying to call them back to prolong the humiliation. In Brazil, Guaraná Antarctica has launched an amusing Ex-Lover Blocker App that will prevent your friends from dialing their Ex number. If they ignore the block, the world will make fun of them on social media. Evil, but cool.

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Write With Images

Write With Images is an awesome interactive visual experiment made in South America that allows you to write words and sentences and see them translated into a Google Images based visual language. The project, that is terribly fascinating, comes from Santiago Luna Lupo and Mihail Aleksandrov. Read more…

Wash the dishes… or pay the bill?

Another cool project for an uncool brand. In Brazil sponge brand Scotch-Brite created an amusing experience marketing initiative in partnership with several restaurants around the city of São Paulo. When people got their bills, they also received an invitation to wash their dishes. In exchange, they could leave the place without paying the check. Read more…

Now Google can even improve your English!

I’m sure you noticed the English of my posts is far from being perfect. My accent is the same, I’m probably better than 90% of the Italians but, still, sometime I do feel I’m speaking like Donnie Brasco. Forget about it, there are words I just cannot pronounce right (ask me the difference between team and Tim for example…). Well, I eventually found the perfect website to improve: EasyWay Test. Using Google’s speech recognition technology the site, designed for EasyWay Language Center, helps you improving your pronunciation while also having some fun. Read more…

Vocal browsing: more than a gimmick

A website that can be navigated only using your voice probably is not a totally new idea. What is new and smart is that someone actually used the gimmick to reinforce and deliver its business proposition. Your Music School is a school for vocal education in Hamburg. To generate more applicants for the school‘s vocal coaching courses they launched a website that could be navigated without a mouse but by using one‘s own voice. The eight menu items on the navigation are arranged on a scale. By singing the appropriate notes one can directly hit the desired menu item and discover in playful interactive way the services provided by the school. Read more…

Pimkie Color Forecast

If tomorrow morning you won’t know what to wear, there is now a website that can inspire you. Fashion brand Pimkie has launched a pretty sweet project that helps consumers understand the colors “of the moment” in the major European fashion capitals like Milan, Paris and Antwerpen. Read more…

Dunkin’ Donuts Flavor Radio

From South Korea, a jaw dropping campaign that mixes radio, ambient and a (not so light) touch of Big Brother. In order to increase awareness of Dunkin’ Donuts as a coffee brand and drive traffic to the stores, coffee aroma atomizers got installed on commuters buses in Seoul. The machines were triggered every time the Dunkin’ Donuts radio ad was played, releasing in the air a light coffee aroma to reinforce the sensory connection and experience with the brand. Read more…

Video of the day: A Dog Day Afternoon

As my job and my career are evolving, I’m becoming more and more a fan of video storytelling. From TV commercials, to branded short movies, music video clips and random individual projects, I just love admiring the ability that some people has to tell stories, engage, entertain, explain places and share feelings using a video camera and a good dose of ability and creativity. There is so much talent out there, that every day I happen to watch at least one video that grabs my attention, this is why I decided to start a regular (possibly) daily feature here on Adverblog, to celebrate the heroes of Vimeo and not only. Read more…

Tarantino from below. Wes Anderson from above

Kogonada is a genius. His latest work is dedicated to Quentin Tarantino: a video remix collecting shots looking up at characters in the films of the Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Bastards director. It’s not original content, but it’s definitely an original idea, super well produced and absolutely entertaining to watch, for Tarantino’s fans and not only. Read more…