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So on Sunday TBWA\Manchester entered a team into the inaugral Creative Cup, pitting 32 of Manchesters creative agencies against each other in an all or nothing battle to the death/5-a-side football tournament Enduring unseasonally high temperatures, some of sporting hangovers (Paul), and illness (Sean) and with the games coming thick and fast, Team TBWA managed to win 8 games on the bounce before an unlucky penalty shootout defeat in the semi-finals cruelly knocked Team TBWA out.
RESULTS
Group Stages
TBWA 4 v 0 Marketing List
TBWA 3 v 2 Orchard
TBWA 3 v 0 Melbourne
TBWA 3 v 2 Marketing List
TBWA 1 v 0 Orchard
TBWA 5 v 0 Melbourne
Second round
TBWA 3 v 1 The Drum
Quarter Final
TBWA 1 v 1 IAS b2b Marketing (TBWA win 6 - 5 on penalities)
Semi FInal
TBWA 0 v 0 Lightbox (Lightbox win 4 - 3 on penalities)
Final
Penalties also decided the winner of the Creative Cup 2010 with Gyro HSR beating Lightbox on penalties 3-2 after the game was level at 1-1.
You can download the full results PDF by clicking here, and the official photos can be found by clicking here - Thanks to Magnus Aske Blikeng.
All in all Creative Cup was a great day, the weather was awesome and nearly £2000 was raised for charity. It was just unfortunate we couldn't walk away with the cup, but there's always next year!
www.creative-cup.com
www.tbwamanchester.com
As an empolyee of TBWA\Manchester there is great scheme available where you recieve half a day off once a quarter to go and do some thing cultural.
This is the story of my Culture Club afternoon.
With the current quarter ending on Thursday and free slots rapidly dwindling I quickly booked mine for Monday afternoon with the intention of going to see Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's exhibition at the Manchester Art Gallery, however I arrived to find gallery is closed on Mondays.
Annoyed at my lack of preparation, I quickly hot footed it across to the Cube gallery on Portland street, as there is usually some good little exhibitions on there. Although on Monday it just seemed to be hosting a forum on energy saving from Calor. I did manage to snap a pictures of the seemingly only piece of work being displayed.
So after these two disasters, I made a beeline for the Cornerhouse, but alas their 3 galleries were also closed (for changeover this time). All that was left to do was to take stock with a tasty beverage in the Cornerhouse's fine cafe/bar. At this point I recieved a phone call from Matt Cook, who was also on his Culture Club afternoon and suffering a similar fate to myself. After doing exactly the same route, he was now in the Northern Quarter finding the galleries closed there too.
Do people really not visit galleries on Mondays?
After much deliberation (and some beer), I decided to check out a film at the Cornerhouse. There was one film on, Enter the Void. Its got pretty good reviews and I watched a cheeky trailer on my iPhone which looked cool.
I was warned by two separate cinema employees about the use of strobe lighting and flashing effects as well as the threat of motion sickness during the film. This only made my anticipation of the film grow, however what I wasn't warned about was that the sickness felt by previous viewers of the film probably wasn't caused by the portions of the film shot in the first person, but was probably due to some of the the subject matter.
Now, this is a good film. Its shot in a pretty cool way, and uses some interesting and very stylised techniques. Some of the cut scenes do go on for far too long however, and about halfway through it suddenly becomes the most unexpectidly (porno)graphic film I've seen. I certainly felt "cultured" by the time I left!
I did also manage to squeeze in a walk through the set of the Hollywood blockbuster "Captain America" being filmed on my doorstep in the Northern Quarter on my way home. Below are a few snaps taken on my iPhone, for more information, (better) photos and videos on the filming check out this great blog, captainamericafilmingmanchester.co.uk.
Here is a video of the scene where the fire damaged car in my photos is being blown up.
Conclusion.
All in all it was a great half day even if it did get off to a slow start, with the culture having to be hunted down. So next time round and to avoid seeing a man reaching the point of climax from inside a woman, I might just do a bit more preparation. #cultureclub
manchestergalleries.org
lozano-hemmer.com
cube.org.uk
cornerhouse.org
captainamericafilmingmanchester.co.uk
TBWA\Manchester.com
Last Sunday I took part and completed my first half marathon, The 30th BUPA Great North Run as part of a team from TBWA\Manchester. Everyone did really well with their respective runs and as I type we have raised £1,765.00 for Henshaws, Society for Blind People. If you still want to donate, its not too late and every penny is really appreciated.
I managed to just sneak inside my target of sub 2 hours, with a time of 1 hour 58 minutes 09 seconds, finishing an overall postion of 10497 out of 54000 runners. So only any hour behind Haile Gebrselassie!
Split times:
5k: 00:25:05
10k: 00:51:55
15k: 01:19:31
Finish: 01:58:09
PS. Thanks to the lovely lady who gave me an ice pop at around the 11 mile mark, not sure I would have made it to the end without the sugar hit!
Last night I happened to visit the Launch Party for Kid Robot's new 3 inch Dunny Series, Dunny 2010, at the Richard Goodall Gallery in Manchester.
I couldn't resist treating myself to my first two vinyl toys and as all the boxes are sealed it was pot luck what I got. I think I did pretty well....
richardgoodallgallery.com
kidrobot.eu
sites.kidrobot.com/ds2010
sket-one.com
@Tizieu
Last Tuesday I went to the launch of a new illustration exhibition at Odd Bar in the Northern Quarter. I'd definately recommend popping in if you've got a few spare minutes, there are some really nice pieces - I particulary liked the typographic work. Its on for a month and its all at very affordable prices, I you wanted to take some home with you.
karliemc.blogspot.com/
twitter.com/Karliemc
oddbar.co.uk
twitter.com/oddbars
Architects: brandt + simon architects, Berlin, www.brandtundsimon.de
Address: Maximilianstrasse 10, 13187 Berlin, site map
Completion: 2009
Photos: Michael Nast, Güstrow, www.lichtkombinat.de
Whilst on the search for some cool new glasses, I came across these geeky mosaic glasses. Loving the concept.
Info / Description: An empty glass resembles a meaningless colorful mosaic, until a liquid is poured into it, revealing its name. Each side of the glass is reserved for a specific drink.
The Dekrypt glass though complex in appearance in fact runs on a very simple idea. Differently colored shapes are scattered across the glass surface in a seemingly random pattern, however their position is hardly accidental. The true purpose of the glass mosaic is revealed when colored liquid is poured into it (orange juice, milk, chocolate milkshake or coke) The pattern of shapes and empty spaces on the glass combined with the color of the liquid inside the glass end up forming a textual sign, revealing what exact drink or refreshment you are having, with each side of the glass reserved for a specific drink. Besides being a novelty item with entertainment value it can also serve as a marketing item for beverage companies as it has a promotional potential.
Additional info: Thanks to Marko Radosavljević, and Jelena Jovović.
via relogik.com
Agostina is a unique typeface in many ways. The obvious being that is is a Sans-Serif typeface that contains both beginning caps and ending lowercase swash letters. This instantly gives endless typographic possibilities to the user. Agostina takes advantage of the OpenType font format that opens further exploration with a full latin and limited alternate characters as well. With almost 300 characters, Agostina is a workhorse and a must own typeface.
Black SlabbathThe heaviest typeface in the world, Black Slabbath. There's only one thing about this new typeface that isn’t colossally black: the razor-thin white space. It slices through and between geometric characters, creating a juxtaposition of contrasts and rhythms.
GavinGavin began as a hand-drawn exploration of George Bruce's Seven-Line Pica, and then evolved into the Jekyll and Hyde of all handset creations. This handset collection contains a huge amount of letter designs, with each letter originally drawn by hand. Great for setting strong and sometimes quirky headers for magazines, books and websites, Gavin is one of our most intense and diverse handset collections to date. Available in two styles, the regular style contains 407 letters and the alternate style another 430 letters.
STRIKE Is a hand-set typeface that looks as fresh as if you just put your can back into your bag. These letters are so detailed that we could not make it a typeface, we tried and it virtually blew up the font application. This set contains alternates so your letters don't get so stale looking. Try flipping letters around and mirroring them for added flavor.
Font mavens of the world unite! These six Constructivist typefaces recreate the bold graphic design of early Soviet Era Russian Artists such as Rodchenko and Popova. Seize control of the means of desktop production with this revolutionary font collective! Now includes 52 Constructivist Extras.
You can also get these as iPhone4 and iPad wallpapers.
Lead Designer: Jackkrit Anantakul
Once a month at the agency we have a get together where everyone shows a few examples of advertising (good and bad) and we can then discuss it further. As I've only been working at TBWA\Manchester a handful of weeks now this was my first creative and show and tell and this month happened to be a little different.
This month there was a theme, "Media Arts". Basically Media arts is about getting people to invite advertising into their lives and interact with it instead of being force fed it on the television, in magazines/newspapers, websites etc.
Below is what I presented. Co-incidentally both pieces happened to be by Colenso BBDO , Auckland, New Zealand.
Piece 1.
Brief Explanation: Designed with a purpose for everyday use, these eraser/usbs are meant to serve as a constant reminder of Alzheimer’s New Zealand’s importance, as well as help New Zealanders realise how important our memories are, and how difficult life can be for those living with this disease.
Brief from the client: Design a memorable piece of communication that raises awareness of the disease’s early warning signs, like memory loss, as well as reminding everyday New Zealanders of the importance of Alzheimers New Zealand.
Final design: Actual working erasers were hollowed out and fitted with USB memory sticks. The message displayed on the top is: ‘Alzheimer’s erasers your memories. Save them.’ On the reverse side was the Alzheimer’s New Zealand logo and website. The place you can turn for more information and support, www.alzheimers.co.nz.
Indication of how successful the outcome was in the market: Alzheimer’s New Zealand distributed these eraser/usbs amongst the public, sent them to various local organisations, as well as distributed them to local politicians, with a letter, in an attempt to raise awareness of the charity. They have received positive feedback and they’ll hopefully continue to leave people with some sort of understanding of what people with Alzheimer’s go through everyday, and where they could turn for more information and support.
Advertising Agency: Colenso BBDO, Auckland, New ZealandExecutive Creative Director: Nick Worthington
Copywriter/Art Director: Jonathan McMahon
Art Director/Copywriter/Designer: Lisa Fedyszyn
Account Manager: Stefanie Robertson
Planner: Hayley Pardoe
Agency Producer: Phil Newman
Designer: Phila Lagaluga
Piece 2.
Water coolers filled with blood, were placed in gyms, offices, hairdressers and other public places in order to promote the new show Vampire Diaries on TV2.
Advertising Agency: Colenso BBDO, Auckland, New Zealand
Executive Creative Director: Nick Worthington
Creative Director: Levi Slavin
Art Director / Copywriter: Sarah Longworth
Producer: Rob Linkhorn
Retoucher: Kevin Hyde
View into the main gallery of the Marrakech muesum.