The Alphabet of Illiteracy
By Reuben Turner on 26 March 2016Read moreA lovely campaign from Project Literacy, an initiative backed by education publisher Pearson, about the lifelong, and life-changing impacts of illiteracy. Simple, strong and beautifully made using real sculptures to illustrate every letter, and every point. Agency: FCB Sculptures: Wilfrid Wood
0“Switch sides” — a message to advertising creatives
By Reuben Turner on 26 March 2016Read moreMy own GOOD Agency has been an unfashionable part of London for years — except that we’ve recently been joined by many of the UK’s biggest and most famous ad agencies. From Ogilvy to AMV, from Cheil to JWT they’ve...
Anti-pipeline activists hack the Canadian Dollar
By Tom Megginson on 11 December 2015Read moreThe Canadian Dollar Coin is known domestically as the “Loonie” because of the bas-relief image of a great northern loon (designed by Robert-Ralph Carmichael) on its reverse. The loon is somewhat of an icon in parts of Canada in which it is...
Animation fest posters are grotesque in all the right ways
By Tom Megginson on 24 July 2015Read moreMy home and work base of Ottawa, Canada, is often assumed to be quiet and conservative. Fortunately, we have creative minds like illustrator Michael Zavacky to keep things weird. Michael, or “Zeke” (as he’s known) has been illustrating posters...
Unmarketing billboards provide relief from ads on the highway
By Tom Megginson on 22 July 2015Read moreIf there’s one thing I know about advertising people, it’s that we simultaneously love and hate our industry. What we love is sharing exciting ideas that influence behaviour by inspiring or provoking people in clever ways. What we hate...
It Was Never A Dress – women’s toilet signs just got updated
By Oriana Lauria on 2 May 2015Read moreI’ve always found toilets pretty inspirational, but this campaign is taking it to the next level. Activist and software developer Tania Katan and her team at Axosoft have reinvented the way we look at women’s bathroom signs, turning the dress-wearing silhouette into a cape-wearing superhero....
Animation for Companies, Innovators and Curious Creatives
By Marc van Gurp on 12 March 2015Read moreHow to link both creators and end-users of climate innovations. That is where the series of the ’Energia Update’ workshops from Hungary are for. And BEE made the promo. The video sets the visual identity which was inspired by the idea of...
Become a Design Rebel, study Socially Conscious Design
By Marc van Gurp on 29 October 2014Read moreDesign Rebel: Socially Conscious Design An Online Skillshare Class by Noah Scalin Last year I wrote (And Reuben did too) a review about the Design Activists Handbook from Design Rebel and Osocio blogger Noah Scalin. A great book about...
Let your cat doing the activist work with this scratching post
By Marc van Gurp on 30 September 2014Read moreWhen your cat is your friend in the activist game this scratching post is something for you. There are two types available, Putin and Kim Jong-un, and both are unique, there is only one copy. Both scratching posts were...
Branding a time-bound campaign, Forest & Bird did it.
By Marc van Gurp on 18 September 2014Read moreIt’s not new but it is not often used: branding for a time-bound campaign. The kind of branding used for temporary purpose. Forest & Bird did it recently for their Love Nature: Vote 2014 campaign. New Zealand’s largest independent conservation organisation...