Wimpy is something of a South African "institution". Almost every major shopping centre has a Wimpy and it's almost considered an unwritten law that no road trip is complete without the obligatory Wimpy meal at one of the motorway service stops - hands up all those Saffers who stop at Harrismith for Wimpy on the way down to Durbs.
I'm in need of a new pair of running shorts and thought I'd peruse the internet for some prices. Whilst going through my list of sport retailer websites, I visited wiggle.co.uk and on the front page I saw a product portraying a mixed message...
The product description certainly says it's for the laydees, but the product image is telling me something…
How surprised and shocked would you be if you came home, in the knowledge that no one has been home all day, to find a full sized box sitting on the floor just inside your front door? Not only is there a box, but it also nicely advertising that it was incredibly easy to break into your house with the …
So you're a marketing genius tasked with coming up with IKEA's next advert. You turn to your drawing board and start sketching out some ideas, but nothing comes to mind. Feeling uninspired, you stop for a moment, stroke your trusty feline leg warmer and BAMM!!! The idea comes to you. Why not set 100 cats loose in the Wembley branch …
Take the time to browse through these 33 impressive World Cup murals created by a Cape Town based illustration house Am I Collective on behalf of New York based Weiden & Kennedy for their client ESPN.
The murals, one for each country taking part in the World Cup and a combined image, were created in the style of 1980s Ghanaian movie…
Claire and I flew with Kulula - a low cost South African airline - on one of our trips to South Africa and we were really impressed with the whole ethos of the company. This is a company that seems to emphasize the "cheerful" part of the old adage: "cheap and cheerful" .
In an attempt to encourage people to join up and lose those excess pounds put on over Christmas, a very large independent health club in Bristol displayed great big banners on the side of the road bearing a little green man and declared:
I think this is a brilliant bit of advertising. A little bit of science fiction, light humour and…