Shortland Street-based branding agency Principals has developed a new brand design identity for New Zealand commercial law giant Russell McVeagh.
RUN launches Niue’s first brand campaign
Indie creative agency RUN Auckland has created Niue Tourism’s first ever major brand campaign, Real Niue.
Arrivals & Departures: DAN’s Tamahori joins Air NZ, Fairfax CMO now peddles insurance
After two decades, veteran digital specialist Che Tamahori has turned away from the ad business to become Air NZ general manager of user experience.
Doublefish, Crestani, Farmer Clark back Women’s Refuge
Women’s Refuge has teamed up with Wellington indie creative shop Doublefish, Wellington strategy agency Crestani Communications and production house Farmer Clark to raise funds for a new initiative aimed at helping kids caught in the middle of domestic violence.
Rebel with a cause
We’ve long admired the food, music and movie reviews of veteran Auckland journo Peter Calder – usually to be found in the NZ Herald. His latest, in yesterday’s Sunday Herald Travel section, is typically useful.
Disney taps Fish’s Niki Caro
Flying Fish director Niki Caro has been confirmed to direct Disney’s live action remake of Mulan – only the second woman to direct a Disney project with a budget more than $100m and the 5th ever woman to direct a movie over that budget benchmark.
D&AD’s Next Awards create a ballet of pixels
With just one week remaining for photographers and filmmakers to enter this year’s D&AD Next Awards, F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi Rio de Janeiro have released a new series of stop-motion animations as the centrepiece of this year’s Every Pixel Counts campaign, which spotlights the work of previous Next Award winners and the attention to detail of their creative process.
… Meanwhile, D&AD extends Pro Awards deadline
The D&AD Professional Awards deadline has been extended to Wednesday 1 March, giving entrants two more weeks to enter.
Bongs? Briscoes lady?
The creatives at Ogilvy have devised a wickedly funny Axis Pub Quiz to help us while away the rainy weather – while at the same time lighting a fire under the CAANZ entry procedure for the biggest creative show of 2017.
FCB creatives prime 2 million Vodafone Prepay deals
FCB developed the creative that has to date persuaded more than individual 430,000 Kiwis to redeem Vodafone’s current Million Free Prepay Deals offer, proving that free data and minutes is – to say the least – appetising for users.
