Friday, January 29

Tweet-o-matic


Nokia is one of Wunderman's most interesting clients. As you can imagine, the mobile phone market is an area that anyone with a taste for innovation is sure to love.

Our colleagues over in New York have just launched the Tweet-o-matic for Nokia. A very clever widget that brings together the Twitter and Ovi brands into one very useful (and fun) utilitity. Click here to find out more.

Thursday, January 28

MySchool

Two days before the agency closed for Christmas, Wunderman Sydney were invited to pitch for the Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority (ACARA) business. The submission was due only two days after the agency reopened in the new year.

We prepared the document over the break, submitted it in the nick of time and were awarded the business 24 hours later. Our first project began immediately – TV and radio commercials promoting the MySchool website. The site, discussed heavily in recent press, is part of the initiative to make Australian education more transparent so parents have all the information they need about their community's schools. The ultimate goal is to make education better for all Australian children.

The TV and radio commercials feature children talking about a single part of their own school so they create a larger continuous story about the diversity of Australian schools. As the story unfolds, their illustrations connect in one seamless pictorial narrative.

The whole sequence was captured in-camera and uses clever production work to create a quirky motion of fast-moving hands while the camera pan remains at an even pace.

Thursday, January 21

AIMIA Finalist


We've just found out that Wunderman Sydney has a finalist in the 16th Australian Interactive Media Industry Awards. Microsoft's TenGrandisBuriedHere.com campaign is listed as a finalist in the Effectiveness category. The winners will be announced on Friday 5th March. For the complete list of finalists and to see what the rest of Australia is doing well in digital, visit http://www.aimia.com.au/i-cms?page=6636

Tuesday, January 12

2009 Lester Wunderman Awards


We've just learned that Wunderman Sydney has two finalists in the Lester Wunderman Awards. All up, there are 36 finalists from 18 offices across 13 countries. Our "Earth in Your Hands" augmented reality microsite for WWF's Earth Hour is a finalist for Online Excellence and our campaign for Microsoft's "Teacher Tools" is a finalist in the Marketing Ideas category.

The final round of judging takes place imminently with winners to be announced shortly thereafter. Fingers crossed.

See "Earth in Your Hands" at www.ourawardentries.com.au/earthinyourhands

The posters from the Teacher Tools campaign are pictured below.

Monday, January 11

Next stop Shanghai


Last week we bid farewell to mighty Melanie Elliott. She's headed off to Shanghai to take up a senior position in the Ford regional team.

Mel's been a fixture of 162 Collins for as long as anyone can remember and we're really gonna miss her. So much so, we gave her a guard of honour as she stepped into the lift and out of our office. Good luck Mel!

Tuesday, January 5

Lester Wunderman Award 2009


Wunderman Australia's Chris Jeffares, Matt Batten and Jason Stubbs have been selected to help judge the 2009 Lester Wunderman Award alongside a panel which represents 19 countries in 23 offices.

The LWA rewards creative leadership, marketing innovation and online excellence across the global Wunderman Network encompassing Blast Radius, ZAAZ, AGENDA, KBM, TheseDays and other industry leaders.

Australia received many accolades laast year at local and global shows like Caples, ECHO, ADMA, APMA, Globes ... and the team are keen to get the score sheets out looking at the best ideas the network created in 2009.