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New Zealand agencies hit with moderate dose of awards fever
There have been a plethora of announcements about finalists and nomination lists for international advertising awards in the last few days. And just a select few Kiwi agencies have garnered accolades and praise for their handiwork.
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Colenso gets gold with Auckland Festival sponsorship
Not content just being the chief executive of the Clemenger Group, Jim Moser will also take up a role on the Board of Trustees for the Auckland Festival, with Colenso BBDO becoming a Gold Sponsor of the 2011 event in return for advertising services.
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Fisher & Paykel attempt to redress national sock imbalance
Much has been much written about the scourge of modern day washing that is the missing sock. It’s the bane of many a life, it is the subject of much conjecture and speculation and it is a mystery that, if Fisher & Paykel’s new Lost Sock campaign is anything to go by, seems likely to remain forever unsolved, because, despite the best efforts of its talented team of designers, engineers and scienticians, the appliance maker has admitted that it is the one thing it hasn’t quite managed to figure out.
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Colenso rewarded for paper cuts
Following on from two golds in the ‘charity’ and ‘art direction and typography’ categories at the 2010 Axis awards, Colenso BBDO’s animated film of Maurice Gee’s novel Going West, which was produced for The New Zealand Book Council to promote books and reading, has received another nod, this time from the Museum of Art and Design in New York.
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Colenso to carry Kiwi flag at Asian Effectiveness games
Colenso BBDO has picked up four finalist nods for the Asian Marketing Effectiveness Awards, the most of any agency in Australasia and more than any other agency in the BBDO network. And it’s the only Kiwi agency to make the cut.
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Well-hung billboard erected to ensure package delivery
An essential element of TV One’s new show Hung can now be seen in 3D, but only if you cop a glance (or, for committed violators, a feel) of the rather risqué billboard, which was recently erected on Victoria St in Auckland in an attempt to get mass market penetration.
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Colenso gets its Brits out
Colenso BBDO executive creative director Nick Worthington has beefed up the agency’s roster with a couple of new foreign imports after snaffling young UK creative team Will Bingham and Victoria Daltrey.
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Whip it. Whip it real good
Who it’s for: Fruju Fruit Whip
Why we like it: A moderately depressing, tongue in cheek look at the domestic reality of the modern day whipping boy. Unashamedly sexist, yet, at times, remarkably accurate.
This quirky, artsy Kapiti ice cream TVC …
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Colenso dangles the Garrett
The official release has been sent and no-one’s particularly surprised with its content: Clemenger Group has appointed Nick Garrett as managing director of Colenso BBDO, beginning 1 March 2010.
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Paper cuts and chocolatey evil
Who it’s for: New Zealand Book Council
Why we like it: Colenso and London’s Andersen M Studios worked for eight-months to bring Maurice Gee’s Going West to life in an attempt to promote more reading. Everything in the moody, beautiful film is hand-made/cut, the …
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Goings make way for comings at Colenso
As we all know, ’tis been a season of flux and upheaval in adland. And the Colenso stable will have a distinctly different look to it in the new year.
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Colenso whippersnappers ranked third in world
Colenso BBDO’s young creatives have bagged six of the 11 awards handed out to New Zealand agencies at the Young Guns International YGAwards, including the country’s only gold and silver bullets.
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Colenso fills management hole – maybe
Campaign Brief are reporting that Nick Garrett, BMF Sydney’s group account director, will be taking over from Brent Smart as managing director at Colenso.
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Lambasting the lamb-eaters
Who it’s for: Silver Fern Farms
Why we like it: Good Kiwi man ‘o the land takes back what’s rightfully ours from a bunch of Euro aristocrats. More patriotic post-colonial New Zealand humour from the stubbie-loving Colenso crew.
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Speculation confirmed: Smart to depart
The official word is in: Colenso BBDO will farewell managing director Brent Smart at the end of this year as he takes up the reins at BBDO West, based in San Francisco.
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Yellow turns Golden at AWARD awards
AIM Proximity and Colenso BBDO were handed a prestigious Golden Pencil at last night’s AWARD awards for the Yellow Treehouse campaign (Direct Marketing – Integrated Solutions).
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Get Smart (to San Fran)
The feverish adland rumour mill continues to turn and it appears Colenso BBDO CEO Brent Smart is the latest reshuffle in an increasingly long line of recent industry reshufflings.
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Snaps from the Effies
A jolly good night had by ad land at Auckland’s Sky City Convention Centre last Thursday – here are some pics from our gallery. Pics by Francis van Beek.
NZ Marketing magazine's Martin Bell (far left) presented Frucor the award for Most Effective Client of the Year (on stage …