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Levi’s loves local

mandyd — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:13:55 +0000

Levi's shows Mzansi the love with its Facebook fan page that showcases cool local artists, photographers and other cultural agents.

Stop me if you’ve heard this before.

mandyd — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:33:48 +0000

"78% of people repeat themselves, repeat themselves, repeat themselves" – Print ad for Binboa Vodka.

Wikileaks and the new world of journalism

mandyd — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:16:45 +0000

The blogs all local editors and journalists should be reading - how Wikileaks is changing journalism and what that means in terms of media thinking.

CHEW’s Africa Issue

mandyd — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:21:04 +0000

Oliver Hambsch is the design genius behind the cover of the latest issue of CHEW Magazine which focuses on Africa.

Vodacom’s too cool

mandyd — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:50:09 +0000

Vodacom's new Daddy Cool commercial is sure to remind South Africans about everything that's cool about being South African.

Mon Dieu! France.fr

mandyd — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:40:23 +0000

France's new national tourism site has been down for a week. That's what MandyLives!com would call a #nationbrandfail.

Cape Town Stadium’s new logo gets an ‘f’ for fugly

mandyd — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:00:38 +0000

The new logo for Cape Town Stadium is a pedestrian, sub-standard attempt at a brand device meant to sell a world class facility for one of the finest cities on the globe.

Recalibration

mandyd — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:00:13 +0000

Al McKay of Yellowwood Future Architects says the world is looking for a complexity antidote, to return to what is familiar and comforting. What industries can we expect to see flourishing from this trend?

Happy Birthday Madiba

mandyd — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:33:39 +0000

MandyLives!com celebrates Nelson Mandela's birthday this weekend with an image of him used in an advertising campaign that helped turn Apple's fortunes around in the late nineties.

He’s just one ridiculously handsome guy. (To bad he had to say goodbye).

mandyd — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:41:29 +0000

After a breathtaking run in what has been called the smartest social media campaigns of its kind, the Old Spice guy has hung up his soap on a rope.

Crowdsourcing racism

mandyd — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:00:19 +0000

Vaseline recently launched a Facebook page that offers an avatar that people can adjust to make themselves look whiter to promote the brand's male skin-care whitening product in India. Critics outside India have lambasted the campaign calling it 'crowdsourcing racism'.

iPhone 4 brand bruising

mandyd — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:48:39 +0000

Apple's brand hasn't been doing well of late and the iPhone 4 antennae debacle has been particularly bruising for the brand, but it's provided good fodder for satirists. Watch out for Apple's media conference today, but don't expect news of a recall.

World Cup winners, and losers

mandyd — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:39:37 +0000

The 2010 Soccer World Cup winners, and losers according to Velma Botha, head of brand strategy and research company OIL.

BP = Brand Poison

mandyd — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:21:30 +0000

With news BP is going to be investigated for allegedly negotiating the release of the Lockerbie bomber in an oil-for-terrorist deal it seems as if BP's reputation couldn't possibly get worse. BP has struggled to stem the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, but what won't be stemmed is the flow of outrage at the BP brand which has handled the oil spill crisis so badly.

Brilliant book design

mandyd — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:00:03 +0000

For one of the most intelligent book design places online mossy on over to Faceout Books - which is a great place to explore and learn if you're a designer or interested in book design. "This is not a blog to rip apart what we dislike—everyone has a different aesthetic. This is a blog about the challenges and outcomes of a project. We are here to teach and be taught by one another."