This one had been on my radar a few months ago…And I must admit, I’m partial to it for a few reasons…

1. It’s British
2. It’s simple
3. It’s just awesomely qwirky!

These commercials were deemed a great success in Britain and really, they’re quite simple.  The narrative is spot-on and we’re just so abstract they really caught my attention. The pieces were made by  D.A.D.D.Y. and they’ve created four fake, animated PSAs for the “British Biscuit Advisory Board” (Rocky Biscuits) to promote safe biscuit-eating practices.  Check out the 4 pieces, all together in the video above!

Have you Ever flown on Porter Airlines?  If you haven’t,  but you’re about to fly to one of the destinations they serve…I highly recommend it.  The experience of travelling with Porter is something I’ve never really experienced on an airline…From the waiting lounge in Toronto (with real cups for coffee!) ,  their custom water bottles,  (each with custom labels), The advertising, the website and even the uniforms,  you get a distinct feeling that you’re flying with a top-notch, classy airline.

My hat’s off to this brand team!

A friend had tweeted about this campaign earlier in January 2010 about this campaign that Doritos cooked up for their prized commercial spot for this year’s Superbowl. They accepted user submitted commercials, posted them online for voting, and the video with the most votes, took the commercial spot …and got a huge pile of cash…(to the tune of $250,000) … Here’s the mashup of the top 6 commercials…Talk about letting the public take control of your brand!

One of my favourite bands took to the stage last night in England with the song that spun me onto them – Kasabian. They played Fire at the Brit Awards 2010 show. First time I’ve seen the band play with a full Horn section, and the usual group of backing singers. There were however, mixed reactions regarding the pyro work…With a song called Fire…It was nice to see …fire on the stage…but could they have added a bit more? …Watch it below…

If you live in Canada…and have watched any of the olympics on CTV…I know you’ve heard this song….The song has been written for CTV and while having had a music video created (below), has also been transformed to the melody on all CTV olympic commercial spots, their sportscasts of the events, and within ceremony presentations (Was part of the opening ceremony…maybe also part of the closing ceremony in a few weeks?)  … Its interesting because having only heard the song since Friday evening, As soon as I hear the melody on any of these spots…I’m instantly associating it with the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics on CTV…Neat example how powerful even audio can be with your brand…