StopPress Team
Festive freshness
WREDA fuses street art with digital interaction for Wellington Advent Calendar
Wellington is counting down to Christmas with a colourful instalment of Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency's (WREDA) annual Wellington Advent Calendar by four local artists and DNA.
Equality
Westpac helps make gender diversity in business front page news
Westpac New Zealand, with the help of FCB Media, is tackling the issue of gender diversity in business leadership roles with a message about women’s underrepresentation in the New Zealand Herald that’s hard to ignore.
Tis the (robotic) season
A German supermarket looks 100 years into the future...
German supermarket Edeka has done something a little different for its holiday ad with a sci-fi take on Christmas by looking into the future.
Spin cycle
The world's newest film star: A washing machine
Last week, Samsung released a mesmerising TVC that watches a load of washing go round and round. Now, it's turning the idea into a feature film.
Saying aye to AI
TRA gets up to $15 million for AI research and development
TRA has been approved for up to $15 million in funding from Callaghan Innovation to assist with its research and development (R&D;) ventures around artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Street art
Adshel, Urban Art and Wellington City Council bring art into the real world with a permanent public art gallery
Outdoor advertising company Adshel NZ has partnered with the Wellington City Council and the Urban Art Foundation in an initiative to enrich the vibrancy of the capital city.
Think local
Andrew J. Steel helps Nespresso bring flavours to life
Nespresso has chosen to go local for its Christmas coffee collection reveal – getting Auckland-based artist Andrew J. Steel to create a one-off mural.
Good cause
Blunt Umbrellas, Oxfam NZ and Flox make limited edition umbrellas for charity
Oxfam New Zealand, Blunt Umbrellas and Kiwi artist Flox have collaborated on a limited-edition ‘Flox for Blunt’ umbrella to help raise interest in, and funds, for Oxfam NZ’s climate change initiatives in the Pacific region.
Channel battles
Spark pits traditional media vs. social media in Kiwinade launch experiment, calls on businesses to up their digital game
Spark Lab recently pitted social media against traditional advertising in a bid to see which would perform better in launching a product, a drink dubbed Kiwinade, in the local market.
