Monday, April 30, 2012

Pure Publishing & Design

Pure Publishing & Design is located in the center of Cape Town and offers publishing, web design, graphic design, advertising, branding, and magazine design. Their website is available here http://purepublishing.co.za/

Pure's been in existence for over 40 years and has a variety of clients. In terms of advertising, Pure tends to focus on luxury upscale brands (wine, jewelry) as well as internet security companies. A sort of strange combination, but they're doing well. Let's take a look at one of their print pieces for Waterkloof, a wine brand:


You can see the use of white/black as a contrast here and I really like the typography on the Waterkloof logo. The photography is well done and kept visually entertaining yet simple and elegant. This ad makes me want to go to this restaurant/winery. Now let's take a look at an ad that was done for jewelry client Prins & Pins:

Obviously the jewelry piece is important and is thus featured prominently on the side. I like how the jewelry is left-centered and features text on the right side instead of opting for a boring symmetrical layout. I'm not really into jewelry, but I'd have to think that this ad is pretty well-done for the industry. I'd next to take a look at a logo design that Pure did.

This is a logo for a car dealership, Vehicle Traders. Not much information was available on the site about the client, but clearly the logo design is dynamic and well done in my opinion. I really like how crisp it is. Pure has many other examples of logos and advertising and more that they've done on their website, and I highly recommend checking it out at the link I provided above. I think this is the best website that I've looked at so far in terms of a professional layout and quality of work. 

-Dave Larmann





Wednesday, April 25, 2012

DraftFCB

DRAFTFCB at a glance


DraftFCB is the third largest advertising company in South Africa. It is known for completing tasks in the most simple way possible.

What is DraftFCB's approach: "Delivering the 6.5 Seconds That Matter"

The company feels that there is no time to waste in the advertising world. They developed a process that is designed to get what matters to the customer and do it fast. After drastic amounts of research, DraftFCB found that today consumers are increasingly selective and demanding when dealing with marketing messages. Consumers, now more than ever, have a choice to engage with a marketing message (or not). Their study found that 6.5 seconds is the amount of time consumers give marketers to get their attention and allow the message they are portraying to have an impact. This is true across all medias.

How is DraftFCB structured? 
In a formation they call, "The Wheel". The company thrives itself on its ability to work in unison rather than as separate entities. They developed this procedure to ensure that every phase of development from strategy to execution stays in unison. With such a demanding market of consumers today, efficiency is an important aspect that takes lots of research to get just right and they believe they have figured it out.

DraftFCB's idea of success?
Success is measured in terms of how they change the decision making process of the consumer in favor of their client. In doing so, they focus on three key areas: Consumer Attitudes, Brand Metrics, and Sales.

Clients/Ads

Oreo 

Sharpie


Honda



Other American known clients: 
Taco Bell
Coors light
Dockers
KFC
KY lubrication


Awards 2011 (South Africa Office):
D & AD award: Lexus
Loeries award:  Vodacom, TV on Demand, Toyota

-Julie Jensen



Tuesday, April 24, 2012

King James Group







 

 http://www.kingjames.co.za

Who We Are

King James is the advertising agency. But King James Group is the 8 communication agencies that make up the integrated company. Each individual agency strives to be the best in its field, but when working together the group leaps fearlessly across media and recklessly ignores the rules of traditional marketing.
This is the way integration should be: all under the same roof, thinking outside of media silos, and drinking in the same bar.


Some of their latest work...

Allan Gray

Creeper
Creeper
Legends (Dean)

Steri Stumpie

10 years
10 years
Invisible


Natalie