Camp Nectar Creates ‘Real’ Fruit Boxes From ‘Real’ Fruit

Camp Nectar Real Juice BoxesThe video really explains it all, and they sing it to the tune of ‘Old McDonalds’s Farm’. Camp Nectar wanted a way to promote that their juice boxes are made with real fruit juices.

Brazilian ad agency ageisobar came up with the idea to create ‘real’ fruit boxes. They created plastic molds and placed them around the passion fruits and guava still growing on the trees on a farm in Paranapanema.

After two years of experiments, they finally achieved their goal and were able to create over 1100 of the juice-box shaped fruits.

The results of their efforts were exhibited in supermarkets, fairs and fruit markets.

It’s not the first time we’ve seen fruits grown in odd shapes, back in 2009 a Japanese farmer grew heart-shaped watermelons and not to be outdone the chinese grew pears in the shape of Buddah.

Brazil

Wellington Craft Beer Competition Promoted By Beer Brewed in a Bus Shelter

Wellington in a Pint

Click photo to view album (photo fr. Wellington in a Pint Facebook page)

The folks at Wellington, NZ ad agency ClemengerBBDO have gotten together with the pubs of Craft Beer Capital and craft breweries Parrotdog, Tuatara, Garage Project and Yeastie Boys (best name ever) to try to capture the spirit of the New Zealand capital in the ‘Wellington in a Pint’ campaign.

As part of the campaign, Anderson Design created a special shelter on Manners Street, in which they placed a special 30 litre tank (with UV coating to protect it from the sun, and heating pads to protect it from cold) of wort to ferment. In the photo album caption they admit, “it probably won’t taste very good, so we’re calling it Bad Manners”.

Round 1 began in April, and participants were asked to submit their creative idea desrcibing Wellington would be via the website or on the back of special beer-mats. A few of the more colorful examples include “”Bohemian Armpit – flavoured with a hint of cumin and patchouli”, “Courtenay’s Tears – a youthful beer best drunk on a Friday” or “Black Umbrella – dark and blows you away”.

Round 2 is the creative brewing portion where home brewers can step up and make a beer of their own to submit. For winners will be selected by a crew of judges that includes local chefs, footballers, cricketers and New Zealand’s foremost doom, stoner-rock metal group ‘Beastwars'(!!)

Round 3 will see craft breweries Parrotdog, Tuatara, Garage Project and Yeastie Boys selecting one each of the winning beers, refine it and turn it into a professional craft beer for the beer-loving masses.

On June 27 the beers will be released to the thirsty public in Wellington, and yes, I just went and checked on flights to New Zealand ($2400 return from Toronto).

The campaign is brilliantly supported by social media, including a Facebook page, Twitter profile, Google Maps and Foursquare tip list.

New Zealand

Giant Vending Machine Dispenses British Columbia Experiences

100BCMomentsSan Franciscans passing by Justin Herman Plaza on May 17 stumbled across a 14-foot-tall, 10 foot-wide vending machine that appeared overnight. No, it wasn’t another magical Coke machine. This was the BC Moments Machine, a promotion for Tourism British Columbia and the 100BCMoments website encouraging people to consider a visit to BC this summer.

Throughout the day the BC Moments Machine ‘dispensed’ such exciting items as mountain bikes, kayaks and BC-made surfboards.

The experiential campaign was created by Citizen Optimum, with the vending machine produced by The Media Merchants.

Canada

Battlebots Deathmatch Tests Durability of PergoMax Floors

Pergo versus Battlebots in Floor WarsCould your laminate floors stand up to a crew of fire-breathing, food-squirting, spatula-spinning, high-heel spiking Battlebots? It’s been 10 years since the Battlebots TV show was cancelled, but in this spot the Battlebots are back to fight it out on the newly-installed floor.

The story behind the spot is that the woman entered to win a new floor a while back. After installation she is reminded about the ‘fine print’ that includes a ‘durability test’. The durability test includes the Battlebots deathmatch, screaming robotic students and a speed metal band. Of course, it all works out in the end and the floor comes out without a scratch or dent (unlike Botweiler, who falls to Trick Shot in the final round).

The PergoMax BattleBot Facebook app features bios of all six Battlebots used in the shoot, as well as the different styles and features of Pergo laminate floors. If you live in the US you can like the video for a chance to win a PergoMax floor of your own.

The campaign was put together by Atlanta-based agency Fitzgerald+Co, with video production by Partizan.

USA

Closed Paris Subway Station Serves as Stage for Prometheus Promotion

Prometheus Promo takes over closed Paris subway stationPassengers on the Paris Subway may have been surprised to look up and for a few seconds see a strange glimpse into the future or the past, as imagined in the upcoming movie ‘Prometheus‘.

The promotion takes over the Saint-Marten station, which has been closed since 1939. The station has been transformed into the cave from the movie where the explorers from Prometheus come across the origins of humanity.

The Prometheus ghost station will be live from May 16 to 25 between the Strasbourg-Saint-Denis and République stops.

Watch this brief clip of the view from inside the subway train as it passes by the promotion.

via Minute Buzz

France

Scotch Brite asks São Paulo diners, “Don’t Want to Pay the Bill, Wash the Dishes”

Scotch Brite - Don't Want to Pay the Bill? Wash the DishesHow do you create a fun experiential campaign to promote a dish washing sponge to an audience in their 20s? Buy them dinner.

3M’s Scotch Brite may be the #1 sponge brand in Brazil, but there was little awareness among the younger audience. For one week Scotch Brite teamed up with São Paulo restaurants that were frequented by the target market.

When the bill arrived, the diners were presented with an intriguing offer. Instead of a bill, the waitress passed them a Scotch Brite sponge with the message; “Don’t Want to Pay the Bill, Wash the Dishes”.

As explained in the video, for a relatively small investment and using the element of an unexpected surprise, Scotch Brite created a ‘try-it-yourself’ experience worth talking about.

The ‘Wash Your Bill’ campaign was created by Grey 141’s office in São Paulo.

Brazil

EVOC Promotes Protective Backpack with Indestructible Billboard

Evoc Indestructible BillboardGermany’s Evoc is a manufacturer of premium backpacks and protective equipment for outdoor sports enthusiasts. Their backpacks feature an integrated back protector that can absorb nearly 80% of the impact to the wearer’s back. The protective technology could prevent countless spinal injuries.

To create awareness and demonstrate the strength of Evoc’s integrated back protector they created a unique interactive billboard. Passerby were invited to punch, kick, head-butt an Evoc backpack that had been attached to the billboard. Sensors measured the energy of each impact as well as how much energy was absorbed by the back protector. The results were updated to the Evoc Facebook page in real time and then shown ranked on a leaderboard. An image of each participant was captured at impact which they then could tag and share with their social networks.

The Indestructible Billboard was created by Publicis Munich.

Germany

‘Piss Off’ Game Rewards Dutch Dudes for Peeing in the Right Pot

Waternet launches Piss Off game in AmsterdamI’m not sure I can call it a trend, but this is the second ‘pee-related’ campaign I’ve posted about this week. (warning: video embedded above semi-discreetly shows Dutch guys peeing)

Koninginnedag is Queen’s Day, a national holiday in the Netherlands celebrating Queen Beatrix. The Dutch people gather together dressed in bright orange, to party in the streets, squares and even on boats in the canals. The problem is with all that alcohol intake, the guys are looking for somewhere close by to relieve themselves, and the canal conveniently fits that bill.

In an effort to keep the canals clean Dutch water supplier Waternet launched ‘Pot Je Pissen’ (Piss Off), a game that rewards those free-peeing gentlemen for using the proper facilities. The game was powered by flow detectors that were installed in each of the urinal stations, and a large digital screen displayed teh results. Whichever guy could pee the most would win the game and earn their water taxes back as a bonus.

I can’t close this post without commenting on those plastic urinal station setups located just steps away from people passing by seem very public. I’ve never been to Amsterdam so maybe that’s the norm at these festivals, and anything is better than having guys pee in the alley and canals. I assume there’s more private facilities nearby for the ladies to use.

The ‘Pot Je Pissen’ campaign comes from the creative folk at Achtung!

Netherlands

Swedish Armed Forces Thinks Literally ‘Inside the Box’ For Recruitment Experiment

Swedish Armed Forces - Who Cares?On social media, users have commonly expressed their support for or against causes through shares, tweets and status updates. The term Slactivism has been used to brand these low-involvement activities, and as you would expect, there is much debate on whether creating awareness through social media via status updates truly benefits the cause.

With this is mind, the Swedish Armed Forces was wondering how they could attract young people to an occupation where they would have to give up their real comforts in order to help other people. They staged a scenario to determine how far people were willing to go for one another. A volunteer was placed inside a locked box in central Stockholm, they would have to stay in the box until someone willingly replaced him. Each hour a door would open; if someone was at the door the person could leave, if not they had to stay there for however long it took for someone to arrive to replace them.

A camera inside the box streamed live video of the volunteer to a live banner on YouTube, the Swedish Armed Forces website and on digital signage in the area. During the 89 hours of the experiment, 70 people stepped forward to free someone that they had never met.

The campaign was widely discussed on social media and the website drew over 100,000 visitors in 4 days. The goal of getting 4300 applications for 1430 positions was surpassed when they received 93000 applications, more than double their original goal.

The campaign was created by DDB Stockholm.

Sweden

Fiat Illustrates Fuel Economy of Novo Uno with ‘Powered by Pee’ Test-Drive

Fiat 'Powered by Pee' Test DrivesBefore you start envisioning the image of a dude using the gas tank of an unsuspecting Fiat Uno new… sorry, what? I’m too late?

The Fiat ‘If Pee Were Gas’ campaign out of Brazil does indeed feature several dudes doing their business, but thankfully this ‘test-drive’ challenge was confined to the men’s washroom of the bar.

Flow monitors were installed in the urinals, and a small digital screen was placed onto the wall above it. The more pee that flowed, the further the image of the Fiat Uno New traveled on the twisting roads on the digital screen. A small image of the player’s face was captured and placed onto a leaderboard along with the distance their Fiat Novo Uno drove. Thankfully the functionality to actually steer the car weren’t included.

Did it work? The case study video explains that searches for the Uno on Fiat’s website rose 12% during the promotion, and fuel-economy became the first feature mentioned at the moment of purchase (second was design).

The campaign was created by Leo Burnett Tailor Made.

Brazil