Soccer. Three Failwhales on a Shirt.

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Soccer. Three Failwhales on a Shirt.

Juni 28th, 2010 • Underway
Tags: Funny, soccer, Truth, Underway, World

Yes, you can call it Schadenfreude. Watching England lose against Germany after days of the usual British yellow press saber rattling (along with all anti German sentiments you can think of) is just glorious. Plus, watching the British Press whine about the ‘Anti Wembley’ goal is just hilarious. Who quoted the 1966 goal as proof of British superiority for four decades now? At least Germany did not win with just one goal difference.

To end my rant here, I found this wonderful suggestion for a revision of the existing British Arms of Coats today on twitter. Time to end malice now, but I think our sarcasm wouldn’t be as pronounced as it is, if words like ‘The Hun’ would simply be banned from England’s Yellow Press. For god’s sake, it is 2010.

I kind of like the logo. How about you?

Nike. Write the Future.

Mai 21st, 2010 • 2 comments Ads, Brands
Tags: Ads, Agencies, Brands, Cool, Creativity, fifa, Fun, Funny, Ideas, Lifestyle, Media, Nike, soccer, visual, We like, wieden & kennedy, World

Okay Nike. Nice one.

The sportswear brand really becomes a web video specialist. After the last couple of really cool, entertaining commercials Nike brings the fun back into advertising (and to be honest – I don’t care whether a commercial entertains me on TV or Youtube, as long as it’s fun to watch.) ‘Write the Future’ is an inspiring ride, featuring some of the greatest football stars of today. Its topic is the one moment when a player is in control of the ball and whole nations start to scream and shout or start to cry.

The new commercial was created by Wieden & Kennedy and was directed by director and producer Alejandro G. Iñarritu (21 Grams, Babel). It stages stars like Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Wayne Rooney, Fabio Cannavaro, Franck Ribery, Andres Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott, Patrice Evra, Gerard Pique, Ronaldinho, Landon Donovan, Tim Howard and Thiago Silva, with guest cameos by tennis legend Roger Federer and basketball superstar Kobe Bryant. Homer Simpson completes the star-studded cast of appearances. The film will be shown on TV for the first time on May 22nd during the European Club Final.

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