HOME-GROWN: HOWARD GREENHALGH FOR DOVE

Our directors are keeping everyone looking young and feeling fresh this week, what with Lucy's latest Garnier UltraLift spot, and now our very own Howard Greenhalgh's brand new ad for Dove Men+Care deodorant:

SOFIA COPPOLA + H&M + MARNI

Oscar-winning writer/director Sofia Coppola's been roped in to shoot the campaign video for H&M's next designer collaboration, with cult Italian design house Marni.

The ad, which was shot this week in Marrakech, will air online and on TV early next year, and the collection will be in stores on March 8th 2012 (but you already knew that). 

To be honest, it's nice to see H&M venturing away from their preferred director Johan Renck for their designer campaigns. He is undeniably talented, but the spots have become a little predictable. We're looking fwd to seeing Coppola's take very soon.

HOME-GROWN: LUCY BLAKSTAD FOR GARNIER

Check out our very own Lucy Blakstad's latest ad for Garnier UltraLift! Starring the lovely Davina McCall, the spot shines a light on UltraLift's customers; real women, real beauty, and real feedback.

Look out for this campaign on your TV very soon, and enjoy Lucy's director's cut below now. Hurrah!

XMAS TV ADS

Here's a little something festive from funny man Adam Buxton, celebrating the unique art of television advertising at Christmas...

UNHATE

Never one to shy away from publicity (& a bit of controversy), Benetton's latest ad campaign depicts famous world leaders having a kiss & make up. 

Above we have the People's Republic of China's president Hu Jintao landing a smacker on Barack Obama's lips. Below are Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and leader of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas, and below that are German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. 

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HOME.CORP DIRECTORS WIN BIG AT PROMAX

How shall we kick off the week, then? How about with some shiny statues! Huge congrats are in order for not one, but two HOME.corp directors after this weekend's Promax Awards 2011.

Our very own Jon Yeo walked away with the Gold award (pictured top-right) in the Best Use of Design category, for his sumptuous South Bank Sky Arts Awards promo below:

And our very own and newly-adopted Jamie Childs walked away with the Silver award (pictured top-left) in the Best Direct Response Promo for this excellent Tuborg Liquid Soundtrack spot. Hurrah!

J-LEW XMAS AD

We predict a tidal wave of mum tears washing over the land as soon as this starts airing; it's the new John Lewis Christmas ad:

HOME-GROWN: JAMIE CHILDS UP FOR PROMAX AWARD

Can we get a 'Woop Woop' for the newest addition to the HOME.corp family, Jamie Childs?

Our very own Jamie has been with us all of 5 minutes and he's already up for 'Best Direct Response Promo' at this year's Promax awards. The nomination is for this awesome spot for Tuborg lager below. Congrats & fingers crossed!

STICKS + STONES

This is definitely not a post about Cher Lloyd. It is a post about a fairly cool promotion concept for her new album, whereby a custom-spray-painted billboard located in the heart of East London was created & filmed in this crafty little timelapse video below. (Definitely not about Cher Lloyd).

HOME-GROWN: HOWARD GREENHALGH FOR PANASONIC

Whoop whoop. Check out our very own Howard Greenhalgh's brand new ad for Panasonic's award winning Smart Viera range of high-definition televisions. 

The brand is an official worldwide partner of the London 2012 Olympic games, hence the athlete doing some rather impressive gymnastics on top of a giant telly. Or is it her that's very small? We're not sure. Either way - we love it.

THE VERY BEST OF VERSACE FOR H&M

Check out this bonkers but beautiful video from The Very Best of Versace for H&M (which we first told you about here). The collection is out on November 17th, and the ad was directed by long time H&M collaborator Johan Renck. 

We've also got our hands on some behind-the-scenes footage from the shoot in London. Excellent.

BRAND USA

Ever wondered how an entire nation goes about rebranding itself? Well, wonder no more. Head over to Brand Republic for a very interesting yet slightly bizarre account of how America is planning to give itself a brand refresh, via a new tourism body called Brand USA.

OLD ADS

Perfume ads have certainly come a long way over the past thirty years. Here's a few of our favourite old-school spots that we've managed to track down on YouTube.

GET WELL SOUP

The lovely people at digital agency We Are Social have devised a rather nifty campaign with canned  goods specialists Heinz. 

As the colder months roll in and everyone around you gets the sniffles, pop over to Heinz's facebook page and send your ailing friends a personalised 'get well' can of eiher cream of tomato or chicken-flavoured soup, for just £1.99.

HOME-GROWN: JONATHAN GREGSON FOR WAITROSE

Our very own Jonathan Gregson keeps it nice & simple with his brand new ad for Waitrose and their essential range. Dont know about you, but we're suddenly craving a delicious spag bol. 

WHY TRY HARDER

We can't stop loling at this new ad from Pot Noodle. Wagalicious. 

HOME-GROWN: HOWARD GREENHALGH FOR CASTROL

Congrats to our very own Howard Greenhalgh on his fantastic new spot for Castrol Power1. The ambitious ad sees a wild cheetah racing against a Castrol-fuelled motorcycle on a high-tech race track. Awesome stuff.

I AM THE SUIT

Hats off to French Connection for their latest ad. We love everything about it. The art direction, the off-beat gangsta vibe, and of course the clothes. Let's watch it together one more time:

GET THE LONDON LOOK

Well this is just bizarre, buuuut Kate Moss is in it, so we'll write about it anyway (our soft-spot for her is out of control).

Make-up brand Rimmel London are celebrating 10 years of miss Moss as their brand ambassador with this frankly unhinged 4-minute film, which sees her frolicking around in a bed filled with teenagers (?), then setting off the sprinklers on them (??), then off to join The Vaccines for a bit of faux-guitar antics, followed by an impromptue naked photo shoot, and finally flying off in a helicopter (as you do). Thoroughly entertaining.

The decade-long collaboration is also celebrated with the release of a new collection of lippies (pictured below) created by KM herself. More on those here.

J'ADORE

Determined to plow on undeterred post the still-fresh Galliano fiasco (and a mere few days before the official announcement of Marc Jacobs as their new creative director - is that not official yet?), Dior have just unleashed their latest film/campaign for hit fragrance J'adore.

Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, the film sees a stunning Charlize Theron (who fronts the campaign for the second time - obviously a popular choice) milling around the Chateau de Versailles' infamous Galerie des Glaces, getting ready to step onto the catwalk, and in very good company...