Very Digital on Markedsføring.dk

Once again Huset Markedsføring has mentioned us, and it’s always nice to be noticed. This time around they have told the positive story about our digital department Very Digital: New great people have been added to the team, increasing demands on digital solutions, and exciting new clients have been ensnared (or the other way around). Well, no need to be rambling on in English. Read the great news in Danish right here: www.markedsforing.dk/artikler/vis/artikel/very-digital-opruster

l’art pour l’art et l’art pour toi

This is one way of bringing fantasy and magical moments into everyday life. With inventive and open eyes everything can come to life… Check out the best of street art 2011 at: www.tout-bon.com/best-of-street-art-2011

Free your mind and knowledge will follow

Have you checked out Wikipedia today? If not, do it! Wikipedia might not be the most reliable source of information ever, but as with everything else you have to make critical evaluations of your sources. With that in mind this encyclopedia of the digital age is the largest bibliotheca of information in the history of mankind – and that counts for something.

At this very moment the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could block the free and open Internet. Wikipedia has gone into a blackout for 24 hours to raise awareness of the importance of an open source encyclopedia. This is of course not only about Wikipedia, but also about the very right to open and free knowledge in the digital age of mankind.

Welcome to the jungle… We’ve got funny games!

Even though social media has become a well-integrated part of our lives, it still seems that a lot of people has a hard time figuring out where to be and what to use. And of course there’s no simple answer (lucky for us), but still, it’s all about making sense in the given situation – as socializing always has been about dah! The infographic only gives you a quick guide on how to manoeuvre at the moment, but the jungle is tricky, you know. It plays by it’s own rules.

I’m in. You’re out!

The infographic is pretty funny, but at the same time a screenshot from the time being. We’ve seen these platforms transform and suddenly something new is top of the food chain. Google+ has been bashed a lot since it crashed landed in the jungle of social media. Check out this joke for instance:

But the thing about Google+ is that it has an abundance of opportunities that we haven’t see rolled out yet. We’re not saying that it’s going to take over the world in 2012, but it has the potential to “become” the web in greater extent than Facebook – even though Facebook has had its eyes set on just that for years. Remember we said POTENTIAL! 800.000.000 users are hard to compete with though. But a couple of years back we saw the same thing with MySpace and Facebook, so who knows. Justin Timberlake just bought MySpace and plans to resurrect the sleeping jukebox hero. It’ll be exiting to see where he’s taking it.

The point of all the verbal diarrhoea is: social media has proven to move as fast and transforming as fashion for example – the two of them are much alike… So be prepared! We are. Scouts honor!

We all need a persistent hero

While you’re waiting for the last chapter in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, you should check out a slightly different interpretation of the rubber dressed character. THIS time he is more persistent than a STD…

New aspects of storytelling

Mccann Digital has taken up the challenge to implement Facebook Timeline in an advertising campaign. We don’t want to spoil it for you, it’s better that you check it out for yourself, but what we can tell you is that it shows plenty of opportunities for new aspects of online storytelling. The question is: Is this the point where social media really grasps storytelling and make use of its full potential? It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock ‘n’ roll, and this is just the beginning…

Check it out: https://www.facebook.com/Antidrugstimeline

Sketching on paper goes digital…

This is a really cool tool for creatives who just sketch better on REAL paper! The Inkling sketch pen captures a digital likeness of your ideas, and transforms them into digital images. But that’s not all. The Inkling pen allows you to create layers in digital files while you sketch on paper. Later you can export your ideas to apps such as Adobe® Photoshop® and Illustrator®. Now go get it and become a world famous artist – simple as that!

The Doomsday Year of 2012

Well actually the Mayan calendar didn’t say anything about the end of days, instead it predicted a new beginning! To ruin all apocalyptic conspiracies the actual end date of their calendar was 28/10 2011, so save the drama for your mamma.

We’re looking forward to a new beginning and an exciting new year with loads of awesomeness… Put this track on (we’ve listened quite a lot to it this year), get the buzzing feeling of everything-is-possible, and have a blast on new year’s eve!

Happy New… yeah you know the rest (arrhh okay then)… Year!

Mordern warfare in the Very heart of the city…

First we heard a roaring sound from above… We thought it was aliens dropping by for a drink, but no! We were under attack… or actually we weren’t. Our talented nabours at Robert Boisen & Like-Minded were just messing around – good job guys, but we almost got hit (digitally that is).

See the video here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150500367439297

Verylicious X-mas

And so this is… Friday, and soon we’ll all be riding home for Christmas in chiming chariots. It has been a fantastic year at Very, and that’s all because of the wonderful peeps who have worked for and with us, so thank you – may you all get that green Peter Pan tricot you always wished for, and maybe a life size pirate ship on the side with Village People dancing on deck.

On the 23rd day of Christmas Very gave to you… (drums)… (fireworks)… The Farting Elves!

Happy Holidays!

Trapped in a digital world?

Here’s a helping hand when you can’t seem to find your way through the endless rows of updates, tweets, emails, news, and everything else from that www…  Little Printer will change all that with a receipt-sized collection of personalized material, twice daily. That’s the analogue way of living in a digital world!

Thank God it’s Christmas… Thank God we made it!

Friday the 9th we had a ball crushing, tit smashing awesome Very Christmas Party! It was an all day adventure, and only the strongest made it out alive.

We started out getting pretty physical with an ice hockey tournament (hence the smashing and crushing part). The Swedes excelled and some Danes were expelled… With nasty bruises and “boosted” egos we went off to random play at a shooting range and bowling alley. To end the physical challenges we blind tasted some Russian specialities (in which we all excelled).

Our verylicious day ended (and here it starts getting a bit blurry) with dining at Madsvinet and clubbing along with the 80′s at Simons.

Thank you all for the love… (on the rocks with a little ice!)

Where is my moleskine?

Don’t you worry: Here’s the Concept Maker! Off course you don’t have to be an über creative art director at the fastest track in town to get exciting and adventurous ideas. This application is the melting pot for all sorts of creative outbursts – you can research and collect inspiration for your next painting, song, novel, t-shirt, ad concept or whatever. Basically, here an app you actually can make of use! And if you are an über creative art director at the fastest track in town, now you have the opportunity to not miss out on all the good ideas – organize them. share them. be über.

I can do it better than your kids…

No, it’s not politically correct. And if you deeply cherish children’s artwork you probably won’t like this guy… But maybe, maybe some of these thoughts have crossed your mind at some point. Maddox exposes the “terrible inadequacy” of children with his newest work I’m Better Than Your Kids.

For more madness see http://maddox.xmission.com (this page was actually the best page in the universe once – don’t ask why…)

In the iron fist of creativity

What’s cool? Well, it’s hard, but try to add an owl, a mad dog and a horseman to your creative outburst. Then you’re on your way to ensnare people into your gloomy reign… Impressive!

New kids on the block…

We are Very happy to introduce three new faces at the office. We’ve been searching high and low for the right people to contribute to the positive results we’re riding on at the moment. Our digital department, Very Digital (makes sense right?), has grown considerably over the last couple of months. That’s why we welcome Kristian Moon and Jesper Overby in Very Digital. Furthermore Nicolai Krøigaard Sorner will be a new asset to the Burn focused planner team.

So in short:

Kristian is our new Senior Project Manager. He has solid experience with all aspects of digital production as well as team management from both advertising and online marketing agencies. Kristian is a dedicated gadgeteer with great insights on the newest tech stuff and ways to implement the possibilities they bring in cross media strategies.

Jesper will be burdened with the title Community Manager, hence he handles written content across different media platforms. He has a background in both traditional advertising and creative online marketing. When he doesn’t get his kicks at Very Digital, he goes analogue and writes novels.

To help boost our planners we’ve ensnared Nicolai, who studies communication and economics. Nicolai will take care of  coordination between planners and project managers. When he isn’t at the office or in school, Nicolai spends his time skiing in the alps and taking underwater pictures.

A Very warm welcome to all of them!

Catvertising…

We see this trend developing as well. All we are receiving form the communities are videos of cats skating, snowboarding and DJ’ing. A cat drinking 0,5l of Burn actually looks pretty sick - especially afterwards.

Fresh off the interweb.

Summer 2011 belonged to the new kids from the block Cheff Records. Judging by the tracks they are dropping it looks like they are planning to stay for the winter as well.

This new track from TopGunn alias Shaq Boosie is awesomeness.

We wish you a Very G.O.O.D weekend!

Your favourite rapper’s favourite rapper is back!

Since Pusha T signed with Kanyes G.O.O.D. Music record label he’s been building a solid hype up off solid music.

This week his album finally dropped. Make sure to get it. Here’s one of the best songs on it!

- Pelle.