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  • And the polished turd award goes to…

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    The last episode of this series’ Gruen Transfer announced the official winner of the Polished Turd award last night. The winner had to produce the disgraceful ad that was voted by the panel as the Worst Ad Ever. According to the experts West End Beer deserved the Turd for its terrible acting and painfully half-arsed…

  • New slogan launched today “Queensland, Where Australia Shines”

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    [briotube]http://www.youtube.com/v/HWaMt3CLRt8[/briotube] Queensland’s new slogan was launched today by the state’s Premier Anna Bligh. Gone are the days of “Where Else But Queensland” … now we will be referring to “Queensland, Where Australia Shines”. The new brand, which reportedly was 12 months in the making, has been described by Ms Bligh as capturing “the essence of Queensland…

  • Creative Airline Concept

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Kulula is a low-cost South-African airline that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Check out their new livery! WHAT A PITY KULULA DOESN’T FLY INTERNATIONALLY – WE SHOULD SUPPORT THEM IF ONLY FOR THEIR HUMOUR – SO TYPICALLY SOUTH AFRICAN. Kulula is an Airline with head office situated in Johannesburg. Kulula airline attendants make an effort…

  • Guilt free SHOE shopping

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Wouldn’t you love to own one of these cute pairs of shoes and feel good about the purchase? – For each pair of TOMS shoes purchased a child from around the world in need will also receive a pair of shoes. The philanthropic entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie came up with this ‘one for one’ model while…

  • Longevity of a Catchphrase

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Think just for a second about an ad that is memorable to you. You know the one, the ad with the catchphrase that immediately comes to mind, that always springs up and even gets used in general conversation. One of the most long lasting and memorable catchphrases from television advertising that I can think of…

  • Design Week Brisbane – 17 days to go!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    The Brisbane Design community has really been spoilt this year for design events, and it is all about to climax for the year. In 17 days time the Icograda International Design Week hosted by AGDA starts in Brisbane on 11 October and funnily enough runs for the whole week! This is such an amazing ONCE…

  • Sass and Bide shines at London Fashion Week

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Flying the flag for Australia at this year’s London Fashion Week is Sass and Bide. The brand returned to the city which discovered them back in 1999 when Heidi Middleton and Sarah Jane Clarke sold their designs at West London’s Portobello Markets. Now 11 years later, Sass and Bide launched their Spring/Summer 11 collection at the…

  • The Gruen Transfer to take on the US market

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    At the Brio Group office, we all love a bit of Gruen banter. Thursday mornings are often spent chatting over the previous night’s The Pitch ads, or laughing over the witty banter thrown between Todd Sampson and Russell Howcroft. And in news just in, ABC’s The Gruen Transfer is set to take on the world!…