One Minute Brief entries: Create a tribute ad for Nelson Mandela

One Minute Brief entries:

Create a tribute ad for Nelson Mandela

One Minute Brief WINNERS: Advertise Handcuffs

One Minute Brief WINNERS:

Advertise Handcuffs

After a slow start today we got a brilliant amount of entries for a very fun (or serious) brief depending how you take it. Lots of great ideas as ever.

Here are our winners:

@misterDJC with a great idea that can be seen in 2 ways depending how you rotate the ad.

@aga_nat with a nice visual using the male and female symbols.

@OwenJohnston with a police recruitment ad. Very cheeky idea. We like cheeky.

@PaperJamCreate with the great line and double meaning 'can't contain yourself?'

@lpbiesty with some fantastic copywritten ads for extra strong handcuffs.

@joe_from_CP with the AMAZING season line. 'Merry Wristmas' Hilarious.

@ShireenDew with this great command visual using the cuffs themselves.

Thanks for all of your entries. Fun brief coming tomorrow.

One Minute Brief WINNERS: Manchester Twestival OMB Workshop

One Minute Brief WINNERS:

Manchester Twestival OMB Workshop

Last week we had a stand and workshop at the Manchester Twestival event. It was a great night with lots of industry talent and local artists exhibiting.

We were overwhelmed by the amount of response we received on the LIVE Twitter wall and the number of people around our stand was superb.

Due to this, we had lots of people having a go at One Minute Briefs and everyone seemed to have a good time. Our OMBLES were even taking over the stand for us as we chatted to people over a beer or 17.

The results were fantastic, some really shit ones, some really crazy ones, some really funny ones and some great ideas too!

Great to meet more people off Twitter and gave us a good taster for the OMB event we want to do in early 2014.

Our overall winner on the night was for the brief 'Mobile Hairdressing' and the idea was brutally simple. A mobile with hair. Eyecatching and straight to the point. Could be developed into a great ad. @louisa.craggs wins a bottle of champagne for a minute's work. Well done. Might be worth letting @CelinaKS have a glass too for her support!

We had an immense amount of entries and here are the ideas that we felt stood out.

@fayscho with 'slugs' I like the idea of real slugs on a face to advertise this eyebrow waxing.

@damnson with 'give peas a chance' a nice epic idea for a simple product. Peas.

@duncandibble with this comic book style story without an ending for drink aware. Very nice idea.

@emmascamell with an ideas based idea for glue-sticks. Great thought.

@alan_cripps Who says account men can't have good ideas? Nice copy idea for push up bras.

@OrchardTweets with 'Birds' for KFC. A bold claim that is just the product and made us laugh!

@mrowainthomas with 'Make a clean entry' to advertise doormats. Simple. Funny. Effective.

Thanks to every single person who entered.

One Minute Brief entries: Advertise Handcuffs

One Minute Brief entries:

Advertise Handcuffs

One Minute Brief WINNERS: Advertise Manchester Twestival

One Minute Brief WINNERS:

Advertise Manchester Twestival

As we were invited to take part in the Manchester Twestival this year we thought it would make a great brief that would allow us to feature everybody's work.

Lots were tweeted about and taken photos of at the event and shared which is great to see.

We have chosen one overall winner who receives the Paul Arden book and signed naked photos of us both.

The 2 runners-up will each receive signed naked photos.

Winner is @tomcdixon with 'The Socially United City' works on so many levels for the event as well as showing Manchester. Great work.

Runners up are @matthew__wyatt and @alvo_muses with these great lines that work brilliantly for what Twestival do.

Thanks to everyone who got involved.

One Minute Brief entries: Advertise Kanye West

One Minute Brief entries:

Advertise Kanye West

One Minute Brief WINNERS: Advertise Selfies

One Minute Brief WINNERS:

Advertise Selfies

So the latest word to enter the English Dictionary is 'Selfie'. Whether we like it or not, we can't ignore it. It has become part of society. We thought it would make a great subject to see what everyone makes of it and there was a brilliant number of entries today.

Was good to see some of you actually sending us some selfies! It helps when we meet people at events. Sometimes people come up to us and expect us to know who they are from Twitter. If we haven't seen you we won't know! Might even set up a page devoted to OMBLES. What does everyone think?

We've got some great winners today.

@mrowainthomas with 'me meme' very simple use of copy. Eyecatching.

@alvo_muses with this simple CTA for best results. A very alvomusing entry!

@atAlexGoddard with 'Shoot yourself in the face' I've always wanted to write that on an ad but never had the chance. You beat me to it so you win!

@violetdarling with this very philosophical campaign for selfies. Great stuff.


@matthew__wyatt with the nice line 'me, myself and iphone' Nice style too.


@lpbiesty Not exactly an ad but we love this inception selfie. The cat looks pretty chilled on it too. Also this fantastic ambient idea using bathroom mirrors. This NEEDS to be made. Absolute piss-take but hilarious. Genius.

@PaperjamCreate with 'Touch Yourselfie' Nice and cheeky ad for physical photos from Polaroid.

Thanks to everyone involved!

One Minute Brief entries: Advertise Selfies

One Minute Brief entries:

Advertise Selfies

One Minute Brief WINNERS: Advertise Slang

One Minute Brief WINNERS:
Advertise Slang

Fun subject to start the week with today. Lots of fun entries came through as a result and we have 4 winners.

@exmc2andrew with his nice take on Literal Scribbles to show how crazy slang can be at times.

@katesteeth with 'Safe Blud' Not exactly the most on brief in terms of advertising slang itself. However, one of the great things about OMB is that an idea that is shared can spark an idea in someone else. And we think that this could make a great spoof campaign to raise awareness of HIV etc in younger people.

@mrowainthomas with 'Village Idiom' Nice play on words. Simple but eye-catching.

@boc_atm with 'It is' Very simple. Silly. And got a few votes.

Thanks to all those involved.

One Minute Brief entries: Advertise Slang

One Minute Brief entries:

Advertise Slang

One Minute Brief entries: Campaign against creatives working for free

One Minute Brief entries:

Campaign against creatives working for free

One Minute Brief WINNERS: Create a logo for new band Bad Advice

One Minute Brief WINNERS:

Create a logo for new band Bad Advice

Last week we had a great brief to create a logo to help promote the new band Bad Advice.

With some great prizes on offer, it was a brilliant collaboration and we have now had the winner and runner-up chosen by @chrissyleese and his bandmates.

The overall winner is @jamesbayani with this effort. Simple, effective and goes well on the background shown here.

In second place we have @sheisapenguin with this nice thumbs down visual.

The band would like to thank everyone who got involved. They will be in touch with the winners about the prizes in the near future.

One Minute Brief entries: Advertise Post-It Notes

One Minute Brief entries:

Advertise Post-It Notes

One Minute Brief entries: Create the 2013 Christmas One Minute Briefs Christmas Card

One Minute Brief entries:

Create the 2013 One Minute Briefs Christmas Card

One Minute Brief entries: Advertise the Manchester Twestival

One Minute Brief entries:

Advertise the Manchester Twestival

Winners to be announced at @MancTwester tomorrow night. Hope to see you all there!

One Minute Brief: Advertise Manchester Twestival

One Minute Brief:

Advertise Manchester Twestival

Today's brief is to advertise a project we are getting involved in tomorrow and we want to feature all of the entries at the event so make sure you include your Twitter handles.

There are also prizes on offer. A signed naked picture of myself and James. Your work featured on our site and a copy of Paul Arden's book. 'Whatever you think..Think the opposite.'

Tomorrow we are going to be at the Manchester Twestival with a stand and workshop at 2022NQ. We want to see you all there to experience some Live One Minute Briefs so do come along. You can get tickets here. They are cheap...and you get a free beer so well worth it!

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester-twestival-2013-tickets-9403956487

You can see some more info here.

Manchester Twestival 2013 is part of Twestival, a global initiative that uses social media for social good. The event will be raising money for Wood St. Mission, who help children and families living throughout Manchester and Salford, and help alleviate the effects of poverty.

Manchester Twestival brings together local artists, digital enthusiasts and creatives to raise money for a good cause in the community with exciting collaborations to take place at the event.

Tickets start from just £6.50 and 100% of sales go to Wood St Mission. This price includes entry into the fantastic 2022NQ, a free drink, a live art event with some of Manchester's finest talent and a talk from Hyper Island. As if that isn't enough, we've also got a raffle with great prizes including dinner at Solita for two, champagne and a Google Chromecast!

The live art will span traditional, digital and interactive mediums by fantastic artists with an assortment of diverse talents. As well as awesome artists like Adam Pryce and Jane Samuels working live at the event, digital designers can challenge Steve Moyler, Digital Art Director at McCann Manchester, to 3 two minute rounds of Photoshop Boxing. One Minute Briefs will be there too. They're known to be good at twerking after a beer.

The event is partnered with industry bodies, Manchester Digital and CIPR, as well as sponsored by local businesses such as Hyper Island, McCann Manchester, Solita and Hat Trick PR.

PLUS - did we mention the ticket price includes a free beer? :)

The worldwide Twestival site is here: http://www.twestival.com/our_story

One Minute Brief WINNERS: Advertise 'I'm a Celebrity. Get me out of here'

One Minute Brief WINNERS:

Advertise 'I'm a Celebrity. Get me out of here'

Fun and current brief today with lots of funny entries. Eat the anus particularly made us laugh.

However, a lot of the entries were anti-advertising and others weren't quite up to the standard of previous OMB winners.

So, for the first time ever. Today we have no winners. Any my cat is very grumpy.

The standard of the OMBLES work is increasingly high and we think today showed a blip and we feel that it is important to get back to that. Therefore, holding back on a winner today, we are hoping will make you even more determined to create clever, subtle and effective work.

We have prizes at stake again tomorrow so let's get back up to that amazing OMB standard.

Much love.

Nick and James

OMB

One Minute Brief entries: Advertise 'I'm a Celebrity. Get me out of here.'

One Minute Brief entries:

Advertise 'I'm a Celebrity. Get me out of here.'

One Minute Brief entries: Create a logo for new band 'Bad Advice'

One Minute Brief entries:

Create a logo for new band 'Bad Advice'

One Minute Brief: Create a logo for new band 'Bad Advice'

One Minute Brief:

Create a logo for new band 'Bad Advice'

After a successful brief the other day in collaboration with @ChrissyLeese, he is offering more prizes for the winner of today's brief for a brilliant new project that he is working on.

With them being a new band, info is limited but here is a little bit below. Just have fun with it and go with anything you think. All you need to know is 'Bad Advice'. Your work could feature on Youtube, band communications, CD's etc. They don't need to be finished artwork level, that can come later. Show us your ideas!

The prize for the 2 winners will be a cameo appearance in their debut music video and a signed copy of their album when it is finished.

Bad Advice are a new rock/indie/hip-hop band from Macclesfield.
Consisting of...
Elliott Spencer (Guitar/Vocals) (in picture) Chris Leese (Vocals) Ross Massey (Bass) Ben Mayoh (Drums)
Currently recording their debut project, the band are certainly something to look out for in 2014.

Good luck everybody!