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Wieden work tops top ten of everything everywhere 2010

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Well nor exactly top of everything, it just looks that way on the scan above. But we did have four out of Time magazine's top ten ads of 2010, which is pretty damn good or, as they describe it, "a true cultural phenomenon". And (below) our Old Spice and Nike work showed up in Contagious magazine's 'Most contagious' of 2010.

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Update: YouTube has just published its top brand videos of the year and numbers one and two are… you guessed it.
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AdFreak says:

Google has crunched the numbers and come up with its list of the top 10 brand videos of the year. It's no surprise that the Old Spice guy seduced his way to the top, with "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like" garnering 24.2 million global views. (His number would be even higher if YouTube counted all the views his reply videos got.) Wieden + Kennedy took the top two slots, taking home silver for Nike's epic "Write the Future" spot, viewed 21.2 million times.

 

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As a part of the Nokia N8 launch campaign Wieden + Kennedy has created a mobile app that lets you make music anywhere, with anything.

 
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As a part of the Nokia N8 launch campaign Wieden + Kennedy has created a mobile app that lets you make music anywhere, with anything.  We made the app super easy to use, so even people with no musical ability can easily make a track. Loop comes preprogrammed with nine basslines to get amateurs looping with ease, and for the more advanced looper, the BPM and pad sounds can be customised.

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Once a loop is made, it can be set as your ringtone, or shared­­ on Facebook via Soundcloud. You can hear some of the loops already shared at loopapp.net  The app was created in collaboration with Symsource, who did a great job on the back end. If you have a Nokia N8 or C7, you can download the app for free at Nokia’s Ovi store. Get looping!
 
Listen to Tony, Kim, Neil and Andy providing vocals in ‘W+K Creative Review Loop’ here.

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And to promote the Loop app we decided to create a track in a poodle parlour called, funnily enough, Poodle Loop. The loop was created by musician Warrior One on a Nokia N8, and shot on location in Shanghai, official home of coloured dogs. The film, part demo, part documentary, part music video, was directed by Kim Gehrig of Academy Films. The graphics shown in the film were taken from Loop’s unique interface. 

Enjoy – and do download Loop for free if you have a Nokia N8 or C7 at Nokia’s Ovi Store.

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