Big Kahuna Profile: Simon J. Forsyth
Growing up in small coastal town, Simon wishes he had stories of being a precocious child whose need to know how things worked had him forever pulling things apart or whose brimming creativity saw him build ingenious furniture out of scraps. But alas, his formative years were really pretty average. When it came time to … Read more
VIDEO: Sh*t Nobody Says About Advertising
Too funny not to share — Enjoy!
BIG News: X Factor Finalist in Anthill 2011 Cool Company Awards!
With so much happening at the end of the year, we forgot to share the BIG news that Big Kahuna not only made it into the Top 50 of Anthill Magazine’s Coolest Companies but also had the honour of being a Finalist for the X Factor Award! The X-Factor Award is awarded to a company … Read more
Big Kahuna’s Dancing Elves
< With help from our friends at JibJab, the crew at Big Kahuna Imagineering wishes you a very Happy Christmas!
Big Kahuna Profile: Steve Reid
First-Class Technician Steve’s vast and varied background in engineering, film and art makes him perfectly suited for the multi-talented Big Kahuna workshop. A fitter and turner by trade, this Tassie-born imagineer got a bit restless (as imagineers do) and looking for a change, he found himself at the University of Tasmania studying furniture design. In … Read more
We’re Cool! (ahh, the Validation!)
Big Kahuna Imagineering has been named one of Australia’s ‘Coolest’ businesses in Anthill Magazine’s Sixth Annual Cool Company Awards Big Kahuna Imagineering has scored a place among Anthill’s Top 50 in its 2011 Annual Cool Company Awards, a national program developed in 2006 to recognise Australian companies that are doing things differently to bring about … Read more
Imagineering Our Clients’ Imaginations — A Peek into the Big Kahuna Imagineering Workshop
www.bki.com.au – Big Kahuna Imagineering makes cool shi… stuff. Models, Scale Replicas, Custom Builds, Props, Special Effects, TVCs, Character Suits, Creatures, Animatronics, Puppets, Experiential Marketing Tools… you imagine it, Big Kahuna imagineers it. Here’s a quick look at a few past projects that have come to fruition in our Sydney workshop and gone on to … Read more
Lenovo Update: Sydney Activation
Lenovo Update: A few months ago, Big Kahuna crafted the suped-up motorbike of PLAY Communication and Lenovo’s dreams for “The Dream Realisation Project”— a new marketing campaign built around the idea of DO-ing what you’ve always dreamt of, in conjunction with Lenovo’s global brand re-launch “Lenovo, For Those Who Do”. Debuting in Melbourne Airport, the … Read more
Taking Care of Garnier
Client: Garnier (L’Oreal) Agency: oOh!media Brief: Centrepiece of Garnier Shopping Centre Activation For Garnier’s recent promotional spend, oOh!media asked Big Kahuna to create four jumbo-sized Garnier shampoo bottles to serve as the centerpiece of the beauty brand’s shopping centre activation currently winding its way through Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Working with Melbourne-based aquarium manufacturer Aquatic Creations, Big Kahuna … Read more
Lock, Stock and Some Smoking Backflips
Client: Red Bull Agency: Kastner and Partners Brief: X-Fighters Trophies The Big Kahuna Brand struck gold (silver and bronze) again at last weekend’s Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour. For the first time, Australia played host to the Grande Finale of the biggest and most respected freestyle motocross tour on the planet and the riders did … Read more
