Ogilvy Impact Calendar: Not just another “yen-a-million” trinket
Client: FMCG Agency: Ogilvy Impact Brief: Fiji-Inspired, Interactive Calendar Big Kahuna was asked to design an interactive desk calendar for Ogilvy Impact’s leading FMCG client’s top 100 retailers. Having just spent a reward junket in Fiji where the overarching message was ‘Make A Difference’, Ogilvy’s client really wanted the calendar to remind the retailers of … Read more
Larger than Life: AACTA Awards’ Statues
Client: The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts/ The Australian Film Institute Agency: FremantleMedia/ Production Designer Kim Buddee Brief: Create 6 Large-Scale Statues in the Image of the AACTA Trophy For the inaugural Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards ceremony, Production Designer Kim Buddee brought Big Kahuna Imagineering on board to … 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
For the Love of Music
CLIENT: XYZ Networks (Channel V) Brief: Funky, functional signage to play backup for Channel V Big Kahuna recently built a branded sign for Channel V that was in keeping with their “For the Love of Music” campaign. Smashing criteria like “transportable” and “lightweight” out of the water, our team built a seemingly solid, 2 … Read more
DO-ing the Lenovo DO Machine
The Lenovo DO Machine was realised in the Big Kahuna workshop. Much of the TVC was filmed in and around our workshop in Rozelle, NSW. Client: Lenovo (in partnership with Intel) Agency: Play Communication Brief: Bring to fruition the suped-up motorbike of Play and Lenovo’s dreams for “The Dream Realisation Project” … Read more
Pledging to Quit
Client: Naked Communications Brief: Build attention-grabbing experiential props to help Nicabate® deliver their ‘Pledge to Quit’ message on World No Tobacco Day (31 May) Fashion designer Alex Perry, the 2011 World No Tobacco Day ambassador, standing with the Pledge to Quit hand realised in the Big Kahuna workshop. (Photos courtesy of the Pledge to … Read more
GIDEON’s Golden Shoe
The BKI-built shoe debuted at GIDEON’s launch event in March 2011 Client: GIDEON Shoes Brief: Create a fantastic, large-scale replica a sneaker from the Australian shoe label GIDEON Our GIDEON Shoe was a HUGE (huge being the operative word) success! Seeing our handiwork fascinate the crowd at the Australian shoe label’s launch event in March was … Read more
