The Making of The Voice Chairs
For the last few months, the nation has been mesmerised by four thrones whose alluring swivel either break hearts or set musical careers alight in Channel Nine’s The Voice. Okay, maybe the singing talents of the hopeful contestants are the real draw card but those sexy chairs are central to the magnetism of the hit … Read more
Floaty Trophies for Red Bull Rapids 2012
Client: Red Bull Agency: Kastner and Partners Brief: Red Bull Rapids Trophies On the heels of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour, Kastner and Partners came back to Big Kahuna for another trio of trophies. This time for the inaugural Red Bull Rapids Competition 2012. A quick-turnaround, cheerful, quirky job. Congrats to the P3NR1F Bandits … Read more
Drums Fitting a Big, Burly Wasabi Warrior
Client: Pacific Retail Management/ Wasabi Warriors Brief: Create Functioning Imitation Taiko Drums for Store Openings Big Kahuna was called in to custom fabricate imitation Taiko drums to be played and displayed at the opening ceremonies of Pacific Retail Management’s newest brands — the growing franchise that is… Wasabi Warriors! With authentic Japanese Taiko drums going … Read more
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
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
