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
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
Big Kahuna’s Puppeteers
Will, Jim and Simon puppeteered the Sun, built by Big Kahuna, for this Happy Banking TVC. Always love working with Host! Jim and Will making the Big Kahuna magic happen.
Will Colhoun: The Big Kahuna Behind Big Kahuna Imagineering
The Big Kahuna Behind Big Kahuna Imagineering Following the feature on Big Kahuna Imagineering in the August/September 2011 issue of Australian CREATIVE Magazine, we thought we’d offer a deeper look into the man behind the company and how Big Kahuna came to be… Frustrated by the bureaucracy of the film industry, model maker Will Colhoun … Read more
Pick up the latest CREATIVE magazine & flip to p16…
For the August/September 2011 issue, Australian CREATIVE Magazine investigated — in Editor Sonia Caeiro’s words — “the wild and ever so slightly whacky world of animatronics within the context of a Sydney-based imagineering studio”. Pick up a copy and flip to page 16 for a look into the world of THE BIG KAHUNA!
