The Invisible Vending Machine

Since the time I started writing this blog, I have come across many innovative vending machines. Some I featured right here on Ramble.

Now to add to this collection, here is an invisible vending machine from Coca-Cola Turkey that becomes visible only when couples walk by. The machine was created specially for Valentine’s Day (last week) and was installed in Istanbul to spread happiness Coca-Cola style. 😎

Volkswagen Facebook Flipbook

In April, Smart Argentina created the first of its kind Tweet Commercial using its Twitter stream. Now Volkswagen Amarok in Turkey has created the Facebook alternative.

The Volkswagen Amarok being the ultimate all terrain vehicle could go everywhere i.e. from the city to sand to water and with some creativity from McCann Erickson Istanbul even on Facebook. πŸ™‚

201 images that followed each other in sequence were uploaded onto a Facebook photo gallery called ‘Amarok FlipDrive‘. Opening the first photo and keeping the right arrow button pressed made the photos flip by fast and give the effect of a running movie.

The flipbook experience was very jerky the first time, but once all the photos were cached, it played as seen in the below video…

The Future Room Exhibition

For Coca-Cola’s 125th Anniversary, Istanbul’s creative agency Antilop created a “Future Room” concept, made specifically for the Turkish modern-art museum Santralistanbul. They transformed a section of the gallery into an impressive 90 square meter, 270-degree projection mapping installation…

Turkcell Tweet

Turkcell was launching new smart phones bundled with mobile internet and wanted to create awareness among the heavy internet users. So Turkcell’s agency, Rabarba from Istanbul, developed a campaign that attracted these users by creating a unique live competition through Twitter.

The smartphone was packed in gift boxes and covered with post-its. Players had to then tweet what was written on the post-its to unwrap the boxes, using the hashtag #Turkcelltweet. Along the way contestants participated in games that won them free minutes and mobile data. The final challenge was to get a celebrity to retweet the message – winning the successful Twitter user a smart phone.