Aap! - Alternative Advertising Possibilities

PingMag - the great bi-lingual Japanese / English online magazine, today features the wonderful world of Japanese tape production with a focus on the branding elements of commercial and professional films.

Since we work with some of Japan’s and the world’s most specialized film extruders and converters we found the article of great interest. PingMag offers a great introduction on the production of different adhesive films along with a focus on the funky designs that are featured in these common and less common special purpose adhesive.

Like the article’s covered products - we also feature custom liners to help share with users our love and dedication to adhesive backed films.

Read more on the “Thrilling World of Tape Design“

The Pecha Kucha Night(PKN): A Celebration book is finally available online for international order.   Pecha Kucha Night for those new to the series is where presenters take the stage to present 20 slides, about which they will speak for 20 seconds each.

Pecha Kucha is now running in over 100 cities around the world in which over 3,000 people have presented their views of design in 20 slides x 20 seconds.

Featuring some amazing presentations by Toyo Ito, Marcus Fairs, PKN founders Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, Strange KInoko, Namaiki, Mark Dytham, Mark’s mum and Sebastian Conran + even Aap!Global, the bi-lingual montage covers the history of the event, and shares with the world this is amazing design “show and tell”.

Aap!Global’s PechaKucha Presentation in San Francisco is available for those curious to see the interaction between Graffiti and Outdoor Media > Watch Now.

We highly recommend the book for fans of the series at 2800 Yen with global shipping.

Even better - we recommend those creative individuals share with the world at their next local Pecha Kucha

“Advertising is a tax you pay for unremarkable thinking.” -  Robert Stephens of the Geek Squad and head of one of the growing number of brands that have been built without the help of major advertising agencies or budgets.

Read more in BusinessWeek’s Re-cap on Advertising and Branding 2007

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49 Sparks on Aap!Motion - Large Format Lenticular Displays



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Aap!GLOBAL was named “Best in International Marketing” by Brandweek Magazine December 2007.

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Aap!Motion - the large format lenticular panel by Aap!Global was recently featured on Canal13 Cable Chile on the Show “Nuevamente - Genios Criolles” - a 45 minute documentary series featuring the work of some of Chile’s most interesting, innovations and contributions. A series of 10 shows, 1 episode covered the work of Miguel Lagos, Aap!Global’s Physicist and inventor of the Aap!Motion, lenticular technology. Developed and installed as a low cost, simple in-tunnel subway advertising platform, the technology is also used today in pedestrian motion panels for advertising, art, and other visual effects.

We are working on getting a copy of the clip up on YouTube, but in the mean time we invite you to read more information on Aap!Motion - Pedestrian Motion Panels.

Oracle OpenWorld is an annual Oracle event for business decision-makers, IT management, and line of business end users. This year’s event held in San Francisco was the first installation point for escalator handrail branding in the United States.

With over 50,000 attendees, the core escalators at the convention were branded with Oracle’s logo and signature red. Oracle also choose to brand stationary steps and provide banners to present a total brand experience to attendees.

More pictures on Flickr.

Video of Oracle Branded Handrails on YouTube

Its great to get further positive comments from the graffiti community on our work.

VictoryBros a blog on graffiti, design and art writes :

“Advertising monsters, AAP! Global talk about how graffiti influences their work and how they share the same vision as writers.!”

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