A welcome thank you: GSDH likes to work for FIFA - and not only because the FIFA sent two people from GSDH as fairies with two Category 1 tickets to the sensational GER-ARG game last Saturday! The GSDH creative agency has supported the FIFA already before in the management of various extensive printing projects as well as their distribution in the country, in cooperation with Sven Müller Design.

Saturday saw more than 300,000 fans surge through Cape Town’s Fan Mile, rejoicing in happy anticipation of the big game. GSDH’s Genie and Hanne were delighted to be among them, holding tickets to one of the most exciting events of this World Cup. It was gigantic …
The question however, is whether it was the four goals that quickened their pulses, or was it rather Ballack, who sat pretty close to us (and had to recognize, how replaceable he is …). Hanne and Genie say: Thanks FIFA, thanks Christian!

As a campaign for Bodog, the webguerillas have conceived and designed an outstanding viral flash game, which makes shooting for the goal even more fun for men. The GSDH Creative Agency and the webguerillas already have a longstanding working relationship, and so we were approached take over the exciting part of the realization in flash.

The game is called Kick Ass. The user can choose from seven attractive girls, representing seven nations. When user selects one of the girls, she goes to the centre of the field and takes her clothes off, down to her bikini. Now the user must try to hit the booty of the model with a football. As a reward, the user gets cash and a video of the shot in slow motion, which can be replayed at any time.
We thank the Webguerillas for the great opportunity! The only problem is: the programmer who handled the project now refuses to be involved in jobs that don’t include 90-60-90 Brazilian females – oh well…

Check out: www.kickass-worldcup.com

We’ve waited a long time, but now it’s finally here. The Football World Cup 2010 is upon us. For the first time, the World Cup takes place in an African country. That’s why South Africans are even prouder to host the 2010 World Cup.

Just in time for the big event, GSDH has created an exclusive African World Cup e-card. Fans can create a funny animated greeting card, enter their country and choose a slogan to show support for their favorite team at the 2010 World Cup. The card can then be sent by email or shared with friends on Facebook.

Who are you supporting? Show your friends with our World Cup Greeting Card.

—-======<( PRRRRRRRRRP!

Send your personal: Worldcup eCard now!

This year there is a real boom in 3D movies. In 2010 alone, more than twenty 3D films will be released in theaters. One of these films, Streetdance 3D, started in German cinemas on the 3rd of June with much success. With 132 000 visitors Streetdance 3D climbed to No. 2 in the cinema charts -despite the great summer weather, making it the best movie start after ‘Sex and the City 2′.
We had the exciting and challenging task of implementing the entire online campaign for Universum Film. This included strategy, concept, design, programming as well as all the online advertising and ongoing support.
The website is designed to reflect the 3D feeling of the film, through the use of animation and layering. On the site, the user can watch the official trailer with 3-D glasses, browse the extensive image gallery, read background information on the film, trigger a reminder for the film and download some great goodies to get you in a dancing mood.
We are very happy, that our campaign could contribute to this huge success of the film and thank Universum Film very much for their co-operation.

Check out: www.streetdance-derfilm.de

VOdA, managed by the crowdsourcing professional Matias Roskos (who is also a lecturer at the Social Media Academy), is Germany’s first agency which refers to crowdsourcing and community building as the core of their services. Since 2006!
Projects get realized in cooperation with their own strong creative community for their clients. VOdA uses powerful crowdsourcing strategies as part of its marketing. For VOdA, crowdsourcing is an innovative tool for generating several USPs for its clients.
Read more on Matias Roskos’s blog and find a set of articles about social networks and social media marketing: www.Socialnetworkstrategien.de.

GSDH creative advertising agency and VOdA are happy to announce our new cooperation to provide an even better service spectrum for our clients. Together, our competences will complement to our clients satisfaction. Social- and mobile-apps like for Facebook or for the iPhone, developed by GSDH can be a even stronger marketingtool in combination with VOdA’s crowdsourcing and vica versa.

The GSDH Creative Agency is excited about the upcoming cooperation with Immowelt AG! With more than 960 000 listed properties, Immowelt is one of the biggest online portals for properties in Germany. Whether a family dream house, a city penthouse apartment or a little cottage, whether you’re buying or selling - Immowelt has the right home for everyone. As a creative agency specialising in online marketing we are able to communicate the advantages of Immowelt on the internet. As a first step we take over the conception, creation and production of various online- and banner-campaigns. Watch this space for more…

The time has come: after the action-packed start of our online campaign for the film From Paris with Love the viral aspect of the campaign is now active. Here the user can test how much “Wax” he is. Edited film excerpts are shown and the user can see if they are on the same wavelength as Special Agent Charlie Wax (played by John Travolta) by predicting what Wax will say next. Depending on the number of correctly answered questions the user is assigned to a certain Wax-category. Via Facebook Share and Tell-a-Friend functionality, the users can publish their quiz results on Facebook and share it with friends.
And how much “Wax” are you?

Check out: www.frompariswithlove.de/win

After the peaceful underwater world of Unsere Ozeane, our newest project for Universum returns us to the hail of bullets again in the form of From Paris with Love, the action-packed new film starring John Travolta as the unorthodox secret agent Charlie Wax.
At least as awesome and entertaining as the movie is the online-campaign (including concept development, website design and banner campaign) produced by GSDH. The official movie site includes the trailer, an exciting gallery and a reminder service, as well as background information about the story, characters and cast which will provide the user with insights into the high-action world of secret agents. There are great downloadable goodies like the From Paris with Love Screensaver (get it here).
The result is a site which fully captures the action-packed spirit and style of this film: Welcome to Paris, Baby!

Check out: www.frompariswithlove.de

The South African representatives at this year’s Design Indaba ended the conference with a bang and presented quality work that South Africans could be proud of. Two companies working with puppets; The Handspring Puppet Company, and the controversial ZA News, showcased innovative work in adult puppeteering.
The Handspring Puppet Company presented the puppets that they created for the incredibly successful West End London play entitled “Warhorse”.

For “Warhorse” the Handspring Puppet Company created life size horses that could easily be manipulated by three puppeteers. The Company managed to created cane horses whose movements are so life-like, that it has to be seen to be believed. Watch the trailer to “Warhorse” here and interviews with the creators here.

ZA News headed by the legendary political satirist Zapiro was next. No stranger to controversy, Zapiro and co-creator Thierry Cassuto are the driving forces behind a satirical political show entitled ZA News.

Featuring all our favourite South African political characters and the satirical gold mine that is South African politics, the show makes for a highly entertaining adult entertainment.

Have a look at the at the full list of speakers at this year’s Design Indaba .

Mysterious and thrilling, the barely discovered deep seas. Despite all the study of the oceans that has been done, there is still a lot to be discovered down here – for example, did you know that the heart of a blue whale is as big as a VW Beetle?

Universum Film gave us the opportunity to create the new online campaign (concept, design, banners, website, social media campaign) for the Jacques Perrin Film OUR OCEANS that brings this magical undersea world to life. The site takes the visitor on an exciting and informative journey through the oceans of our Earth. The user can navigate through a gallery full of fascinating and breathtaking photographs of the sea dwellers and get to know exciting facts about the different species. You’ve definitely never experienced our oceans like this before.
Check out: www.unsere-ozeane.de

David, one of our design team, has won this month’s prestigious Springleap competition. Launched in February 2008, Springleap is SA’s newest addition to groundbreaking web-based companies taking the online community by storm. Using a similar business model to the USA-based site Threadless, people submit designs for each competition, and the community votes on which design they would like to see printed on a t-shirt. Each month a winner is chosen based on which design gets the most votes.

This month the theme of the competition was “Down The Rabbit Hole”, a reference to Alice in Wonderland. David’s design was the most popular, and has received some great feedback from the Springleap voting community as well as the owners and employees of Springleap.

The winning design is printed on high quality slim cut t-shirts that can be ordered via Springleap, or bought from many stores located around South Africa. They also deliver orders to anywhere in the world, so if you want a shirt, head over to http://www.springleap.com/designs/view/a-very-important-date and place your order.

In medical technology; Computed Tomography has been one of the most important medical innovations in recent years. Now Philips presents their brand new improved medical scanner.

The PHILIPS iCT creates a complete scan of an organ within the space of two heartbeats. The Scanner is reliable, precise, high performance and generates optimum results at a high image quality. The fast scanning speed and low dose of radiation reduces the patient’s exposure to radiation. With the Philips iCT the diagnosis will be improved and optimum results are guaranteed.

The GSDH was approached by PHILIPS Healthcare to create a 3D Animation. The procedure and technique of the iCT Scanner as well as its benefits are explained to potential clients via a short step by step animation video.

It was quite a while ago that we first raised our glasses to the meeting of Bavarian tradition and Cape Town creativity when GSDH was put in charge of the entire online presence of the Bavarian Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan.

We have now completed the most important part of our task: the new website is online! While staying true to Weihenstephan’s long-established visual identity, we have brought a fresh look and new approach to the brand’s presence on the web.

This collaboration has resulted in a site through which the user can fully explore the world of Weihenstephan, find out about the history of the world’s oldest brewery and discover how the beer is brewed, and engage with fun interactive extras.

The Weihenstephan Beer Game, for example, is already getting a lot of positive reactions. In this game, the user can practice pouring the perfect glass of Weihenstephan Hefeweißbier. They can then post the result directly from the site on their Facebook Wall via Facebook Connect or they can send it to a friend.

Check out www.weihenstephaner.de

Final Draw in Cape Town: after this weekend, we finally know who’s playing against who in the first round of the World Cup. Now the soccer fever is spreading and the whole world celebrated the opening of this major event with South Africa.

While a relaxed Charlize Theron announced the team groupings at the CTICC, the crowd watching the event on giant screens in Long Street went crazy.

This is just a small impression of what was going on here on Friday, 200 meters away from our office.

The production of World Cup advertising material is running at full speed in South Africa at the moment and foreign companies are looking for agencies like us who are familiar with the country.

So was Sven Müller Design when they entrusted us with the production of their FIFA advertising materials for two big exhibitions in Cape Town and Johannesburg. We gladly took over the complete handling here on-site and found this a great opportunity to show the high professional standard of South African suppliers.

Sven Müller Design is happy that their brochures not only meet European standards but were also produced and delivered quickly and efficiently, and South Africa is looking forward to many orders still to come from all over the world.

GAMER, the latest science fiction masterpiece by Universum Film, will be in German cinemas in January. The opening of the movie will be supported by the official movie site – conceived and designed by GSDH. This amazing flash website will help to build anticipation for this upcoming action spectacle.

Just like the movie, the website encompasses three different worlds. Game - the malicious shooter game entitled “Slayer”, where real prisoners are used by gamers as avatars to fight each other to death. The second world Society – also uses mind-control technology. This world is a shrill, decadent and unscrupulous virtual society. The third world is Reality – the real world, in which millions of people follow the controversial games.

Leading actor Gerard Butler as Kable and his wife Angie, played by Amber Valletta, are both captured in the games and are struggling to escape from them.

The user can navigate between those three worlds and experience different exciting flash designs while he browses through the gallery, has a look behind the scenes or discovers all the special goodies. Next to the homepage we will also be responsible for inGame advertising and banner campaigns.

Check out www.gamer-derfilm.de

Here at GSDH we find that there is nothing more satisfying than having happy clients, and we’re ecstatic to ad Castro to that list.

Castro has just launched a new range of their ultra-fashionable clothes with a very exiting campaign that’s sure to spread like wildfire. The Castro Campus Tour is set to go around universities in Germany to enlist students to re-enact some of the photographs that were taken for the current Castro Fashion Guide. Each photograph will be uploaded to the Castro Campus Tour website that was designed and developed by GSDH. Once the photographs are uploaded the public can vote on their favorite! 20 winners will be chosen and given 100 Euro’s each with which they can ignite a shopping fever at any Castro store.

Check out www.castro-campus-tour.de

Der Apple iTunes Store hat die Welt der digitalen Umsätze revoluzioniert: Innerhalb von nur einem Jahr haben weltweit 55 Millionen iPhone- und iPod-Touch-User rund 2 Milliarden Apps herunter geladen. Wer sich also noch keine Gedanken darüber gemacht hat, über diesen attraktiven Vertriebskanal Geld zu verdienen, sollte das schnellstmöglich tun.

Die Möglichkeiten, die mobilen Anwendungen sinnvoll und kreativ in sein Geschäftsmodell einzubinden sind schier unendlich. Wichtige Denkanstöße und handfeste Tipps liefert die iPhone developer conference am 01. und 02. Dezember im Hotel im Wasserturm in Köln.

Die zweitägige Konferenz bringt außerdem Entwickler auf den neuesten Stand der Technik. Von der Anwendungsentwicklung mit dem iPhone SDK über Oberflächengestaltung mit dem iPhone SDK 3 bis hin zur Spieleentwicklung mit Cocos2D werden die wichtigsten Themen abgedeckt. Besonderes Highlight: In drei Kategorien wird die beste deutsche App 2009 prämiert.

Weitere Infos gibt es hier: www.iphonedevcon.de

Kunden von GSDH sparen unter Angabe des folgenden Codes 100,-€ bei der Anmeldung: IPHO9gsdh

As everybody knows, boss no. 1 is an enthusiastic surfer and not many people dare to mess with him on the water.

Because of his extraordinary skills he is used to jealous glances and now, with his amazing birthday present, he can take it to the next level in terms of style: with his brand new fins, designed by GSDH!

Rock the waves, boss!

Towels can inspire an imaginative mind, at least when you explore them on the brand new experiential flash website for ABYSS & HABIDECOR. The Portuguese manufacturer supplies luxury hotels from around the world with high quality bath linens.

GSDH was given the task to design a website that gives the user the opportunity to experience the wonderful products of this fascinating brand whilst learning more about the corporate side of the business. The website links these two sections with one easy to use, very unique, circular navigation system within a design that is clean, classic and modern.

Numerous interactive applications and videos invite the users to immerse themselves in a playful world of towels, colours and exquisite style. Welcome to the world of ABYSS & HABIDECOR!

Check out www.habidecor.be

Professionelle Softwareentwicklung mit PHP – so lautet das Thema des dritten PHP World Kongress im November in München. Auftakt der Veranstaltung bildet am 24.11. die Keynote von Pierre Joye, einem der Kernentwickler von PHP unter Windows. Im weiteren Tagesverlauf erfahren die Teilnehmer warum und wie objektorientierte Programmierung in PHP das Leben einfacher macht, was alles in Windows Azure steckt oder wie die Softwareentwicklung im Team am besten geplant, verwaltet und strukturiert werden sollte.

Am 25.11. ist in verschiedenen Workshops Gelegenheit für den Austausch mit Referenten und die Anwendung des Wissens. Auf der Agenda stehen TYPO3- und PHP-5-Zertifizierung, Suchmaschinenoptimierung und Entwurfsmuster mit PHP.
Weitere Infos gibt es hier: www.phpworld-kongress.de.

Kunden von GSDH können die Veranstaltung vergünstigt ab € 490,- zzgl. MwSt. besuchen. Einfach bei der Anmeldung den folgenden Code eingeben: PHP9GSDH

Good Flash programmers are not easy to find, with many companies scrambling to find their own Actionscript virtuosos. This makes us even happier about the first-rate talents that we have secured in our team. As one can never be 100% prepared for what the future holds, we are always watching out for fresh talents in this field.

We have kept SwitchOn(Training) as our little secret when it comes to sourcing good Flash programmers, but have now decided to let the world know about this excellent establishment! SwitchOn(Training) is a Flash and Actionscript school in Cape Town that is dedicated and passionate about improving the quality of Flash training in the local Flash community.

As we are located in Cape Town, it has always been easy to convince programmers from around the world to move here to be part of our dynamic team. That said, we really do appreciate the local development and are looking forward to seeing many talented graduates!

Nahezu jedes Unternehmen vertreibt seine Produkte heute auch über das Internet. Längst ist E-Commerce kein Neuland mehr und ein wichtiger Anteil des Ertrags wird über diesen Kanal erzielt.

Doch das heißt nicht, dass E-Commerce-Leiter und Online Shop Betreiber auf diesem Gebiet nichts mehr dazu lernen könnten. Wie bringe ich noch mehr Kunden auf meine Internetseite und ermutige sie noch gezielter zum Kauf? Wie lerne ich das Nutzerverhalten meiner Kunden kennen und optimiere durch kleine Tricks und Veränderungen meine Conversionsrate?

Das sind Fragen, die auf der ecommerce in Düsseldorf (03.11.2009), München (10.11.2009) und Hamburg (17.11.2009) von Experten beantwortet und diskutiert werden. Thematisiert werden beispielsweise technische Möglichkeiten für attraktive Produktgestaltung, Usability und Webcontrolling sowie rechtlich Aspekte und vieles mehr.

Weitere Infos gibt es hier: www.ecommerce-conference.de

Kunden von GSDH können sich online mit folgendem Code zum vergünstigten Preis von 159 Euro anmelden: PROecc9Hgsdh

The Soccer World Cup is just around the corner, taking place in one of the most beautiful countries in the world: South Africa! This means it’s high time to go about your advertising effort for this extraordinary event.

Few countries in the world feature such dreamlike and breathtaking scenery as South Africa.
With such beautiful surroundings, and an event as big as the World Cup, this is an advertising opportunity that can’t be missed! Imagine your product in such an ideal setting.

GSDH now offers you the service of photography and video footage with a wide range of relevant motives: beautiful landscapes, impressions of South African soccer, exciting safari sequences, the friendly people of South Africa, and so much more!

Contact us and we will be glad to give you individual advice and prepare a quote for you.

Wer heutzutage auf Suchmaschinenmarketing und –optimierung verzichtet, macht es seinen Wettbewerbern leicht, denn eine optimale Platzierung bei Google & Co. ist der Schlüssel zu zahlreichen Kundenkontakten.

Die Roadshow The Search Conference, präsentiert von der Neuen Mediengesellschaft Ulm, nimmt sich diesem komplexen Thema demmächst in Frankfurt (4. November), Hamburg (12. November) und München (19. November) an. Online Marketing Manager und SEO/SEM-Verantwortliche, ebenso wie E-Commerce Leiter und Geschäftsführer aus KMUs und Großunternehmen, die die Wichtigkeit des Themas erkannt haben, sollten sich diese Veranstaltung definitiv vormerken. Auf dem Programm stehen zahlreiche Expertenvorträge mit spannenden Case Studies, Trends und Studien.
Weitere Infos gibt es hier: www.search-conference.de

Kunden von GSDH können sich online mit folgendem Code zum vergünstigten Preis von 189 Euro anmelden: PROseoH9gsdh

Apple has just launched a unique iPhone application, the Bavarian iFlirt Cam. The application has been released just in time for the Octoberfest and combines Bavarian tradition with the latest technology.

From September 19th, every owner of an iPhone can send Bavarian greetings to their friends and family. The application allows you to choose from a wide range of Bavarian style frames with typical Bavarian sayings and combine them with one of your photos. One can adjust the size and position of the image to fit the frame perfectly, and then sent via E-Mail and saved to your iPhone.

The Bavarian iFlirt Cam will make it easier to flirt or put a smile on other peoples faces at Oktoberfest. With a bit of luck, you may even win the E-Mail address of your new contact.

Features
• 17 bavarian frames and motives
• Build pictures in the application or chose from gallery
• Send Bavarian greetings via E-Mail or save in album
• Recommend the application via Tell-a-Friend functionality
• Available in German, English and Italian

The Bavarian iFlirt Cam will be available from 19 September 2009 for the price of 0,79 Euro in the App Store.

Great news for the Flash community: Google added an upgrade to its indexing capabilities which improves the search quality of Flash tremendously. Previously external content loaded in by a SWF file has not been identified by Google. With this latest upgrade all this content also appears in Google search results.

We are very happy to see Google making such important changes to their excellent search engine. With the improvements of Flash indexing, GSDH expects Google to continue its service competencies making the web even more eventful, dynamic and exciting.

Specializing in Flash, GSDH is proud to offer the next level in design and programming.

Read the official Google Blog entry here

GSDH is very pleased and excited to be part of the BARE project that has recently been launched by the amicollective, a well known Cape Town illustration studio.

“BARE is the ami collectives latest and most ambitious project yet. Essentially it is an art object that we designed and produced to inspire young artists to express themselves on a medium other than the traditional canvas. It is aimed at showcasing the non-commercial side of ami and an attempt to raise money for underprivileged children.”

The BARES will be auctioned off and all the proceeds are going to charities in South Africa. Check out the website http://bare.amicollective.com to see some of the completed BARES.

Our GSDH illustrators Genie and David received permission to illustrate a BARE and are planning exciting and original illustrations. Watch this space!

This year’s prio.conference on the 28th and 29th of October is all about User Interfaces. Two days of lectures and seminars covering the latest technologies and concepts in software usability. Many experts in the field will attend the event and will focus on the development of exciting new ideas and practical tips. If you are involved with User Interface design this is a great chance to exchange ideas with like-minded people and learn about interesting developments in the field.

More information here:www.prioconference.de

GSDH clients can register online and get discounted entry with the following code: PRIO9GSDH

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Once upon a time on a grey and rainy day in Cape Town, ten pirates were about to search for their new office. A mysterious Belgian had told them that inside this office they would find some precious buried treasure.

They couldn’t agree on the perfect plan so they split into small groups, each finding the way in their own special manner: The programmers followed strange numbers on an extra wooden leg that only they could understand. The designers grabbed their drawing boards, hoisted a poster and set sail towards the new office! The project managers had prepared their plan days ago and set off on course. When all the groups arrived at their new office they were puzzled to find the CEO’s, who had left after all of them. How the CEOs had found the way, nobody knows to this day.

And there it was, the magnificent treasure: a large and incredible ping-pong table in the middle of their new fortress. They knew immediately that here work would be even more fun and immediately they started working on their exciting projects.

We’d like to spread the joy that we’re getting out of our new ping-pong table, so go ahead and click on the pong table in the middle of the map. Let the games begin!

Welcome to Ben-Piet, the newest edition to the GSDH programming team.

Ben was born in Namibia (one can mention here proudly, that he played tennis in the Namibian national team – yes, they do have one there!) and studied Mathematical Science at the CTI in Durbanville.
Native Namibians understand that on a sunny day, there is nothing on earth that can beat a good braai (barbecue), Rugby, and of course Cricket. Therefore Ben was highly motivated to develop a system that helps cricket clubs in the Western Cape to capture a player’s complete data. This tool enabled the clubs to manage their teams, give them an overview of the player’s stats, as well as the results of the matches played.

His following project was not less challenging: a Career Management tool for the FNB bank, which captures the performance of about 25.000 employees.

Ben is now looking forward to more creative Flash projects at GSDH, and we are looking forward to this addition to our international team (our Friday-after-work-braais stand to benefit from this too!).