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advertising : web top

Banner ad for College News.
Copywriting and concept by Lynette Chiang, using house footage


advertising : tv top


Bob Jane Tyre Mart Brand Campaign; Nestle Ovaltine spot - Copywriter Lynette Chiang, Art Director Max Landrak, Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne, Australia


advertising : print top
Bike Friday "Boarding Pass" Ad Campaign for Adventure Cyclist Magazine
Campaign concept, copywriting, art direction, layout and typesetting by Lynette Chiang using customer photos
Bike Friday Yemen Jan Leenknegt Adventure Cyclist

Bike Friday Susan Notorangelo Adventure Cyclist


Bike Friday Susan Notorangelo Adventure Cyclist

Bike Friday Todd Moore France Adventure Cyclist

tikitTM Online and print campaign for a bicycle commuting magazine. Click to enlarge.
Campaign concept, copywriting, art direction, layout, typesetting and photography by Lynette Chiang
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2004: Inaugural 'What Do You Do On A Friday?' Branding Campaign
Campaign concept, copywriting, layout, and execution by Lynette Chiang using customer photos.
Led to Bike Friday winning Saatchi & Saatchi Lovemark of the Year:

Bike Friday at Arctic Circle


larry varney satrday


twinair

flick
Ad for Flick Pest Control, Boo Advertising.
Copywriting by Lynette Chiang, art direction by Max Landrak
See it online | 1995 Cannes Advertising Festival Bronze Lion)

nissan
Ad for Nissan Sentra, the cheap and cheerful car. Saatchi & Saatchi, Costa Rica. Copywriting and art direction by Lynette Chiang.

frog
Extra waterproof An ad for a building material. Saatchi & Saatchi, Costa Rica. Copywriting and art direction by Lynette Chiang.

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legsrun wings
Image campaign for Pipasa, a Costa Rican chicken company. Saatchi & Saatchi/Tribu Costa Rica.
Copywriting and art direction by Lynette Chiang

dragon sober mum
Campaign for a Laser Tattoo removal clinic, Sydney.
Copywriting by Lynette Chiang. Art Direction by Marie Mansfield. AWARD Bronze Pencil winner. We called ourselves "Buladelahs" which rhymes with "Shielas".

pancito fresco yourhalf
Your Half. My Half.

pancito fresco hole
If you like bread with a hole in the middle, buy a donut.

Campaign for Pancito Fresco, a hot bread chain. Saatchi & Saatchi Costa Rica.
Copywriting and art direction by Lynette Chiang.

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exactus software fingers teeth
One thing less to worry about. Image campaign for a Costa Rican business software company. Saatchi & Saatchi Costa Rica.
Copywriting and campaign concept by Lynette Chiang
soberish disease
Campaign for a mid-strength beer. Caxton Australian Newspapers Award Winner. Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne.
Copywriting by Lynette Chiang. Art direction by Max Landrak.

spanners
We're looking for Australia's Best engineer. Ad for Engineer of the Year Awards. Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne, Australia.

Copywriting by Lynette Chiang. Art direction by Max Landrak.

arsed rugby
(You might have to be Irish to get these ... the first is a hair shampoo aimed at young guys).
BODY AND BOUNCE: Darren Kelly's limp, lifeless hair could use an aloe vera and jojoba restructuring shampoo to promote elasticity and sheen but frankly, he couldn't be arsed.

The second ad recognizes that Ireland has always been lousy at rugby against France but no matter ... Best of Luck in Paris, lads.Saatchi & Saatchi, Dublin, Ireland.
Irish advertising awards finalist. Copywriting and campaign concept by Lynette Chiang.
better
Strong love scenes prohibited. Ad for a multiple-position bed. Saatchi & Saatchi Costa Rica.
Copywriting and campaign concept by Lynette Chiang.
yo quiero uno hace 2 segundos
I want one/Two seconds ago I was perfectly happy with my current 4x4.
Campaign to launch Mitsubishi Montero. Saatchi & Saatchi. Costa Rica.
Copywriting and campaign concept by Lynette Chiang.

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Round*Up Fast Fold Showdown | Story | Film Society of Lincoln Center GreenScreens, 2009
greenscreens-logo official-selection-logo
2007 Bicycle Film Festival NYC



16,000 Feet on a Friday Trailer (3 min trailer) | Story | First feature length movie shot with a 3.2 mpix digital camera, 2004



Route 66 by Bicycle Trailer | Story | Pedaling the Mother Road (53 min DVD)



VIDEO: "It's not a Junket, It's a Job" | About

Selling the story videos

REMO: Selling the story not the stripey thing | Story | profile of an online retailer

Bike Friday's collaboration with a local grocer and bikeshop | Story

Cycle2City: A Commuter's Bicycling Facility | Story | used in Harvard School of Public Health and Design Fall 2009 curriculum.

Bike Friday's collaboration with Eugene LTD buses | Story

Bike Friday on the Catwalk | Story | Collaboration with NY Fashion Designer Telfar Clemens, 2008

Helmet Haricut from Bumble & Bumble | Making a trip to the hairdresser somehow work related

You had to be there videos

Longest Line in NYC | Women , 2008

The Man in the Hole | Story | Featured in Treehugger.com

The Pied Piper of Puna | Story | : David Hannauer, Ocarina Meister

Poledancing for the Modern Urban Cyclista | Story | Bobbie's Pole Studio


dvd movies top
"Made on a Mac": feature-length DVD movies shot, edited, finished, music arranged/composed, on the road. Using a a simple digital camera and Apple iLife. Widely showing to cycling, travel and multimedia audiences at film festivals and on PBS.


Route 66 by Bicycle: Pedaling the Mother Road: 57-minutes, 2006.
Riding and shooting 40 cyclists crossing the country on this 29-day anniversary expedition led by Race Across America Legend Lon Haldeman
Movie clip | See it bigger | Buy it


audience-choice-logoBoston Bike Film Festival 2005

16,000 Feet on a Friday: Biking the World's Highest Paved Road, 45 minutes, 2004.
Expedition over the 16,000 ft Ticlo Pass, Peru, led by Race Across America Legend Lon Haldeman. I was interviewed by Jim Clash of Forbes.com. Movie clip | See it bigger | Buy it

writing top

published articles

From Padlocked Diaries to Powell's Pick: The Willamette Writers Conference
Conference Review, Op-Ed for the Eugene Register-Guard

Cheap and Choosy: Getting by in the land of the potluck, yoga and tofu | live link
Back to Campus Special : Eugene Weekly

Doing the Dishes in Country Kerry Part I
For Escape from America Magazine

A Little Wheel Goes a Long Way   live link
BicycleTouringPro.com web event

Turning 35 in Edinburgh (PDF, page 19) live link for riderscollective.org, June 2010

blogging | All Gal blogs

A Decade Across the Dining Room Table     live link
Lessons learned from a decade of Customer Evangelism, May 2010

2010: The Year of Saying "I Got It"     live link
On the perils of non-response. FastCompany.com Top 10 post, January 2010

They Got It!   live link
Followup to previous post

Obamabilia: Royalty-free "Kind Eyes" Already stimulating the Economy   live link
Lighthearted look at campaign kitsch. Fastcompany.com

Packaging Design 101: Follow through ... with decent glue
On taking good design all the way to the sticky label. Fastcompany.com

Selling the Shirt Not the Stripey Thing
Profile of e-tailer REMO, for FastCompany.com Barack Obama and the Power of Positive Discrimination    live link
He's black, and that's enough for me. Fastcompany.com

On Not Biting the Feedback that Feeds You   live link
Criticism - it's all good. Fastcompany.com

My Friend Alison: She's the Real Thoreau   live link
A personal tribute to someone I admire

multimedia event reporting: words, photos, movies I'm the cat among the pigeons, filming, interviewing, catching people off guard. The goal: make readers late for work.

A Decade of Fridays A 10-year retrospective of online multimedia content authored by Lynette Chiang for www.bikefriday.com

Mark Mobius on a Friday Interviewing Mutual Funds Guru, Mark Mobius

Little People of America Annual Convention

Bike Across Italy Just words and pictures of a 10-day trip review

What Does Lynette Chiang Do On A Friday? collected multimedia trip reports on bikefriday.com

advocacy, PR stunts and B2B collaborations Multimedia coverage to inform and inspire

3-way Marketing partnership between a manufacturer, a grocer, a bike shop

A tikit to ride the buses Collaboration with transit authority

The tikitTM on Trial in NYC Getting a folding bike past New York's toughest gatekeepers

Burn Carbs Not Hydrocarbs Symposium Advocacy for sustainable transportation options. In 2008 The Harvard University included her advocacy multimedia in its Public Health and Design curriculums.

Aloha, but not in my Backyard Advocacy for Beach Access in Hawaii

travel writing

Travel Writing Collected multimedia travel articles - words, photo galleries and video

Fisherman and Flashers in County Kerry

Doing the Dishes in County Kerry Part II

humor

April Fool's Day Some serious relationship marketing dressed up as killer pranks

Plumbing the Depths of Joe the Foreign Policy Expert FastCompany.com, Oct 2008


book top
cuba cover Foreword award
The Handsomest Man in Cuba: an escapade : official webpage
Published by Random House Australia, Globe-Pequot USA, National Geographic Adventure Press Germany.
Original book layout, jacket design, photography by Lynette Chiang.
New York Times Book Review, 2007 | Buy it



image top

Photography for Bike Friday Catalog covers:
 Bike Friday Catalog cover jeri el-swaify  Bike Friday Catalog cover ralph dobson


duality

Prize-winning shot from the NY 5-Boro Bike Tour. See it bigger.


design top

Original invention: Traffic Cone BagTM
A Galfromdownunder original design, 3-in-1, reversible, proudly made in the New York Garment District. About traffic cone bag
traffic cone bag


yellow headbadge
Bike Friday Headbadge Design www.bikefriday.com/headbadge

bf jersey
Bike Friday Map Jersey Made in the USA by VoMax Apparel


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