For those who attended the 99% Con­fer­ence a few weeks ago in New York, got a pre­view of stills from most of this com­mer­cial; but now that it’s be released to the pub­lic, we can all enjoy it:

What do you think, dear read­ers? Can a bank really stand for some­thing? Would you do busi­ness with Stan­dard Char­tered Bank if it were in your town? And how about the visual side of the piece? Love it? Hate it? Are you a fan of Sag­meis­ter and his work? Never heard of him before? What do you think??

Later tonight, much of the world will no doubt gather round to enjoy the open­ing fes­tiv­i­ties of the 2010 Win­ter Olympics in Vancouver.

And while I could prob­a­bly write an entire post about the glo­ries of the beau­ti­ful city of Van­cou­ver (the art! the cof­fee! the food! and on and on) instead I’ll share my favorite 2010 Olympics-related promo to get you in the mood for tonight’s open­ing ceremonies:

I just love this piece STUDIO AKA pro­duced as a BBC promo.