By Staff on January 9, 2012
So is this a real LG ad for its Kompressor Plus vacuum cleaner, knocking Dyson, or is it another example of an agency having fun and ‘leaking’ it onto the internet? The smudger in question sounds Australian, which may be a clue. Anyway it’s very good, LG ought to run it.
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, News | Tagged Australia, dyson, kompressor plus vacuum cleaner, lg, real time photoshopping spoof ad, supermodels
By Staff on November 29, 2011
We asked James Hind, the editor of carbuzz, to choose some ads which appeal to car fans and professionals. Here’s James’s view. Although adverts from many brands tend to be banned by advertising standard boards, those from car manufacturers seem particularly susceptible. Perhaps it’s because so many consumers instantly stop paying attention because it’s ‘just [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, News | Tagged ad bans, Australia, carbuzz, darth vader, domestic violence, James hind, rav4, subaru forrester, toyota yaris, uk car site, volkwagen passat, volvo v60
By Angie Dean on October 14, 2011
Interpublic’s Lowe & Partners has completed its deal to boost its Australian operations by buying 51 per cent of 303, formerly Australia’s biggest independent agency. The agency will be known as 303Lowe (don’t you wish word spaces would come back?) and be run by 303′s CEO Nick Cleaver (pictured), Sydney managing director Jon Mackie and [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, News | Tagged 303, 303 lowe, Australia, harley-davidson, Interpublic, johnson & johnson, Jon Mackie, lowe and partners, Nick Cleaver, PepsiCo, perth, Simon Langley, Sydney, unilever
By Stephen Foster on October 7, 2011
As this film shows, agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty has gone to town to make sure its tour d’horizon around British Airways is accurate to the last collar stud. Does this actually matter if the reason to buy remains a bit unclear? Well, for BA anyway, which has taken a pummelling in recent years, often as [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, News | Tagged Australia, bartle bogle hegarty, bbh, british airways, critics, new campaign, tv advertising
By Angie Dean on September 5, 2011
Clients often think they can do a better job than their ad agencies and Australian supermarket giant Coles is trying to prove the point with its new ‘Down Down’ campaign. This is at least partly the brainchild of veteran adman Ted Horton who was brought in by previous agency DDB to help on the $67m [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, News | Tagged advertising, Australia, coles, ddb, jingle, jingle-singing competitions, sport for schools promotion, Ted horton
By Stephen Foster on August 31, 2011
Droga5, originally from Australia but now also one of New York’s hottest, has made further inroads into the global Kraft business with the appointment to handle Cadbury brands Boost, Cherry Ripe and Picnic in Oz. Long-serving Aussie agencies George Patterson/Y&R and The Ross Partnership have been dumped. Droga5, led by creative Dave Droga found its [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, News | Tagged athenos, Australia, boost, cadbury, cherry ripe, crispin porter+bogusky, dairy milk, Dave Droga, droga5, george patterson y&r, Kraft, martin, New York, picnic, prostitute ad, saatchi & saatchi, the ross partnership
By Angie Dean on August 12, 2011
Interpublic has clearly decided that its troubled Lowe & Partners is worth preserving despite all manner of ructions and disappointments – the reason is presumably Unilever which under CMO Keith Weed seems wedded to the agency – and it’s now trying to bolster its presence in booming Australia by buying all or part (IPG usually [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, Finance, News | Tagged 303 creative agency, Australia, bartle bogle hegarty, david jones, havas, host, Interpublic, IPG, Keith Weed, Linus Karlsson, lowe & partners, Maurice Levy, Michael Roth, mother, Nick Brien, Nick Cleaver, Sir Frank Lowe, unilever
By Angie Dean on July 28, 2011
Included in Saatchi & Saatchi’s Cannes New Directors’ Showcase in 2009, husband and wife team Merav and Yuval Nathan have been scooping up awards in Europe and Australia (most recently the Euganea Festival in Italy) for this music video for Lose That Child by Eatliz. Now represented by Independent, their past work includes another big-hitting [...]
Posted in Agencies, Creative, News | Tagged Australia, eatliz, euganea festival, Independent, italy, losr that child, Merav Nathan, music videos, my morning elegance, Oren Lavie, saatchi & Saatchi new directors showcase 2009, the nathans, Youtube, Yuval Nathan
By Stephen Foster on June 25, 2011
One agency winning three Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions is pretty sensational (especially as it’s three more than the UK won in total). But Australian by birth and New York by choice (or necessity) Droga5 has won three Grand Prix at Cannes, adding an integrated Grand Prix for its Jay-Z Decoded work to the [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, News | Tagged Australia, cannes lions, Dave Droga, decoded, droga5, film craft grand prix, integrated grand prix, Jay-Z, New York, nike write the future, outdoor grand prix, puma, three grand prix
By Stephen Foster on June 24, 2011
Former JWT worldwide CCO Craig Davis is now back in Australia, as co-chairman and CCO of Publicis Mojo. Craig was only worldwide creative boss at JWT for three years or so but while he was there he comprised a formidable team with JWT CEO Bob Jeffrey. I don’t why he chose to forego the JWT [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, News | Tagged Australia, Bob Jeffrey, cannes lions, Craig Davis, India, jwt shanghai, publicis mojo, samsonite, worldwide creative director jwt, WPP
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