Best Ads of the Year

The Shark Awards have launched their 2020 awards season and are now open for entries in advertising, digital, design, short film and music video. There are some changes to this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The awards will still ...

We’re re-running some older faves as striking new campaigns are rather thin on the ground and here’s an oldie from 1976, Honey Monster from the great Boase Massimi Pollitt, probably the best TV agency under creative director John Webster. But ...

The new partnership will see Maximus working with Notting Hill Carnival Ltd., to help clients to capitalise on the diverse and desirable Carnival audience across the August Bank Holiday weekend. Since its inception in 1964, the Notting Hill Carnival has ...

Writing in Forbes, Larry Light of brand consultancy Arcature concludes: “The focus on short-term, disposable viewership is an unfortunate byproduct of the digital age. Sustainable advertising campaigns designed to create and reinforce brand loyalty will be a thing of the ...

It’s time to open adland’s box of Christmas crackers – every year we’re told that big budget extravaganzas are out but they never seem to be – and they certainly aren’t at Argos, from The&Partnership. So it’s nearly three minutes ...

London agency BMB’s debut for LinkedIn: straight to the point with ‘real stories’ that, for once, seem convincing. Goodby Silverstein for HP. Does anyone like social media these days? Saatchi & Saatchi for BT. Divides opinion somewhat but pretty good ...

Engine and VCCP were awarded the top prizes in digital pioneer Ocean Outdoor’s tenth annual digital creative competition, with campaigns for the Royal Navy and Amnesty International UK. Engine won the top brand prize with Sniper, an interactive recruitment campaign ...

The Clio Awards are 60 this year and they’re celebrating some of adland’s icons with a campaign from BBDO LA featuring a Renaissance-style mural from Sam Spratt, a film and a website featuring, inter alia, George Lois, Mary Wells Lawrence, ...

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” (Dr. Seuss.) Or, to put it another way: reading is good for you. I doubt this brooks much disagreement: ...