Creative

Adam&eveDDB’s John Lewis Christmas ad featuring Elton John has got the nation talking and it’s also inspired film maker Phil Beastall to release this, which certainly appears to have got the nation watching with nearly seven million views so far. ...

CALM, the male suicide prevention charity, is getting a lot of support from the media world. That’s probably not a coincidence given the overwork, lack of job security, and blokey culture that permeates the industry. Adam&eve/DDB’s Project 84 campaign for ...

Great things happen in the loo – or on the loo in this case – according to German DIY chain Hornbach and agency Heimat. So client and agency decided to delve a bit deeper, via an installation in Berlin. Not ...

When Wendy Clark left Coca-Cola for DDB she probably expected a more topsy turvy life and she’s certainly found it. First up DDB won McDonald’s with its new We Are Unlimited offer – also involving other bits and pieces from ...

Will 2019 be the year that artificial intelligence (A1) takes over the ad world? We’ve already had the new Lexus campaign from The&Partnership, scripted by A1 after analysing a multitude of Cannes award winners, and now Wieden+Kennedy London has worked ...

The&Partnership’s Matt Deacon and Ben Fallows (below), the team behind Argos’ ‘Christmas Fool’ campaign, are keeping an eye on the Christmas ads for us. This week’s pick is Vodafone. Tim from the office, Bilbo Baggins, Doctor Watson…and now the muppet ...

At one of the increasingly popular “fireside chat” events to lure big names on stage, John Hegarty, founder of Bartle Bogle Hegarty, was in typically opinionated mood as he talked to the audience at Connect London. “People go on about ...

I see that Madison Avenue pioneer – and pithy commentator on its Mad Men doings – Jane Maas has died at 86. We’ve reported on her various books and observations here and the New York Times gives her the obit ...

Top ranking AMV BBDO creative teams Mike Crowe and Rob Messeter and Caio Giannella and Diego de Oliveira are joining the creative brain drain to Apple in California. Crowe and Messeter are joining as creative directors on iPhone and Giannella ...