Creative

Ribena’s new campaign features a blackcurrant grower called Andrew Berry talking about himself as a blackcurrant artist, trimming leaves like a sculptor, and holding a blackcurrant between his fingers like a priceless object. The ads end with the line ‘Blackcurrant ...

Some years ago I was running a workshop in New York. Of the 12 or so people there, only two were men, one of whom was quite opinionated. During a discussion (which he was dominating) I said ‘ok, ok- let’s ...

If proof were needed that ad agency staff are more stretched than ever, the IPA’s latest census is here with the numbers. There are fewer people working at IPA agencies than there were a year ago, and the drop in ...

Omnicom Media Group’s Drum agency has been appointed by B&Q owner Kingfisher as its global social content agency. Kingfisher also owns Screwfix, Castorama, Brico Depot and Koctas. Kingfisher has been shutting stores in France and pulling out of some other ...

Newly-formed political entity The Independent Group, consisting of a handful of Remain-supporting refugee MPs from Labour and the Tories, hasn’t exactly got off to a flying start. For the time being at least it’s known as Change UK as the ...

Sophie Russell is a senior planner at Brave. Desert Island Ads At Brave we are drawn to the braver ads. Not just brave through wacky creativity, but brave enough to challenge a category and comms status quo. Bravery is to ...

If you haven’t taken an artfully staged flat lay shot of your food before you eat it, then you haven’t really experienced the meal. So it goes for a generation of foodie Instagrammers who think nothing of holding up proceedings ...

Droga5 London, like its big brother in NYC, believes in going the extra mile and it’s certainly doing that for new client Barclaycard. Barclaycard targets small businesses, among others, and it’s introducing a Repayment Calculator – ostensibly to helps its ...

Thought that picking up women on buses was frowned upon in the Me Too era, not so by Bancontact’s Payconiq mobile banking app in a new campaign from Boondoggle. Old habits die hard, even in app-driven mobile banking. More diverting ...