We can all do with some support right now and here’s Wieden+Kennedy chair Susan Hoffman on the importance of same, for the One Club for Creativity. Reading a letter from Dan Wieden 20 or so years ago when Susan seems ...
Read More »Schitt’s Creek stars light up Hudson’s Bay Christmas ad
Canada seems a pretty good place to be holed up during the pandemic (cold but…) and Hudson’s Bay and agency FCB Toronto seem to be having a good time here with Schitt’s Creek stars Catherine O’Hara and Annie Murphy (was ...
Read More »L’Oreal and Virtue launch first virtual make-up range
A lockdown world is becoming like a virtual gaming experience, you live everything online. Now its make-up too, with Signature Faces from L’Oreal with the help of Vice agency Virtue. The Sinature Faces collection was co-created by L’Oréal Paris global ...
Read More »Big names, small agencies. The list of well-known ad people starting again in 2020 continues to grow
M&C Saatchi alumni Kate Bosomworth and Justin Tindall are the latest adland names to set up shop this year, with a new agency called Platform. They join a growing list of respected individuals who are trying out new models, often ...
Read More »No Christmas surprises in Grey London’s spot for Very.co.uk
It’s all about the build up to the big day in this ad for Very.co.uk by Grey London, which celebrates Christmas rituals such as silly outfits, over-the-top decorations, waking up early, giving presents, things like that. Very.co.uk became an online-only ...
Read More »Is this Trump’s latino swansong as US goes to the polls?
It’s the big day in the US and incumbent president Donald Trump is making a last-minute bid to attract the votes of the latin community – those he’s not intent on keeping out presumably – with ‘The best song of ...
Read More »Quick off the mark Wunderman Thompson launches debut campaign for new win Sage
Former Wunderman Thompson boss and now WPP CEO Mark Read has said agencies need to be quicker off the mark and his old agency has demonstrated just that, producing its first campaign for accounting software giant Sage just a month ...
Read More »Aldi’s Kevin the Carrot dices with danger in Xmas teaser
What are UK retailers going to do with their expensive commercials and airtime now we’re in a month-long lockdown with no certainty of freedom after December 2? No such problem for Aldi and other supermarkets who seem set for another ...
Read More »Ian Wright does Christmas on Facebook Portal for TBWA London’s festive campaign
Who wouldn’t want Ian Wright to come and liven up their online family Christmas? The football pundit and ex-Arsenal player is very natural and funny in these three domestic scenarios: he relives moments of sporting glory while playing charades; he ...
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