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David Ogilvy said the role of advertising is to sell, and that nothing should distract us from this sole purpose – but he never had to contend with the prospect of an existential climate emergency. Last month, Extinction Rebellion provided ...

Sir Martin Sorrell’s new S4 has reported revenue up 38 per cent to £40.9m and gross profit up 37 per cent to £32.8m in Q1 2019, a pretty staggering performance since the business only started a year ago following his ...

Corona and Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam won FEPE International’s classic creative award at this week’s Congress in Dubai (trade body FEPE, now in the process of renaming itself World Out of Home Organization, divides posters into classic and digital.) The sculpture, created ...

Here’s a clue as to what WPP’s Wunderman Thompson will look like and what it hopes to do. The recently-merged agency has hired former Publicis big hitter Ewen Sturgeon as CEO of Europe and South Africa, reporting to global boss ...

BBH has partnered with The Photographer’s Gallery in an ongoing project to help promote exhibitions and activities in the Soho art space throughout the year. For their first work together, BBH has produced four short films to spread the word ...

This is more like it, so far Nils Leonard’s Uncommon has been as notable for the noise it makes than the ads (although the ones that have surfaced have been perfectly respectable) but this new effort for Ecover will get ...

To Dubai for the 60th Annual Congress of FEPE International, an extraordinary event with over 400 delegates that brings together the burgeoning worldwide Out of Home industry and, among other things, tests the stamina of even the most accomplished hotel ...

Nigel Vaz has made some very big promises in his inaugural speech as president of the IPA. He has vowed to “Reimagine” the industry and guide member agencies through the kind of transformation that they have all been struggling to ...

Droga5 London’s new campaign for Amazon Prime sums up internet shopping perfectly: it’s all about scrolling through your phone, getting lost in the fantasy, then thinking “sod it” and making the purchase. These four ads also make the very important ...