It’s not easy for British Gas to look sympathetic in the current climate, but this ad pulls it off. It’s by Nucleus, the dedicated agency set up by The&Partnership and WPP agencies for a pitch in 2019. The film, for ...
Read More »Another billion reasons not to flog off Channel 4
The UK government is, in many, ways quite a diverting comedy: Partygate, tractorgate (watching porn in Parliament), bloodcurdling noises from a nakedly ambitious foreign secretary over Ukraine, echoed by a PM who seems to think poking the Russian bear is ...
Read More »MAA Ad of the Week: B&Q’s ‘Flip’ by Uncommon
Cheating a bit here: we actually featured this last Friday. But B&Q’s ‘Flip’ from Uncommon Creative Studio is certainly the UK ad of the year to date and, possibly, many others’ choice too. It’s a lovely piece of work that ...
Read More »WPP partners with Epic Games to boost metaverse skills
Not a week goes by without a new metaverse initiative, and this time it’s WPP’s turn. The group is partnering with Epic Games, the makers of Fortnite, only a couple of months after it launched the Metaverse Foundry with Hogarth. ...
Read More »Take that Elon – Ford takes aim at Musk and Tesla
Wieden+Kennedy New York’s ‘Built Ford Proud’ is a blue collar campaign if ever there was one and its latest iteration – readied for the Kentucky Derby (blue collar too) – takes a pop at an unnamed individual who’s very noisy ...
Read More »MAA blast from the past: Pot Noodle’s horny horn
A lot changes in 17 years, not least the UK Advertising Standards Authority’s tolerance of ads. Jaguar Land Rover’s new Defender ad showing the 4x4s parked precipitously on the edge of a cliff has been banned after attracting just a ...
Read More »ODD finds fun in ‘body positivity’ for Simply Be
Next 15 fashion agency ODD is the new home for Engine Creative (formerly WCRS, which has had a multitude of homes) and here’s ODD’s new effort for online retailer Simply Be, trying to reposition itself from a plus size brand ...
Read More »A dentist’s mullet tells a story in Dentsu’s new campaign for American Express
It’s a straightforward message – spend money on your business card and collect points to spend in your personal life – which Dentsu communicates simply. The new campaign is the biggest that Amex has done for its business arm, and ...
Read More »Branston takes the fight for lunchtime to company doorsteps in new Wonderhood campaign
It seems that it’s back to the office for most of us (in the UK anyway) although government minister the inimitable Jacob Rees-Mogg is none too impressed by the WFH-happy Civil Service’s efforts (they’ve relocated to the Cotswolds it seems.) ...
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