Tag Archives: David Abbott

Lloyds Bank marketing boss Richard Warren, a founder of agency DLKW and briefly CEO of Mullenlowe, sparked an interesting fire when he told Campaign: “You can quote me on this: No-one can write in advertising agencies any more.” As with ...

To London’s Embankment to celebrate 40 years of AMV BBDO, once (David) Abbott (Peter) Mead (Adrian) Vickers), the most successful of the tidal wave of creative agencies who hit London in the late 1970s and through the 80s and 90s. ...

The IPA is celebrating its 100th birthday in London tonight at a glittering event (well I’m going) and to mark the occasion has chosen what we might call its British Hall of Fame. Judging panel was IPA president Tom Knox, ...

Ron Brown, David Abbott’s long-time art director partner at Abbott Mead Vickers, later AMV BBDO and the UK’s biggest agency, has died. Abbott died last year. Brown joined AMV in its early days – he and founder Abbott were its ...

It’s been a week dominated by the death of David Abbott, the Abbott Mead Vickers founder and great copywriter who died following heart surgery last weekend aged 75. It must be quite hard for younger readers to ‘get’ Abbott; most ...

When I heard the news about David Abbott I seemed to remember for some reason he once used Mark Twain’s “the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated” but perhaps I am imagining it. If only it were true ...

I’m not quite sure why, but the news yesterday of David Abbott’s death on Saturday struck me particularly hard. I never worked with him. I only met him twice, just as I only met David Ogilvy twice. And, I never ...

David Abbott, one of the founders of Abbott Mead Vickers and a legendary copywriter and creative director, died at the weekend (Paul Simons’ personal tribute is here). He was inducted into The One Club Hall of Fame in 2001 and ...

David Abbott, one of the founders of Abbott Mead Vickers (now AMV/BBDO) has died aged 75. A brilliant writer (in retirement a considerable novelist) he was a gentleman whose high standards informed the agency he founded and inspired many of ...