Tag Archives: George Parker

Back in 1963 David Ogilvy wrote his first book, Confessions of an Advertising Man. He begins the final chapter by telling us that his elder sister, Lady Henry, a socialist (Shock, horror) invited him to agree with her that advertising ...

I was devastated to hear the news that Bill Hamilton (left) passed away last week at the age of 74. I have known and worked with Bill at Chiat, Ogilvy and J.W. Thompson over nearly thirty years. He was without ...

At the time I started to write this review, the world’s third largest holding company, Publicis, announced that they would not be entering anything in next year’s Cannes “Festival of Creativity,” nor indeed in any other awards show. The world’s ...

Ah yes, once more the Cannes “International Festival of Creativity” is almost upon us. Now with more categories than attendees, everyone gets to take home a Zirconium Lion to justify their outrageous expenses which were probably blown on Peruvian Marching ...

A couple of years ago, I did a review of Michael Farmer’s wonderful book… Madison Avenue Manslaughter. At the end of the review I summed it up with this… On a final, final note, apart from Madison Avenue Manslaughter being ...

No, I’m not going all religious on you; it’s just that as we are approaching 2017, which is the five hundredth anniversary of when Martin Luther nailed his creative brief on the door of the Big Dumb Holding Company at ...

In his wisdom, Stephen has asked for my opinion on the great ads of 2016. I suspect that as he knows I have never failed to modestly represent myself as MAA’s Curmudgeon in Chief, so I would not expected to ...

A perspicacious Pot Pouri! To paraphrase my old school mate, Winston Churchill, “Generation Creation” is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. Now do not get me wrong here. It is a splendid book, but unlike many of ...

In today’s data fixated, social media obsessed and increasingly fucked up ad agency universe, in “Ugly Is Only Skin Deep,” Dominik Imseng has not only given us a superbly written and well researched history of the unique DDB, VW “Beetle” ...