Tag Archives: ikea

Facebook and IKEA discover joys of Cosplay community

These days if you have a conversation you seem to become part of a community (which enrages my friend George Parker, among others) but a pretty obvious community is Cosplay, people who like dressing up in outlandish costumers together. And ...

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IKEA and Thjnk pull off billboard conjuring trick

Digital out of home has been the next/current big thing for years now but often it fails to deliver the (lavish) promises made for it. But here’s an ingenious use of a small space for IKEA from German agency Thjnk, ...

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New Mother campaign lights up IKEA

Making light bulbs interesting is a tricky task but Mother in London has made a pretty decent stab at it with this effort for IKEA. The bad news is that IKEA will only sell the supposedly energy-saving LED thingies from ...

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Andy Law picks his Desert Island Ads

Andy Law is chairman of innovation consultancy Fearlessly Frank. Prior to joining FF he helped to found some of London’s better creative agencies including St Luke’s and The Law Firm. Here’s his choice of, mostly, ads. Asked to pick my ...

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Mother London wins £10m Halfords

UK cycle and motor accessories retailer Halfords has appointed Mother to handle its account worth £10m or so. Halfords Group Commercial Director Paul McClenaghan says: “We have started on a journey to reposition Halfords as a provider of expert help ...

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IKEA unveils winning campaigns from Mother London and Sweden’s Akestam Holst

Furniture and homeware giant IKEA seems to be having a good recession although its advertising arrangements seem a touch muddied. Bits of the account, like its catalogue, have found their way to McCann and its Swedish creative supremo Linus Karlsson, ...

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