Amnesty International has spread its wings somewhat with this rapid response to the US Roe v. Wade abortion ruling. From Norwegian ad agency Anorak. Freedom is still the issue though, even in what Amnesty calls the ‘Land of the Unfree.’ ...
Read More »MAA Ad of the Week: Cannes Lions Film Craft GP winner Penny by Serviceplan
Winning ads are a rarity at Cannes these days, Grand Prix and other Lions are almost exclusively the preserve of cause-related stunts. They might as well be in an enlarged Outdoor category. How Mars Petcare’s (estimable) ‘Hope Reef’ can win ...
Read More »MAA Ad of the Week: adam&eveDDB for Marmite
Bit of a cheat this one but there’s a shortage of good ads around (as you may have noticed and which may be confirmed at the Cannes Lions.) It’s the runner up in Clear Channel and Campaign’s Outdoor Media Awards, ...
Read More »MAA Ad of the Week: MoneySuperMarket from NCA
No escape from New Commercial Arts this week, the agency founded by adam&eve alumni James Murphy and David Golding with Ian Heartfield from BBH and Rob Curran from Wunderman Thompson, has won Nando’s, made an excellent debut for Alzheimer’s Society ...
Read More »MAA Ad of the Week: British Gas Energy Trust from T&P
This one’ll cheer you up. The&Partnership for British Gas Energy Trust promoting its helpline for people who can’t afford to keep the heating on as energy prices (including British Gas charges) go through the roof. A hostage to fortune if ...
Read More »MAA Ad of the Week: Club Brugge by Mutant
Football has become an (arguably) unpleasant showcase for all sorts of people and entities you’d rather not have dominating the so-called beautiful game. Saudi Arabia and Newcastle are the latest to take advantage of this blazing opportunity for ‘sportswashing.’ Big ...
Read More »MAA Ad of the Week: Old Speckled Hen from Engine
Actually this could just as easily been a blast from the Past, Engine for Old Speckled Hen, a campaign that’s been running off and on for over 20 years. Engine Creative, to give it its full moniker, was formerly WCRS, ...
Read More »MAA Ad of the Week: Gorillas from The Or
Thin pickings this week (a short one admittedly.) Not actually sure we like this one that much – delivery service Gorillas by Mother offshoot The Or – but at least it’s trying to differentiate Gorillas from all the others by ...
Read More »MAA Ad of the Week: Lumo from Mother
Reassuring that there’s still an ad agency that can do ads (ads are so last year in certain quarters) and Mother rarely lets you down. This one’s for new client Lumo, an all-electric UK train service that answers the envoronmental ...
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