Are these the most famous names in modern advertising? They’re certainly contenders and their blasts from the pasts give an intriguing insight into what many see as the golden age of creative advertising. For Bogle and Bartle see links below ...
Read More »MAA blast from the past: The Appliance of Science
It isn’t just adland that’s transfixed by science these days, the pandemic has brought the men (and women) in white coats to all of us, even to the point of the UK government trumpeting “the science” at every opportunity, even ...
Read More »MAA blast from the past: Unilever quits tea – that’s no way to treat a chimp
Unilever is selling its tea business – including PG Tips and Lipton – to CVC Capital Partners for £3.8bn as it concentrates on more youthful customers, a fashionable although not necessarily more profitable thing to do. For many baby boomers ...
Read More »MAA blast from the past: Only in New York…
J&R Music World was a New York institution before it appears to have over-expanded and then imploded. Seems to have sold cameras too. Founded back in 1971. No idea when this pleasingly un-Christmassy ad was made (looks Seventies) or who ...
Read More »Patrick Collister’s 80s blast from the past
In a long career in advertising Patrick Collister, a one-time head of design for Google in the UK, has happened across a fair number of ads – even some good ones. Here’s his selection of 15 from the 1980s, arguably ...
Read More »MAA blast from the past: back to the 1970s with Harp
They say that Britain is returning to the 1970s as another winter of discontent looms with shortages of just about everything, soaring gas prices and inflation revving up. The 1970s were a very profitable decade for ad agencies though, with ...
Read More »MAA blast from the past: Guardian’s ‘Three Little Pigs’/BBH
This was a big winner for The Guardian and BBH in 2012. Wasn’t wholly convinced at the time but it certainly bears up as the debate over fake news and all the other disagreeable aspects of online partiality cranks up. ...
Read More »MAA blast from the past: Playstation’s ‘Mental Wealth’
There were some pretty wacky ads around at the turn of the century and this was assuredly one of them, PlayStation’s ‘Mental Wealth’ from TBWA, RSA and CGI wizard Chris Cunningham for The Mill. She didn’t really look like that ...
Read More »MAA blast from the past: adam&eve’s scary debut
Mobile retailer Phones4U was the first big account to come adam&eve’s way back in 2011 (John Lewis was on the phone next) and the agency’s debut campaign was the most complained about of the year – although the regulator let ...
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