Tag Archives: mad men

With the recent MAA piece on the UK’s first TV ads I am reminded that I actually owe a great deal to Brian Palmer (creator of the Gibbs SR spot and a performer in another, see below) who was head ...

It’s the UK’s D&AD Awards tomorrow and Cannes, as ever, is looming. In our ceaseless examination of the springs of creativity it may be instructive to look at some blasts from the past in this (mostly Mad Men era) compilation ...

Only one episode left before Don Draper and his band of merry madmen head off to that great pitch deck in the sky. Self-loathing cheat, serial lady-killer, fraud, alcoholic, ad man – I love Don Draper. I love his sharp ...

Mad Men has finally ended, in the US anyway but we won’t spoil it for everybody else. It was better before Don Draper came apart at the seams and Roger Sterling grew his awful moustache. Here’s Roger wringing some weekend ...

Mad Men (and increasingly crazy women) is winding to an end in the US at the weekend so the Orange Couch, which has faithfully been deconstructing the antics of Madison Avenue’s not-so-finest, is having to turn its attention to Game ...

It’s the last knockings of Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men and here’s a resume of how it got from series one to series seven. Many people have debated how close this all was or wasn’t to the Madison Avenue of the ...

It’s very sporting of the usually straight-laced Ad Age to put together a video on sex in the office (and in neighbouring hotels) as featured on Mad Men, with some interesting comments from survivors of the era including perky copywriter ...

British agencies have made many attempts to invade the glistering shores of Manhattan and all have failed, to a greater or lesser degree. Yes, BBH has a functioning office there, as does Mother. But the Yanks (as they were in ...

London seems to have cast its spell on a number of US agencies and now Interpublic’s The Martin Agency is planning to join the wave of newish invaders that also includes Droga5, Crispin Porter and Mcgarrybowen. The Martin Agency is ...