Blimey, who’d have thought Vodafone could actually produce an exciting ad? Grey UK has managed to produce some interesting ones for Vodafone Ireland while the UK agency RKCR/Y&R has lumbered itself with that irritating little gremlin from Star Wars. But ...
Read More »Havas Dusseldorf wheels out the big model battalions for Citroen’s sparky DS3
Wondered who’d done this new ad, ‘Style Parade,’ for Citroen’s DS3 and the answer is: H /Havas Dusseldorf. It’s a neat combo of French flair (befitting the DS3 and (dare one say it) German something or other (obviously one dare ...
Read More »M&C takes the gay way for Nat West Cashback Plus
Is this the first time a lesbian couple have appeared in a British TV ad, and a bank ad at that? Well they make a fleeting appearance in this new ad for Nat West Cashback Plus, a new retail loyalty ...
Read More »Qatar Airways finds a YouTube open goal with new FC Barcelona campaign from 180
You don’t need to do that much to rack up nearly three million views on YouTube – not if it’s a football film anyway, preferably Barcelona. Qatar Airways is the first sponsor of the Catalan giants so !80 Amsterdam was ...
Read More »Guinness and AMV venture back onto ‘Surfers’ territory – but what’s coming next?
It’s brave of Guinness and agency AMV to venture back onto ‘Surfers’ territory, the famous ad from director Jonathan Glazer that won every award going about ten years ago. Well here’s a taster of the new campaign that features swirling ...
Read More »Publicis London decides to bring back cheesy ‘Euro ads’ for Phileas Fogg – was this entirely wise?
Once upon a time there used to be something we snooty people in the UK called a ‘Euro ad,’ a cheesy selling message that used to have creatives of a delicate disposition reaching for the smelling salts. Ferrro Rocher’s ‘Ambassador’s ...
Read More »New BBH RS6 Avant campaign for Audi certainly comes from a less obvious place
Here’s the most interesting UK Audi ad for ages; a new one from BBH plugging the benefits of the souped-up (as we used to say) Audi RS6 estate car. Now quite why you should want a rocket-powered estate car is ...
Read More »Leo Burnett saddles up for Chevy’s new Silverado – and stays on board
A recovering auto market is one of the drivers of the (relatively) renascent US economy. At the same time Americans are supposed to be switching to European-style fuel-efficient makes. Well some of them might be but most of them seem ...
Read More »Tesco and Wieden+Kennedy bet the ranch on new ‘Love Every Mouthful’ food campaign
Well there it is then, the big one for Tesco from Wieden+Kennedy London: ‘Love Every Mouthful.’ Tesco has decided, rather belatedly some might say, that it’s a grocer and, therefore, should sell itself on the quality of its food. Which ...
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