We’re off on our travels again, to Norway this time for a campaign for Volkswagen’s Trailer Assist from agency TRY/APT in Oslo. ‘Trailer Assist’ normally wouldn’t get its own campaign but maybe trailers are big in Norway. So it’s a ...
Read More »Vlad the bad Putin takes another one from Norway’s XXL
We observed earlier that the gay/lesbian row in Russia, highlighted by the Winter Olympics in Sochi, would be more fun that people falling over on ice skates – and so it’s proving. Now we have Norwegian sports retailer XXL and ...
Read More »Green Cave People signs Van Zandt for Norway’s Telenor
To Norway now where London indie agency Green Cave People – founded by ex-DLKW/Lowe creative Malcolm Green and ex-Lowe manager Marc Cave – is running a whopper campaign (OK, this is Norway) for Telenor, the world’s sixth-biggest telecoms company it ...
Read More »Those damned zombies are everywhere in adland – they’re even taking over the Epica Awards
I’m deeply indebted to the international Epica creative advertising awards – on which I served as a juror – for giving me nightmares. Every year, the awards betray certain cultural themes – performing dogs, hyper-animated babies, whatever – that have ...
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