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Tag Archives: Advertising
Intangible value?
This week we were delighted to have Ogilvy supremo Rory Sutherland come in and share his recent TED talk discussing advertising and intangible value. Rather than me spending the next couple of lines wax lyrical about the things he had … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Video
Tagged 2009, Advertising, Application, Creative, Flash, Global, Ogilvy, play, Poster, Rory Sutherland, ted, TED talks, Twitter, Video, Work
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Hanging up on loyalty
This week Marketing magazine has published a round-table report on brand loyalty within mobile telecoms providers. As one of the many slaves to Apple who clamoured for an iPhone as fast as my legs could carry me, I was, once … Continue reading
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Tagged 48 Hours, Advertising, Art, brand, Brands, experience, GLA, iPhone, Marketing, Products, ted
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Take an opportunity when you see it
The economic downturn is challenging us all to look for new and inventive ways to get more ‘bang for our buck’. It might be daunting – dare I say it frightening, but for those of us willing to take risks … Continue reading
Sign of the times
The Partners New York office has been making a splash with their launch in the US, so much so that we even got a mention in the Media and Advertising section in the New York Times this week. With them … Continue reading
Posted in News, The Partners
Tagged 2009, Advertising, Art, Business, logo, New York, News, The Partners, Work
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Down the tube
The other day someone asked me where I’d got an obscure piece of information, about Bhutan, from. “Metro,” I said, “the source of all knowledge.” It was a tongue-in-cheek reply – I remembered later that I’d read it in Monocle … Continue reading
Posted in Brand Strategy, Branding, Brands, Business, Campaign, Innovation, Marketing, Media, News, User Experience
Tagged Advertising, brand, brand consultant, brand proposition, Brief, Campaign, Design, Free, Fun, ideas, littering, LUL, metro, monocle, News, Newspapers, People, philosophy, ted, thinking differently, tube, Work
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Not a fan of Bush
We all had to suffer and endure eight years of W before his time was up. This cheeky little ad for Veet hair removal cream, probably spent as long as that sitting in a job bag, waiting, yet, hoping for … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Media, News
Tagged 2009, Advertising, News, Obama, veet
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Sexy-time
A lovely little spot from advertising agency Fitzgerald+Co for Durex Condoms. Direction comes courtesy of Superfad. Simple and sweet, but not that innocent… You can see some out-takes on Superfad website.
Posted in Advertising, Agency, Animation, Branding, Brands, Marketing, Media, Motion Graphics, Video
Tagged Advertising, Agency, Durex, Innocent, superfad, tube
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Compare the Meerkat
Lovely little campaign by VCCP for Comparethemarket.com: CompareTheMeerkat, (even though the web site is a little Mahir / Borat shall we say)
Preston Profiles – Robert Ball
Our Design director from t’north Robert Ball has been featured as part of the Preston Profiles feature on design blog The Disciples of Design.