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Is this the worst film ever made?
We all love great films; Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Toy Story and of course the Star Wars trilogy to name just a few. There are also terrible films, you know, the ones that scrape the barrel for plot, like Catwoman and … Continue reading
Travelling to the future
At 8.30am this morning I was in the studio. In itself unremarkable, but at 7am I was having breakfast on the beach, 85 miles away, in East Sussex. Nope, I haven’t learned to fly, but I think I’ve discovered the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Bad, brand, brand experience, Business, experience, Future, high speed rail, ideas, London, St. Pancras, trains, tube
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Missed opportunity
So I love these new ads for Intel, having worked for them in the past agency side, these ads are certainly a move on from where they were, and I love the human ‘bong’ at the end, but why oh … Continue reading
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
Eyes down please
This week saw the return of the now infamous TP Pub Quiz. Celebrating its tenth year, the Pub Quiz is an opportunity for all The Partners staff to team up and get merry in a local drinking establishment whilst battling … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Mashup, The Partners, Video
Tagged 2009, Animation, Application, Art, Booze, Flash, Fun, People, play, Poster, Pub Quiz, PubQuiz, Robert Ball, ted, The Partners, tube, Video
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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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MTV EXPONENTIAL
Dave Wood is our latest recruit and we’ve decided to show you why. In this excerpt from his portfolio, he shows his D&AD short listed MTV project, created with fellow students Jack Gilbey and Chris Syrett. Over to you Dave. … Continue reading
Stitch&Bitch
This was the 2C’s advert for a new craft and knitting club that I started earlier this year. The idea was to ‘sex up knitting’ to make it appealing to a broad range of TP employees. So far we have … Continue reading
The joy of stock
This will make anyone who works in the design industry have a little chuckle. I know where I’ll be going to get my next set of images for my moodboard…
Britain’s Brand Talent
Well, it seems there’s just no escaping ‘The Boyle Effect’. Ever since Susan Boyle appeared on our screens in Britain’s Got Talent on ITV she’s caused quite a stir. She’s appeared on Oprah, amassed a huge celebrity following both in … Continue reading →