YOU probably don’t need to do it but OTHERS in your agency or company, after reading the story BELOW (lifted from the wonderful Clients from Hell blog) may wish to clear auto-complete before presenting to clients. I’m part of a small ad agency that serves a few clients – the most important of which is [...]
DDB Stockholm created a successful viral campaign for Volkswagon a couple of years ago around the concept of making mundane things fun to improve public behaviour. You probably saw the piano stairs? Outdoors is the playground for these campaigns; happy to help any agency or client looking to create something cute. Anyway, having run the [...]
Going through tough times can be a source of pride. Somebody at Wieden + Kennedy understood that, saw the relevance for Chrysler and wrote a great ad which aired during the Superbowl. Bold? The one placement, a two minute ad, cost $9 million. It featured a rap star who’s a former drug-addict, famous for obscenities [...]
Wieden + Kennedy took off Agency of the Year in Ad Age and Creativity. Nike, Old Spice etc. And the brilliant Cannes Cyber Grand Prix winning Chalkbot campaign: Reminder: we accept briefs for innovative outdoor promotions. Dave + Mark. 9388 7844.
“Soon, there’ll be an infographic about EVERYTHING”. But already, there’s an ad agency out there using them to self-promote, in this case to graduates. This is from UK digital agency DARE, who have an 80.3 Humour:Information ratio. Sourced via Paul Pichugin, who takes a mean photo.
“When you lose your humility and become Big Shot Weisenheimers, a little too big for your boots… when you show the slightest sign of crudeness, inappropriateness or smart-alecness and lose that subtle sense of the fitness of things.” – Leo Burnett’s parting words to his company. Here’s when to take my name off the building:
