Archive for the ‘Agencies’ Category

Episode 1: in which Media Tonic bring home the bacon.

“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:

Goes to Cleveland’s Brokaw agency. Yes, three pieces of popcorn. Via Adrants.

Created by Future Exploration Network’s chief futurist Richard Watson (he’s like their most important guy, right?): it’s the Trend Blend 2009. This thought map, downloadable here at no cost and usable on walls, includes such words as ‘sustainability’, ‘uncertainty’ and ‘Web 2.0′. Media Tonic are your partners in brilliant fore-planning and strategy for 2009. Via [...]

From BannerBlog, a whole pile of e-Cards sent by ad agencies. You don’t have time for this. Unless you’re working on a phD in indulgent use of Flash animation. *Loading….* This one from Wieden + Kennedy was pretty. One Australian agency featured: George Patterson’s Advertising Monkey. Oh – my favourite Christmas Greeting: Go Jesus. It’s [...]