07 Mar 2013
The Sunday Times has launched a print, outdoor and digital campaign to promote Style magazine s Best Dressed List. The activity, created by Grey London, "crowns" fashion royalty including the celebrities Victoria Beckham, as Queen Victoria, Tinie Tempah, as King Louis XVI, and Kate Moss, as Queen Elizabeth...
07 Mar 2013
Virgin Trains is launching a 7 million vintage-inspired integrated campaign to promote its service as the most efficient way to travel across its routes. Created by Elvis, the first phase of the work will run across outdoor, print, digital and radio. The agency worked with the design shop I Love Dust...
28 Feb 2013
Harvey Nichols is to launch a tongue-in-cheek print, online and outdoor campaign featuring women carrying oversized dogs in handbags. The work, created by Adam Eve/DDB, plays on the celebrity fashion trend of carrying small dogs in oversized handbags. The strapline reads: "Harvey Nichols the new...
The Professional Publishers Association (PPA) has launched a search for the best magazine cover of the last 100 years. Which is your favourite from the top 10?
JCDecaux, Rankin and agencies including Mother and Karmarama are backing the return of a competition to find young creative talent, run by the Arts University Bournemouth (AUB).
24 Jan 2013
WHY Viz s 2013 calendar, created by Dury, adds a humorous element to the start of a new year.
HOW He says: "This year s calendar is a collection of the collectible tat ads that we run in the comic. They tend not to make it into the annuals, so hopefully readers won t get a dreadful feeling of d...
This week Out and About takes in the festivities at Starcom MediaVest, Carat, Mindshare and Maxus, goes skating with Clear Channel and goes Nuts at an awards party at Aura in London's Mayfair.
13 Dec 2012
1. Mark Collins
The managing director of broadcast trading for Group M is, by virtue of the role, the biggest-cheese media buyer in town, overseeing the largest share of the TV spending pie as well as radio and cinema. When he isn t negotiating a smooth deal, he likes listening to The Stone Roses...
13 Dec 2012
1. Jonathan Fowles
Fowles helped PHD become the first media agency to win an IPA Effectiveness award during his 15-year stint there. Now at Manning Gottlieb OMD, he is also responsible for helping the shop scoop the Grand Prix at this year s IPA Effectiveness Awards and the Media Grand Prix in Cannes...
13 Dec 2012
1. The BBC s Savilegate omnishambles
Good old "Auntie" rode on a new-found wave of support following its lauded Olympic Games coverage, only to be confronted by the scandal of Jimmy Savile s terrible behaviour while still on its books. The BBC, under the new director-general, George Entwistle, proved...