A long, bracing walk through the English countryside. Always a pleasure. A long, refreshing draught of thoroughly English ale. Always a pleasure, too.
Austerity. A word to send a chill down the spines of marketers. According to one commentator, we are still living in what's called "the lipstick economy".
I've never been a big fan of British Airways or its advertising. Some business people who do many more air miles than I, refer to themselves as members of the ABBA club.
Several brands have tied in ads with Halloween this year; we present a number of them here.
The Times recently commissioned four artists to create images for a print campaign to promote it's Plus subscription package. Here's a look at the artists in action.
As Steve Jobs steps down from Apple, we take a look at the brand's history through its iconic ad campaigns, from the first Macintosh computer to the iPad 2.
Travel advertising. Should be a doddle, eh? It's a subject we all love. And its raw materials - photography and traveller's tales - should make for great visuals and copy. Why is so much of it so bad?
21 Apr 2011
| by Simon S Kershaw
As creatives, it's our prerogative to complain about the size of the logo as requested by the client. So goes the cliché, anyway.
24 Feb 2011
| by Simon Kershaw
Back when dinosaurs roamed the planet, more or less, media and creative types sat in the same building, working on client briefs together. Then came the age of the media independents.
27 Jan 2011
| by Staff
NEW YORK - Two weeks after Twitter users accused American Apparel's latest ads of being "creepy", the troubled fashion retailer, which faces bankruptcy, is back with more risqué ads.