The silver bullet
16 May 2013 | by Ilicco Elia
Responsive design is not enough - think about different contexts to our web behaviour and how structured thinking can improve our experience, says LBi's Ilicco Elia.
As the printed page resigns itself to becoming the vinyl of the publishing world, the only winners will be publishers that significantly evolve their product to adapt to a new breed of consumers, write Jonny Kaldor and Jon Marks.
Responsive design is not enough - think about different contexts to our web behaviour and how structured thinking can improve our experience, says LBi's Ilicco Elia.
More investment is needed in a medium that is effective, efficient and provides a key point of difference, writes Erfan Djazmi, head of mobile, EMEA, at Essence.
Agencies must adapt to keep up with mobile without losing sight of the fundamentals of communication, writes Paul Munce, managing partner at MBA.
Campaign s front page last week carried the following dispiriting phrase: "triggered by staff changes in the procurement team at Mercedes headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany". A fragment calculated to dim the joy in even that zaniest of toothsome cheesters, Alan Carr. It conjures images of forced...
Saturday am: PIA303 Lahore to Karachi, a chance to review the last three days with Taher Khan. Pakistan is one of our fastest-growing markets. Afternoon is "free". Why do I love Karachi so much? Untamed energy, ultimate melting pot, little conventional beauty, socially hyperactive. Visited Abdul...
I ve just read, on a fascinating new Tumblr, that you know you ve been in advertising for too long if you think "impactful" is a word and you wear a woolly hat indoors. I m a relative newbie, so this news makes me scratch my head (beanies can really itch) in dismay: "impactful" isn t a word? Monday:...
If this sentence doesn t grab you, then I m wasting my time. That seems to be the general rule with articles we use the first sentence to determine whether the whole thing s worth reading. I ve been thinking about this recently because I ve been doing training for young planners, trying to explain...
ITV and Channel 4 have both claimed they will outperform the TV ad market in 2013.
Free booze, theatre outings, sumo wrestling and downright bizarre party stunts are just some of the methods being employed to foster a distinctive culture in agencies, James Swift discovers.