01 Aug 2007
| by Craig Smith, Editor
MFI's ads are not to everyone's tastes. The furniture company admits as much in a hurriedly reworked version of one of the more offensive executions in its current campaign.
24 Jul 2007
| by Jim Bolton
LONDON - So here we have an ad flogging a car by using five knitted puppets called Blue, Red, Cherri, White and Moo, who seem to be involved in some woolly menage a six, chasing a lady around in a Vauxhall Corsa, shouting 'C'mon'. Patently, the client/creatives/planners/account bods must have all been...
24 Jul 2007
| by Craig Smith
LONDON - I have never quite understood 'youth marketing' or the survival of agencies that specialise in it. It has always seemed a particularly odd demographic to devolve - and certainly more odd than 'mothers aged 25-40 who work full time', 'the over-50s' or 'fat people'.
24 Jul 2007
| by Staff
LONDON - Citroen has always been a brand close to the hearts of designers. From the stripped-down charm of the 2CV to the gorgeous DS and wildly inventive SM coupe, the brand epitomised Gallic eccentricity and uninhibited innovation. Everything about a Citro‘n was different, and they were packed with...
24 Jul 2007
| by Staff
LONDON - The VW Golf is an enduring, iconic brand with powers of self-reinvention that would make Madonna jealous.
24 Jul 2007
| by Jeff Hyams
LONDON - There are a few online carbon calculators knocking about, but the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' new 'Act on CO2 calculator' - actonco2.direct.gov.uk/index.html - is the first official version to use government-verified data. Of course, none of that matters if the site...
28 Mar 2007
| by Chris Lovell, Group chief executive, Golley Slater
Over the years, DFS has used every creative idea going in an attempt to keep its never-ending sales message fresh. The Linda Barker link-up was brave and created some engagement and, if you liked her designs, it probably added value to the proposition. However, its latest 'catwalk' execution misses...
28 Mar 2007
| by Chris Lovell, Group chief executive, Golley Slater
Over the years, DFS has used every creative idea going in an attempt to keep its never-ending sales message fresh. The Linda Barker link-up was brave and created some engagement and, if you liked her designs, it probably added value to the proposition. However, its latest 'catwalk' execution misses...