Grey London - McVities In a new purpose-led campaign created by Grey London, McVitie’s shows how the simple act of sharing a biscuit has the power to bring people together. Using a modern day fable of characters who feel disconnected, the spot...
The closing event in the celebration of 100 years of Advertising - joint Government Communication Services and IPA (England and Scotland) Jan 2018. Chair - James Pais, IPA Scotland Chair & Creative Services Director, Frame Speakers & Panel...
McCann CRAFT - eBay eBay, the leading marketplace, announces the appointment of CRAFT, the production arm of McCann Worldgroup, to its portfolio of agency partners in the EMEA region. CRAFT will be tasked with supporting eBay’s global...
8-bit sushi and the dawn of digitised food Digital food platform Open Meals boasted their ability to 3D-print food whilst revealing some nifty appetite appeasing technology at the SXSW interactive festival recently. Open Meals has created a Pixel...
“My favourite thing, is to go where I’ve never been” Diane Arbus has been called sensational, bizarre, unique. Her distinctive and unusual subjects and gritty techniques make her images instantly recognisable, even amongst the...
We are very pleased to announce that we will be presenting the benefits of sourcing creative from professional communities at AdWeek Europe next week. Heather Deacon, Creative Solutions Director, will discuss how effectively sourcing from a...
Escape Studios is hosting the ultimate Careers Evening with one of Framestore’s top recruiters to help you kick-start your creative career. The multi-award winning VFX company has worked on some of the biggest films including Paddington,...
Opinion by Sol Rogers, CEO & Founder, REWIND AI is everywhere in the media at the moment, but it’s all quite confusing. What does artificial intelligence actually mean? What’s the difference between a chatbot, AI interfaces, Siri and the...
Strichpunkt/KMS Team - Audi Audi has made the brand guidelines for its new visual identity, which was launched last year, freely available to the public in a bid to be “open and accessible to everyone.” The German car company was given a...
RSA Films RSA Films has added filmmaker and acclaimed actor Ewan McGregor for commercial representation globally. The film, theatre and TV actor, who won a Golden Globe this year for Best Actor in FX’s “Fargo,” is also a natural...
“That frame of mind that you need to make fine pictures of a very wonderful subject, you cannot do it by not being lost yourself.” No other photographer captured the struggles, emotions and consequences of the great depression era than...
Gerda Taro is a name that many do not know, but perhaps one that they should. Born Gerta Pohorylle to a Jewish family in Stuttgart, Gerda would become one of the first female photojournalists to cover a war from the frontlines, and tragically would...
BBH London - Trainline To celebrate Trainline’s voice app, built for the Google Assistant, Europe’s leading independent train ticket retailer and train travel app, has released a new campaign featuring the first voicebot rap battle of...
The results are in - people love to watch ordinary people do extraordinary things. A couple months ago, Jukin Media’s beloved content brand People Are Awesome published “Best of the Year So Far!” and it quickly became a viral hit....
Firstborn - Jagermeister Spirits brand Jägermeister has selected Firstborn as its digital agency of record, following a review launched in October which included four undisclosed agencies, in addition to Firstborn. Firstborn will be tasked with...
Authenticity is key in this always-on world, and nothing does more for your brand than making authentic connections with consumers. To better help your message rise above the clutter and stick in a consumer’s consciousness, you need content...
Flippy the robotic burger flipper takes first shift A robot named Flippy is now flipping burgers in the kitchen of a California fast food restaurant called CaliBurger. Flippy uses thermal imaging, as well as 3D and camera vision to sense when to...
Nearly two-thirds (62%) of advertisers are shifting towards stronger relationships with fewer suppliers as the move towards on-site and in-house solutions gains momentum, according to a new ISBA study. The study reveals that external agencies are...
Made Thought - Plastic Planet/Ekoplaza London studio Made Thought looked to the style of old propaganda posters when designing its identity for the world's first plastic-free supermarket aisle. The aisle is located within an Amsterdam branch of...
A brand is simply a product with a better name than its competitors. I once ran a training programme and brought this truth to life. The point of the workshop was to show that creativity often involves breaking patterns of behaviour. For instance,...
For those freshly entering the industry, this video dictionary will help you speak the Art Director/Designer lingo necessary to sound like a pro on day one. This isn't your overly-exciting, conceptual and creative video but it is pertinent...
Cake/Havas London Havas UK’s creative agency Havas London and sport and entertainment agency Cake have bolstered their creative, digital and production teams with three significant, senior hires. Patrick Cahill joins Havas London from...
The alcoholic drinking space is changing and changing rapidly. Key cultural shifts that are influencing many 18-35 year-olds today are having a great impact on the social drinking scene. This poses the question, “Should, and can alcohol...
Grey London - Lucozade Energy Lucozade Energy is partnering with the new Tomb Raider film for a bold campaign featuring action from the movie. Created by Grey London, the campaign introduces the agency’s new “Energy Beats...
It was the definition of ‘too little, too late’ in Twitter form. Just an hour earlier Kylie Jenner had posted a more scathing tweet: "sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me... ugh this is so sad” and,...
We Are Disrupt - Women's Sport Trust Women’s Sport Trust has appointed We Are Disrupt for an initial six-month contract to manage its PR and communications, with a primary focus on their main annual event, the #BeAGameChanger Awards....
Fitbit for your face Dubbed “Level,” these smart glasses from VSP contain a magnetometer, an accelerometer and a gyroscope. Compactly located inside the left temple, these technological features track your steps, calories burned,...
In this topsy-turvy world, deciding when and where to invest one’s time and energy is of critical importance. Especially for creatives and other entrepreneurs where the need to be strategic and innovative is constant, conferences, festivals and...
Eureka! - Bristol Old Vic The Bristol Old Vic has unveiled a new visual identity to coincide with the theatre undergoing major redevelopment. The oldest continuously working theatre in the English-speaking world, Bristol Old Vic was technically...
AKQA Resh Sidhu has returned to AKQA as Creative Director. Based at the NYC studio after two years at digital and visual effects company Framestore, Resh will join the AKQA New York Leadership Team. Resh is one of the most respected names in Virtual...
You don’t need to be keeping tabs to know that a shocking number of top-level players have left or been fired from the Donald Trump’s White House team. The latest, much-reported departure comes in the form of Anthony Scaramucci - and you...
The GIF turned 30 last year and yet this simplistic medium continues to evolve and amaze. At first GIF's, relegated to flashy, pixelated pop-up ads that made your eyes bleed, were shunned by any sophisticated designer. Now, advancements in mobile,...
Over twenty years ago, I originated (I think) what has become a cliché. I put together a Better Briefing workshop for some of the suits and the planners in the agency. I thought they should know what does and does not help creative people do...
BBH Labs - Justice4Grenfell The community-led organisation, Justice4Grenfell, paraded three billboards through central London on the way to Grenfell Tower on Thursday, February 15th, to highlight the lack of progress being made in the wake of the...
As part of our "Five Minutes with..." Annual 2018 judges series, meet Diogo Pinheiro. Tell us what you do for a living? I’m the Global Communications Manager for Desperados, at The HEINEKEN Company. What does that involve? My functions have...
As part of our "Five Minutes with..." Annual 2018 judges series, meet Alex Ayling. Tell us what you do for a living? I’m Head of Digital Studios for BBC Worldwide. What does that involve? Mostly making fun internet content (videos and...
