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Mussel meat A leading discount frozen food company is selling bags of 'mussel meat'. I may be wrong, but I suspect these are the unfortunate shellfish deemed too manky to be sold whole, and are therefore mushed up and flogged in a heaving mass. Good...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Karmarama has used inspirational quotes from influential people such as director Richard Curtis and TV chef Jamie Oliver as a basis for a new print and poster campaign that aims to raise awareness of this year's Advertising Week Europe. The work...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Whenever financial commentators comment on the fiscal possibilities of social media, the focus falls of Facebook. Understandable, I suppose. A fifth of the world's population has an account and the whole platform seems permanently balanced between...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
The golden age of the pop video brought us a buffet of treats, didn’t it? Who could forget Simon Le Bon lashed to a windmill sail in ‘Wild Boys’? Or Paula Abdul flirty dancing with a cartoon cat in ‘Opposites Attract’....
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
By now you will almost certainly have seen the front cover of today's landmark edition of Charlie Hebdo. Indeed, it might even be your Facebook profile picture by this point. But whilst the image in question might seem a little tame given the events...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The UK arm of Kia Motors has teamed up with VCCPme to create a unique interactive publicity stunt to promote the first, fully electric Kia car; the Kia Soul EV. The stunt works on the campaign tagline, “The Power To Surprise,” and took...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
If you're in the habit of staying in and watching ITV on a Saturday and Sunday night, you'll probably be familiar with Stevi Ritchie. If not, then I just need to tell you he's this year's comedy offering on the X-Factor. You know, the one who can't...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Celebrities in London's Shoreditch (Jack The Ripper Territory) recently got scared out of their wits by O2 thanks to a unique haunted house, which VCCP Kin created as part of the brand's “Connected Devices” campaign. Reality TV stars...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It all started innocently enough. Somebody I follow on Twitter, re-tweeted a post from somebody I don’t. The post suggested there had been severe wrongdoing in the Thatcher government of the 1980s, including the deeds of Mrs. Thatcher herself,...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
A survey recently conducted by, GlynnDevins, North America's premier marketing and advertising agency serving senior living communities, has found that most over 70's find that they are being portrayed in an unrealistic or stereotypical manner by...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Storytelling has always been at the heart and soul of a successful brand identity, creating an approachable personality to encourage consumer engagement. But with the rise of the tech-savvy Generation Z, brands are innovating by telling their tales...
Posted by: bluemarlin
A new digital project by AKQA seeks to “Explore the stories of Levi wearers” and invite users to add their own. “Live In Levi's” is a digital experience that has been designed to “Engage and activate the expansive global...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Today, Jaguar will launch FEEL XE, a platform created to harness the “Spirit of British creativity and innovation” using inspiring figures from the creative worlds of music, film and design. The unveiling of the FEEL XE platform coincides...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
At the annual Small Agency of the Year Awards held by Advertising Age in Austin, Texas on the 24th of July (last thursday), BOHAN Advertising and Tiny Rebellion both walked away with much coveted Gold awards. BOHAN was named Southeast Small Agency of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Assembly announced yesterday that former M&C Saatchi CEO, Jeff Brooks, had joined them as the agency's chief commercial officer. The move, effective immediately, will see Brooks leading the forward-thinking, New York-based scaled media agency's...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As part of Fotolia’s ‘Unstock’ series we spoke to Contributor Darién Sánchez about his foray into the stock industry to uncover more about his unique illustrations and graphics.Darién SánchezFO: Can you introduce...
Posted by: Fotolia
TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles has been hired by the popular Californian lifestyle accessories brand, Nixon to develop a broader awareness of the brand. Nixon is best known its watches, but also sells light jackets, shirts, hats, bags, belts wallers and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Recently it was announced that Radio 1 and Radio 1 Xtra would be shedding a cross section of their DJs. Controller Ben Cooper has handed Mike Davies, Jen Long, Ally McCrae, CJ Beatz, Crissy Criss and Robbo Ranx their cards, and his actions are blamed...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Tesco hasn't had an easy time of it lately. First the horse meat scandal, then the bad news that last quarter saw a 3% drop in sales. Since then, Tesco’s been doing some serious soul searching, questioning everything from its ethics and health...
Posted by: bluemarlin
One in three Britons is now overweight. One in five is obese. As far as one can trust statistics, that's the picture giving rise to some hefty soul searching this week. How did this happen? What is to be done about it? And who's to blame? That's the...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
How much would you pay for a copy of Nik Kershaw’s album ‘The Riddle’? Should you wish to add it to your iTunes collection via Apple’s store, it would cost you about £5.50. On Amazon’s marketplace, you could pick up...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
The American full-service agency Neathawk Dubuque & Packett announced recently that they will be appointing award winning creative talent Jimmy Ashworth as executive creative director on the 2nd of June. Ashworth previously worked as the lead...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I am writing this blog on a train on the way back to the Big Smoke following a few days mini-break in Cornwall, Mevagissey to be exact. As usual I have found the green hues, sea air and laid-back friendly locals a tonic to my tattered nerves and eye...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
Last week, Ogilvy & Mather announced that Lou Aversano is to be promoted from his current role as chief operating officer at the agency's New York office, to chief executive officer, effective immediately. He will remain in New York for the new role,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Publicis Conseil have recruited Australian singer, actress and icon Kylie Minogue to take centre stage in a new campaign designed to raise funds for, and to bolster the reputation of the Alliance for Research in Cancer, both in its native France and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A sporting event for sick, injured and wounded servicemen and women was recently announced by HRH Prince Harry, himself a serviceman who took the title of the 'Invictus Games' from the famous William Ernest Henley poem of the same name, which...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
What's the story behind you joining WCRS? Ross Neil and I got our break at HHCL in the last days of a truly great and innovative agency. A collection of original people who didn't quite fit in elsewhere in the industry. We’ve always been...
Posted by: House 337
For all its trials, hardships, wars and woes, 2013 still managed to inject some wonderful stuff into our busy, pressured lives. So, with 2014 snapping at our heels, this would be an appropriate moment to celebrate the things which enhanced the human...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Had it not been for an internship, I wouldn't be a copywriter. Once I'd completed my training, my tutor arranged for a series of placements at various agencies. It was called 'work experience' then, and each placement lasted a few days. It was a...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
International sensation Hailo, lifestyle media provocateur Nowness, and pop culture gem Catleidoscope will be saluted alongside special achievement honourees Candy Crush Saga, “Father of Wi-Fi” Vic Hayes, and Inside Out Project founder JR...
Posted by: The Lovie Awards
I'm in the USA - in a beautiful city called Charlestown on the Atlantic coast of South Carolina. But I'm travelling, so last night I was in Cherokee which, although it sounds romantic, is actually a rather tacky casino town 300 miles north. The...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
I have a lot of music at home; enough to open a small record store. I listen to all sorts from jazz to punk to soul to reggae and even a bit of county and western. I’m a bit fussy though. I won’t listen to any old crud and I can also...
Posted by: John Fountain
Here's a story so bizarre, so post-modern, that it's hard to believe Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci are not involved. They're not though, because this is something that has actually happened; it involves two major television stations attempting to...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Everybody knows that the creative industry is a hard field to crack into when you are first starting out. Everyone also knows that job offers mostly come about because of who you know, rather than what you know and whatever vast sum your student loan...
Posted by: Creativepool
You can’t find an industry more creative than the movie industry; from the hundreds of people on set and the thousands involved in post-production, to the scores responsible for the amazing marketing and immersive digital and online experiences...
Posted by: Creativepool
From time to time intrepid reporters and bloggers voluntarily cut themselves off from society (phone and internet) and write about their experiences surviving in a tweet and text free world where no soul knows what pub they are drinking in, what kind...
Posted by: Creativepool