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Diet Coke's colourful and personal new campaign

Hoping to show that the affection fans feel for Diet Coke is truly unique, the brand is giving fans another reason to swoon over the no-calorie beverage with millions of unique package designs in an innovative new initiative called the “Diet Coke...

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One small mistake, one giant gaff

You must be used to my moaning by now. All those tortuously bad ads that drive me potty - from Brad Pitt waxing poetical in the agonising Chanel 'inevitable' campaign, to Spotify waffling on about what music does to us (which has nothing to do with...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Get your kit off for a can of pop?

by Ashley Morrison Last week, I was watching some film or other on TV with a few friends. Naturally, we engaged in some pseudo hoity-toity rah-rah intellectual badinage about such-and-such a character’s motivation during the ad breaks. That...

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New Diet Coke to be designed by J.W. Anderson

Last week, Diet Coke caused a mild online frenzy after posting a film teasing a new designer collection. However, after much speculation and guesses from curious fans, Diet Coke officially announced this week that it will be partnering with JW...

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Ogilvy & Mather win Coke Zero account

Information has been trickling in over the bank holiday weekend to suggest that Ogilvy & Mather have won the consolidated global and North American accounts for Coke Zero. The agency had already been handling the brand outside the US, but until now,...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Brand Genius: Tribes of Coke

By the 1980s, it looked like Coca-Cola had maximised its growth potential. But it wanted more. The biggest soft drinks company in the world had two options: steal customers from other beverage companies or encourage its pre-existing loyalists to buy...

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Why Coke's zero sugar Cinnamon campaign lacks fizz

Coca-Cola has built some iconic and memorable advertising campaigns over the years and has certainly spread the festive cheer in regards to Christmas. From now until the end of the year, Coca-Cola UK has reintroduced its zero sugar Cinnamon limited...

Posted by: Steve Wignall
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Celebrate Coke's 100th birthday with Trussardi

It’s Coca-Cola’s 100th birthday, and to honour this century old institution, designers at Trussardi have given the can a makeover. If there’s one thing Coca-Cola have proven they can do is make their product a must have item...

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Holidays Are Coming as Coke launches biggest ever Christmas campaign

While many see the launch of the annual John Lewis ad as the sign that Christmas can truly begin, there’s nothing more iconic than Coke’s Holidays Are Coming spot. A few weeks ago, the brand's annual Christmas Truck Tour set off to tee...

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Coke Zero Sugar launches with £10 million campaign

Coca-Cola has unveiled its first TV ad campaign for Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, the reformulated and rebranded no-sugar Coke, which was, until recently, known as Coke Zero. The ad continues Coca-Cola's brand message for Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, which the...

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McCann reclaim Coke from Leo Burnett in China

McCann recently won back the Chinese Coca-Cola account they lost to Leo Burnett back in 2007. The switch will not be affecting Leo Burnett's Publicis Groupe siblings or WPP's Ogilvy, which handle the Coca-Cola owned brands Sprite, Minute Maid and...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Top 10 Celebrity Brand Ambassadors of the 21st Century #MediaMonth

The symbiotic relationship between celebrities and brands is a time-honoured tradition that’s been going back hundreds of years. Indeed, as far back as the late 19th century, West End stage actress Lillie Langtry made a name for herself as the...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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How some of the biggest brands use colour psychology

Colour psychology is defined as the study of hues as a determinant of human behaviour. In simpler terms, colours can have a deep and sometimes subconscious impact on our thoughts, actions, and habits. While this concept can be applied to many aspects...

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What do pixels taste like? - How to eat and drink the metaverse

You’ve likely already seen many articles touting the uncapped potential for brands in the metaverse. A visually and audibly rich interconnected 3D space with unlimited creativity is an obvious playground for marketers. Entry points are clearer...

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Making the ultimate positive drinking choice | #BehindTheIdea

While it was once fashionable to snub the non-alcoholic booze market, the last few years have seen the sector revolutionised by brands that actually know what they’re doing and who their target audience is. Seedlip, one such brand, recently...

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Top Hires of the Week

Dentsu Aegis Network Dentsu Aegis Network has hired Victoria Milligan as Marketing & Communications Director for Media Brands, UK & Ireland. In the new role, Victoria will co-ordinate the marketing and communications of Dentsu Aegis Network media...

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Super Bowl Ads 2018

Whilst traditional TV advertising has long been superseded by digital as the most relevant and important medium for marketers and agencies alike, adland always resets itself for one night in February. One night where ad spend is at an annual high and...

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Ad Trends 2018: An uncertain industry in a state of flux

When looking ahead, it's always important to keep one foot firmly rooted in the past, particularly when examining adland, which has been in a state of flux for years now. With agencies and brands alike shifting their allegiances towards digital with...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Top 10 Hires of the Week

Odysseus Arms The San Francisco-based agency Odysseus Arms has added three new members to its creative team: Art Directors Luisa Betancourt and Jarrod Gustin; and Copywriter Clémence Pluche. Betancourt joins the agency from Eleven, where she...

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Top 10 Hires of the Week

m/SIX m/SIX has hired Alistair MacCallum, former CEO at Omnicom’s M2M, as its UK Chief Executive, allowing Jess Burley to focus on her role as Global CEO. m/SIX, which is a joint venture between The&Partnership and GroupM, experienced strong...

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Awards Alerts: Cannes Juries, The Markies, & the new Straight 8 Shootout

Cannes Lions announces Lions Entertainment Juries Lions Entertainment, the new specialist event dedicated to unskippable creativity at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, has announced the jury members for the Entertainment Lions...

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Rebrand Roundup: From Coca-Cola to Guinness

Leon&Chris: Way Out West Stockholm-based design studio Leon&Chris has created the identity for this year’s Way Out West festival (also in Sweden), around the theme of throwing paint. The Way Out West festival is a three-day music festival held...

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Top 10 Hires of the Week

Start Group Mac Macdonald, the President and Partner at Sid Lee Amsterdam, has been appointed the Group CEO at Start Group, the independent global network formerly known as Start JudgeGill. Based in London, he will focus initially on developing...

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The Week In Advertising

Irn Bru - Train The Irn Bru people have been making a virtue of tasteless ads for a while now. I suppose you'd call them 'cheeky', rather than full-on rude - and here's the latest. If one were to nit-pick, it could be said they are playing a bit...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Hires of the Week: Part 1

BMF Nicole Hetherington and Simon Fowler, the award-winning creative duo, joined the BMF creative department. The Kiwi team moved to Sydney five years ago after winning New Zealand Young Lions competition, and have since created unique and effective...

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Publicis scoop Coca-Cola design agency for Leo Burnett

It was announced yesterday that the Publicis Groupe is to acquire the design agency Turner Duckworth on behalf of the Leo Burnett network, which it owns. Turner Duckworth is most known for its designs for Coca-Cola, particularly its 2012 redesign of...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Drive Like A Girl: patronising, discriminatory...or clever?

Most people would probably agree that, these days, we are a much more touchy-feely nation than ever before. Or much more “politically correct”, if you want to be more politically correct about the label. But advertising is still one of...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Guy Duncan - Coca-Cola

"The Coca-Cola Company needs little introduction, but I can say I'm incredibly lucky to work for Jonathan Mildenhall who leads Content Excellence here in Atlanta, at a time when creativity and the development of excellent creative work is high on the...

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Spotlight - Mike Watkins - Freelance Graphic Designer

- View Mike's Creativepool profile ‘Don't just hold out for the cool ad or design agencies - there are thousands of other companies out there that have marketing/design departments' Describe your work in one sentence. Creative pixel...

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Remember the SodaStream? Get busy with the fizzy again!

Do you remember the SodaStream? If you were a child back in the '80s, you were either the envy of your friends if you had one or else you were looking longingly at it in your friend's house and pestering your parents for one. Well, it's back...

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Product placement and music - why the world's gone Gaga

More often than not, late-night, post-pub activities seem to include hap-hazard YouTube antics and for a while now it has been almost impossible not to watch Lady Gaga and Beyonce's power pop duet 'Telephone' for the hundred-and-somethingth...

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Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my coronary

“Normal or diet?” The standard question you ask when you’re going to the bar and someone orders a Coke. I haven’t counted, but in my experience, I would guestimate that eight times out of ten, the answer will be diet...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Ursa majors - the ten best known bears in advertising.

Jeremy You know the Honey Monster? Big, funny, cuddly, kooky old rug? Cold-blooded, careerist vampire more like. Because those of us in our forties know he usurped Jeremy Bear, casting him out of his proud role as the face of Sugar Puffs; condemning...

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