Ad of the Day: Ikea's striking print ads highlight the benefits of sleep by comparing it to fad products that promise the same restorative results but rarely deliver via
@motherlondon
Just published: Supermarket brands to unite against racism in Channel 4 ad break takeover - Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Iceland, M&S, Tesco and Waitrose & Partners to show consecutive ads after Sainsbury's Xmas ad was targeted for racial abuse
On Mother's Day, giant inflatable breasts appeared across London's skyline as part of
@elvie
's campaign to fight the stigma around breastfeeding and pumping in public: via
@motherlondon
#freethefeed
"A lot of agencies tend to cover up the office culture with perks: 'I know things are tough but, hey, look, we have a football table.'" The ad industry's broken business model is breaking talent:
Ad of the day: Nokia shows the close relationship between a grandmother and her grandson in a campaign telling people to switch off their phones for Christmas via
@motherlondon
Ad of the Day:
@marmite
explosive out-of-home ads warn tasters of its new chili-infused Dynamite spread to handle the product with care (by
@aandeddb
)
Led By Donkeys has launched a competition to design the creative for its new UK outdoor campaign, with triter and director Armando Iannucci and comedian and actor David Schneider judging the competition
“Advertising is dead. Advertising is all about storytelling, so I say storytelling is dead. The future is storymaking," Raja Rajamannar, Mastercard CMO, says
"Just 4% of advertising is remembered positively, 7% is remembered negatively, but a whopping 89% isn’t noticed or remembered".
Context is all,
@davetrott
writes:
Ad of the day: Plastic Oceans UK and
@TBWALONDON
served battered plastic in a local chippie to highlight the urgent threat to oceans if plastic pollution continues
McDonald's to reduce plastic use by almost 500 tonnes in packaging revamp. The changes mean that all main-meal and side-salad options at the fast-food chain will now be served in cardboard containers, which McDonald's said are 100% recyclable
"Just 4% of advertising is remembered positively, 7% is remembered negatively, but a whopping 89% isn’t noticed or remembered".
Context is all,
@davetrott
writes:
Ad of the Day: John Lewis celebrates the reopening of its Edinburgh shop with ads featuring quirky takes on the city's famous vistas by artist Marc Burckhardt via
@aandeddb
Mother has created a campaign for Samaritans that features messages from real men who have experienced depression and suicide attempts, using their own handwriting:
Throughout history, women have been sidelined and sometimes forgotten completely. For
#Campaign50
we pay tribute to The unsung women of advertising:
#TimesUp
#UnsungWomen
The people who brought us the "Go Home" poster vans stepped back into the fray this week by going public about the new ingredient of their ongoing campaign to reduce knife crime. Is putting
#knifefree
ads in chicken shops 'crude' and 'offensive'?
Congratulations to our very own
@gurjitdegun
and
@simongwynn
who have been promoted to news editor and deputy news editor, respectively. Find their contact details here:
“All creative people just want to work in a place where they have the conditions to express themselves. The model that provides those conditions will be the one that wins.” -
@AMV_BBDO
's executive creative director at
#CamBreakfast
Friends and admirers of Murray Calder have paid tribute to 'a giant of the Scottish marketing industry' after the popular media strategist died at the age of 51
McDonald’s UK is making changes to the packaging for its McFlurry ice-creams, salad bowls and salad shaker cups that it said would save 485 tonnes (485,000kg) of plastic annually
Women: I wonder if there’s a deo that doesn’t stain m–
Sure exec: A MAN SHOULD INSPECT & MONITOR.
Women: No, really, it’s fine – I don’t nee–
Sure exec: ADULT WOMEN LOVE ZAYN MALIK. SUMMON ZAYN.
Women: *Raise arms in despair*
Lazy stereotypes are the pits:
“We're the generation who invented rave culture, but advertising thinks we're cholesterol-riddled harpies who can eat only soft food.”
@vickimaguire137
on ageism in advertising