Posted by Matt Judge
Design Week (UK) invited me to contribute towards a Vox Pop this week. The Question: A group of Belgium ad agencies went on strike in protest at pitches. What issue would entice you to go on strike.
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Posted in Advertising, Design Economy, Design future
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Posted by Neil Cummings
When is ok to be a little bit crap?
When you’re bloody marvellous at lots of other stuff.
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Posted in Advertising, Branding, Design Economy, Design future, Information Design
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Posted by Neil Cummings
Question:
Coca-Cola launch their new multi-million pound ad campaign. People like the ad but it doesn’t make them buy more Coke. Should Coca-Cola still pay the advertising agency?
Answer:
No. (According to Coke)
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Posted by Matt Judge
Seeing as it’s we’re at the end of the week I just wanted to share an incredibly irritating observation. More
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Posted in Advertising, Interactive, Originality
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Posted by Jimmy Tilley
The news that Virgin Atlantic’s recent 25th anniversary ‘Still Red Hot’ advertisement received a handful of complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority is likely to have turned almost as many heads as the ad itself. More
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Posted by Tom Crabtree
With all the recent talk (and action) in environmental policies and clean energy initiatives by the Obama administration, I thought it would be a good opportunity to briefly review the state of play of design and branding for the so-called ‘green sector’. More
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Posted in Advertising, Branding, Iconography
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Posted by Stephen McGilvray
This month the Government put a new law in place in a bid to reduce the 87,000 people prematurely killed in England each year by the effects of smoking. Cigarette packaging must now display shocking images including cancerous tumours, rotting lungs and clogged arteries, all in an attempt to encourage people to ‘kick the habit’. More
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Posted by Matt Judge
I’m a big fan of Dan Flavin’s work. The way he took a material as industrial as strip lighting and created such beautifully simple yet captivating pieces has been a great inspiration. More
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Posted in Advertising, Animation, Branding, Exhibition, Inspiration, Originality, Typography
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