The penultimate day before the Christmas break saw us go just a trifle demob happy. Actually, had it been just a trifle, Mr David Arcus – internet hipster and cocksure Kiwi carnivore – would probably have been a lot happier. After some pretty brazen claims about his food consumption gumption at the Creative xmas lunch, the bet was on.… [ MORE… ]
4,000 years ago saw the birth of civilization in Mesopotamia. 2,000 years ago the world’s first democracy sprung to life in ancient Athens. 600 years ago the cultural Renaissance flourished under the Medici in Florence. 300 years ago the Age of Enlightenment swept a tide of rationalism across Europe. 200 years ago the Industrial Revolution changed the face… [ MORE… ]
Sometimes it’s exciting to exist in the colourful overlap at the heart of the creative Venn diagram – thrashing out boxfresh ideas, gamechanging innovations and strategic twists that will make the client squeal with delight. Sometimes it’s just humiliating. Often. Make that ‘often’. For example. One of our clients is consolidating their London operations into one spangly new… [ MORE… ]
St Albans society girl and three-times winner of ‘Best Siobhan from 2012 Impression – Home Counties region’, our Caroline recently announced her engagement to her boyfriend, Rich. (No, not her rich boyfriend – sheesh, not everyone’s a stereotype, you know). What wonderful news! So, naturally, we immediately sent a dispatch to Konditor & Cook asking for some suitably… [ MORE… ]
So, a few weeks back (hey, I’ve been busy) I was being creative. Which, as industry insiders will be aware, means sitting in a small room with an Art Director whining about the inadequacy of the brief. I was working with a super-smart freelancer called Sara. (I promised to change her name, so I’ve dropped the ‘h’). We… [ MORE… ]
So. Shaun gets an InMail about a copywriting gig. (He’s not interested by the way, you vultures.) Bizarrely, the list of requirements included ‘superhero qualities’. You can probably imagine how the rest of it went. … … But why should you have to? … …
Literally! (I’m so sorry). Win one This month we’ve celebrated winning the Best Integrated category at this year’s Institute of Internal Communications Awards for the internal visual language we developed for our most excellent friends at Standard Bank. The judging panel was effusive in its praise of this monster piece of global brand identity work, scoring it 19… [ MORE… ]
As you can see, I’m not immune to the occasional hilarious pun myself. But not when it’s so carelessly deposited in such a cat litter tray of Crayzee Advertising Copy as this. And especially not when it’s devoid of meaning (since ‘day’ traditionally encompasses both morning and afternoon anyway). Let’s face it, life’s way too short to have… [ MORE… ]
Dear Reader, Well, I must say that I do like our new place. A lot. It has this quality about it: if feels like we’ve already been here for ages. I am, naturally, intimidated sitting opposite HRH JMc especially because of her habit of pristine tidiness. I have responded in a suitably petty way by plonking and old… [ MORE… ]
I have recently joined a select number of chatting groups on LinkedIn. Amongst these I found people lurking with the following job titles: ‘Face-to-Face Maximiser’ and ‘Talent Liberator.’ God help us.
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