I’m all for innovation, me. Water powered cars – brilliant! Series record on the PVR – fantastic! Those internets – loving ‘em! But, when it comes to new developments, I do insist on one thing: it must make life easier rather than harder. It has to be simple.
Posts Tagged ‘adverts’
K.I.S.S.
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011Swings and roundabouts – the best and worst TV ads of 2010.
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
My blogging colleague John Fountain emailed me last week to point out the year was coming to a juddering halt and suggest this was a good time to reflect on the months gone by. A fine idea and one that could lead to an examination of general elections, snow and celebrities with tropical diseases. But this is a creative industry website for creative industry types and everyone knows we only see the world in terms of advertising (or is that just me?). So without further ado, strike up the Pick of the Pops music and let’s name the best and worst TV ads of the last twelve months.
What is the last taboo in advertising?
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Pedro Simko, General Manager of Saatchi & Saatchi in Switzerland says:
“I compare the advertising message to a conversation between friends. Everything that is said between friends can, in my opinion, be said in advertising.”
It’s a nice sentiment, but perhaps a little too idealistic. In these risk-averse times corporate marketing rarely troubles accepted creative boundaries.
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Buy, buy baby
Thursday, March 25th, 2010‘Aint playing for Pepsi/ Aint Playing for Coke’.
In his song ‘This Note’s For You’, the sainted Neil Young objects, in no uncertain terms, to his fellow musicians accepting sponsorship from corporations or allowing their tunes to be used in commercials. Good for you, Neil.
Bill of rights? Why no-one really hates advertising.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011That’s Bill Hicks. Angry, bitter, smoking and ranting hero of stand up comedy and – obviously – no great admirer of advertising.
Unless, of course, it was to his benefit.
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