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If nobody likes advertising agencies how come they keep opening them?

Illustration Minky Stapleton “There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren’t as good as others.” Raymond Chandler What is a creative department? It is kind of a stupid name. A bit like art regiment or idea navy. Actually, I quite like idea navy. It is an amazing place to work. InContinue reading “If nobody likes advertising agencies how come they keep opening them?”

What happens in Vegas, doesn’t stay in Vegas anymore.

 Illustration Minky Stapleton “Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.” Jim Morrison Over a hundred years ago, in the 1980’s, there used to be a television show called Dallas. Now, when I was growing up, it was so popular that restaurants on a Tuesday evening would close because nobody went out. The entire country watchedContinue reading “What happens in Vegas, doesn’t stay in Vegas anymore.”

Mad men never die. They just change their business card.

“Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art.” Bill Bernbach Recently there have been a whole lot of articles in the trade about the demise of Mad Men. They relate to the television show and allude to the end of advertising as we know it. The argument isContinue reading “Mad men never die. They just change their business card.”

Why we should listen to the beat of simplicity’s heart.

   Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth. Mike Tyson Many years ago I was in a terrible team. We didn’t get on and because of this we would have these long, stupid philosophical discussions about the right way to have ideas. We would talk about structure and what things shouldContinue reading “Why we should listen to the beat of simplicity’s heart.”