Russell Davies

ad cliches to be avoided

no 15. the training academy. as in the British Gas ads. normally a spoof training academy demonstrating the extraordinary lengths a brand will go to.

orange will do it

from BoardX in Battersea Park; the Daily Telegraph pinning a lot of hopes on the transformational power of flourescent paper. A great example of inappropriate sponsorship

artificial nostalgia

here's how you use one brand to position another; but it wouldn't work if Starbucks didn't mean so much

skate kitchen

skate culture will appropriate anything; even middle-class kitchen fetishism

biting the hand

Shows the value of a brand which is prepared to stand for something; even prepared to bite the hand that feeds it. Nicely written too.

homework

This is a great image. It says a lot. Apparently it started out as a Time Out cover. Done by one of the great ad luminaries. But then it became an early Howies t-shirt, co-produced with Paul Smith or something. They're both on the label anyway

spacebeef

when american advertising is big and brash like this, it just can't be beat.

and here's some new additions (feb 04). not quite so good as ads. but an interesting response to US BSE scares.