Russell Davies

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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.

November 26, 2003 in ads | Permalink | Comments (0)

orange will do it

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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

October 14, 2003 in ads | Permalink | Comments (0)

artificial nostalgia

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

October 14, 2003 in ads | Permalink | Comments (0)

skate kitchen

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

October 14, 2003 in ads | Permalink | Comments (0)

biting the hand

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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.

October 14, 2003 in ads | Permalink | Comments (0)

homework

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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

October 14, 2003 in ads | Permalink | Comments (0)

spacebeef

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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.

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October 14, 2003 in ads | Permalink | Comments (2)

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