PATTISON Outdoor, Canada’s leading Out-of-Home advertising company, along with its digital and interactive arm, Fourthwall, partnered with agency J. Walter Thompson and Mazda Canada to celebrate the automotive brand’s 50th anniversary with their followers. To commemorate the occasion, Mazda Canada is releasing a series of limited edition prints through a PATTISON Outdoor digital storefront designed exclusively […]
Consumer goods giant Unilever, one of the world’s biggest advertisers, has threatened to pull investment from digital platforms such as Facebook and Google that “create division” in society or fail to protect children. Keith Weed, chief marketing officer at the maker of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and Dove soap, will announce the company’s plan in […]
Gunn Report, the global index of creative excellence in advertising, today released the results of the newly launched Gunn 100, a ranking of the top 100 creatively awarded advertising ideas of 2017- regardless of their communication discipline – and the companies behind them. The rankings, which include the top creative agencies, agency networks, holding companies, […]
krow has unveiled its first campaign for Sky Vegas since winning the business in December 2017, positioning the online casino as the Experts of the Unexpected. It introduces the ‘King of the Unexpected’ – a brand advocate who extols his love of living a life full of ‘unexpectations’. He lives for the buzz of anticipation […]
Toyota has launched its worldwide ‘Start Your Impossible’ Olympics campaign in the Netherlands, with an emotional spot by Amsterdam advertising agency Etcetera. The spot features Para-athlete Chris Vos, a 19-year-old snowboarding champion. The 1.40 TV commercial tells the real-life success story of how he overcame adversity and physical limitations, in order to take his place […]
As millions around the world tune into the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Games, World Radio Day (WRD), celebrated on 13 February 2018, is dedicated to the theme of “Radio and Sports”. On this occasion, the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, calls on media to provide more equal coverage of women athletes. “The fight for […]
Cardiovascular disease is Ireland’s number 1 killer, but 80% of premature deaths are preventable. So, a new hard-hitting campaign from the Irish Heart Foundation, #showsomeheart, developed by award-winning Dublin creative agency Boys and Girls asks Ireland to “Show Some Heart” and offer support for those affected or impacted by cardiovascular disease. Empowering, confident and contemporary, […]
 BMW Motorrad unveils an epic branded short content film, ‘The Someday Ride’, to launch its new 3ASY RIDE motorcycle in the US market. Creatively devised by M&C Saatchi and directed by Ben Perry, the rousing film aims to broaden what it means to be a motorcycle owner as the BMW Motorrad seeks to engage […]
Something is rotten in the state of advertising, an industry which I have loved since my first day working for the Saatchi brothers 30 years ago. The sad fact is that too many of the recommendations made by agencies are no longer made for the benefit of the client. That is not good for the […]
The perfectly rotund London IMAX landmark has been transformed into a colossal Big Mac to celebrate the 50th anniversary of McDonald’s iconic burger. A Big Mac of the same proportions as the iconic IMAX would measure a gigantic 1,734 square metres. The spectacular IMAX display is powered by 48,000 LEDs of every possible colour to […]
