Cactus Kid
Friday, October 24th, 2008Cactus Kid This one is quite good fun. If done a little too often before to be wholly original. What do you think of UGC? Is it working?
Archive for October, 2008
Cactus Kid This one is quite good fun. If done a little too often before to be wholly original. What do you think of UGC? Is it working?
Are leaves and animals over?
Saturday, October 18th, 2008At one of our design agencies this week. We were speaking about the leaves, animal and swirl look of the last 36 months. This was cool. Now it is looking over used. Camper, is a fairly cool brand, so can probably pull it off. However, the more lower end high street chains ...
Saatchi woz ´ere
Saturday, October 18th, 2008This campaign is simple and thought provoking. Not given its due by the marketing media. Being somewhat of a historian, this visual got me thinking. To the extent that when I met a director of the London Transport Museum, one of my first questions was, if this was a real ticket. Perhaps ...
Must be uniform, or, not…
Saturday, October 18th, 2008Recently I sat through a London digital agency presentation. Proudly they told us how they had made one major oil company´s online brand the same worldwide. I am glad to see some organisations be more adventurous than this. Lowe did this a while back for Stella. Multiple idents. Here we have a ...
Napoleon was ‘our client’
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008In terms of brand endorsement, this is one of the more bizarre references I have seen. Was Napoleon known for his love of watches? Or, was it his takeover of Europe? My memory seems to fail me!
Integrated Marketing
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008This is a combination of advertising, PR, endorsement, digital... this is not a new concept. There never were any 'silos'.
Definitely keep the public updated
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008I would like to say something clever and sarcastic, but South East Trains (as now is), have actually got something right. Their adverts and colours tie in to the corporate palette, and the stations are looking better after some maintenance. Although still sans porters.
Does time move on?
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008Being a certain age. When I see these vans on my travels, I can only think of one thing. Like the picturesque town of Hungerford, the power of the 1980s news media has etched in my mind one terrible incident. I know this is my job, but what can a brand ...
Keeping up to Date
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008A City bank and sponsor is still running this old footage of Australian Formula One driver, Mark Webber. He now looks older and drives for Red Bull, a different team to that featured in the (slightly naff) showreel. How does this reflect on the sponsor? Do they look out of date ...
Right to Protest
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008This recent demonstration outside the IoD at 116 Pall Mall in London, got noticed. A small turnout and convoluted argument, was given validity by the arrival of the Police. I certainly read the protester's handout.