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Originality in the PlayStation3 campaign

Innovation and originality in advertising should never stop at the ‘big idea’ moment, the execution is equally demanding, if not harder – that’s my personal opinion. Although the idea of a funny ‘playface’ is not revolutionary, its execution in this particular campaign for the new PS3 console definitely is (again, personal opinion). Timothy Saccenti directed [...]

Phone books. Why?

Every now and then I find myself mourning the loss of those national icons that have fallen by the wayside as media has changed and evolved: Grandstand, The UK Top 40, a dog-eared copy of the AA Roadmap of Britain, Teletext, the lingerie pages of the Freemans catalogue.

But typically something quickly shakes me out of my [...]

A social media revolution?

The video below is doing the rounds at the moment. It reminds me A LOT of another video that went around a year or so ago (featuring the same music), but alas I can’t find it.

Anyway, there are some interesting points in it even when some of the “facts” are taken with a pinch of [...]

Your favourite business book?

We’re big advocates of reading; we even have an “Essential library” containing what we consider to be exceptional titles in our areas of interest. We’re always encouraging one another to dip into a book we’ve recently enjoyed, with Perfect Pitch and Predictably Irrational recently doing the circuit. The most recent addition – the 10th anniversary [...]