We were very privileged to be invited to our first SheSays event. 60 minutes of intense book critique and mentoring at the offices of Wieden plus Kennedy.

above ~ a poster design from  Shahnaz Ahmed
It was like speed dating. 10 minutes for teams/designers to pour their souls out, seeking jobs…advice…love.
Some great ideas and beautiful pieces of […]

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A beautiful, and wonderfully unusual commercial directed by Johan Renck for H&M. Really stood out from all the shouty stuffy ads around it. It also makes me wish I was a woman, so I can get excited too.

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Last Tuesday morning I went along to Olympia to join my fellow judges in our inflateble igloo. It was predictable, I guess, that so many of the entries relied on rich video and the entries from Tokyo had seriously big budgets. However, it was good to see work where the idea was king. The kind […]

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At the Creative Social last week we were each given a slightly dodgy looking can with some dry soil in the bottom - I did feel a bit of a tramp wandering home through Camden with an old can of cider in my hand, but Bedwood actually looked like one. Next morning I placed it in a sunny spot, […]

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Our first project for Sky Broadband went live today. Previously the brand has been hard working ‘See Surf Speak’ stuff with lots of copy.
We wanted these new executions to be fun, free and the user to have a sense of belonging. It’s been a steep learning curve. We only had a few months to turn […]

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Strange Belgian ad for (…wait for it…) an ING current account.
Some nice little touches, like, if you select female, an option to invite a friend appears. Also when you finish doing your business, an upload bar shakes from side to side.
i need to go (i-n-g?)

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Here is an extract from a brief we have just received:
….we are looking to provide an eye catching, easy to use, class, Innovative, Reliable, 3D Flash animated (more details will be disclosed in due time) for both, website and software solution – Online booking system- (with less bugs fixings and full search engine optimization technique)….
Looking […]

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This French ad to get kids to drink more milk made me smile. It has a simple idea and a bonkers execution. My favourite combination.We could do with a little more fun in the UK. We think too much about how straight the clients are, and end up presenting a safe option.
So, next time you […]

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I knew it! Advertising is evil. Talk to your daughter before they do.

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