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A Few Good Creative Men

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfOMRVZrVFQ

Jack Nicholson is a genius.

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Sony Defends Bravia Bunnies Play-Doh Ad

After our excitement, yet slight disappointment, over the latest Bravia ad ( snippets of which look suspiciously like this Kozyndan panoramic, which was sent to Passion about two years ago) Sony has released the following statement:
There is suggestion that there is a similarity between an illustration by Kozyndan and the new Sony BRAVIA ‘Play-Doh’ advert. […]

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Google After Shave, The Search Engine Challenge & More Sony Bunnies

Well, it’s that day of the week again. Yes, it’s Friday, and so we thought that we would share with you some of the things that have made us smile, frown or just shake our heads at this week.
First up we have news of an exciting new product from Google: after shave! Yes, as if […]

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Sony Bravia’s Play-Doh Bunnies Have Landed!

Now I never knew him, but I think we can safely assume that advertising giant Bill Bernbach would have been rather taken aback if he had stumbled into a time machine and landed in late 2007.
People actively anticipating the ‘release’ of an advert? Agencies releasing footage from a commercial before it’s even finished? Play-Doh bunnies […]

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Chinese Olympics Adverts from Nike?

I think that these efforts from Nike are fantastic adverts. Truly. I’m not even sure if they are for the Chinese Olympics in Beijing 2008 or not (my Chinese is rather rusty) but take a look at them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EMXZNyDN4A

What’s brilliant about them is that they look almost camcorder, hand held or naturalistic in their execution (I […]

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Billie Piper, Blogging And Bondage. Oh My.

Last night, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, the television programme based on the blog Belle de Jour, aired on ITV2 for the first time. So what better subject for my maiden voyage on the company blog than the grooming of Britain’s sauciest blogger for telly? Which has involved an in-your-face print […]

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The 7 Best Ads Of 2007

Whilst it’s not often that we take a lead from a weekly lad’s magazine, an article in Zoo that put forward the rather wonderful Brylcreem Effortless ad (which we obviously had a hand in) as the coolest ad of the year, got us thinking. Whilst many are claiming that the rise of PVRs & video-sharing […]

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28 Days Later Sequel To Use QR Codes (28 Days After We Wrote About It)

Back in August, Medwyn wrote about how he had been playing with QR codes (the widgets that allow mobiles to access large amounts of information).
And now, 28 days later, The Guardian reports that these codes are to be used in the UK for the first time to promote the DVD release of 28 Weeks Later, […]

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That’s Entertainment: Cadbury’s Dairy Milk, Phil Collins & A Gorilla

Well, this is different!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdVoc8FXhz0

It’s a new ad for Cadbury’s Dairy Milk, and features a gorilla & a Phil Collins track. It was made by Juan over at Fallon who also made the Sony Balls advert. The Cadbury’s Gorilla ad launched Saturday night and there are already 25 iterations of it on YouTube, about 90,000 views, […]

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12 Breeds Of Client And How To Work Them

No comments please! Just a funny article describing the different types of clients you’re likely to come across…
Courtesy of Jeff Staple

#1. The Low-Tech Client. (I personally have a rule now where I stopped working with people who don’t have computers on their desks. There are people who’s assistants print out their emails and have it […]

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