Campaign articles from February 2005

Campaign archives from February 2005

DLKW negotiates buyout from Interpublic Group.(Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners, Interpublic Group of Companies Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners is ready to sever links with Interpublic and buy back the 26 per cent stake in the agency held by the embattled holding company. DLKW senior executives, including (l to r) GregDelaney, Richard Warren,...

Ailing Sainsbury's calls pounds 47m review.(J Sainsbury PLC's advertising account)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Jamie Oliver and Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO face the chop as the troubled retailer battles to win back British shoppers. Sainsbury's is reviewing its pounds 47 million advertising account out of Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO as part of a wider...

Burda plots assault on UK mag market.(Hubert Burda Media plans to enter United Kingdom's magzine industry)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Hubert Burda Media, the German publishing giant, is preparing to launch a celebrity and real-life title in the UK. The publisher is pulling together an editorial team and is poaching staff from weekly titles to work on the as-yet unnamed...

Industry staff numbers reach 30-year high.(growth of labor force)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Evidence that Britain's agencies are shrugging off the effects of recession has emerged with new figures showing the industry's workforce exceeds 15,000, the highest since 1973. A total of 15,190 staff were employed by 234 IPA member...

Vodafone kicks off pounds 4m direct contest.(Vodafone UK Ltd. appoints Agency Insight for contacts with advertising agencies)
February 4, 2005... Vodafone UK is searching for a direct marketing agency to handle its business-to-business CRM task. The business, estimated to be worth pounds 4 million, is held by Harrison Troughton Wunderman, which also handles Vodafone's consumer...

Coke hands Mother Football League win.(Coca-Cola Co. contracts with Mother )(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Mother has won the pounds 5 million creative account for Coca-Cola's sponsorship of the Football League. The appointment was made after a two-way pitch against the incumbent, Soul. Wieden & Kennedy Amsterdam, which has won the...

ITV calls review of pounds 10m media.(ITV PLC promts Starcom Motive to resign its advertising contract)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Starcom Motive resigns as the new marketing director, Clare Salmon, puts account up for review. ITV has announced a review of its pounds 10 million media business, prompting Starcom Motive to resign the account. Starcom has worked on...

ACP-NatMag set to launch second title.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... ACP-NatMag is gearing up for the launch of its second weekly title, which it plans to call Real People. The publisher has applied to register the name 'Real People' as a trademark with the Patent Office but it is understood that it is...

MindShare takes pounds 33m AA media business.(Automobile Association Ltd.)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... The AA is to move its pounds 33 million media planning and buying account into MindShare. MindShare pitched against PHD, which worked with the AA's creative agency, Rapier, on a joint presentation. AA has entered into exclusive...

TBWA restructures its management team.(TBWA\London)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... TBWA\London has unveiled management changes in preparation for the departure of Jonathan Mildenhall, its managing director. Mildenhall is leaving the agency in March to attend the advanced management programme course at Harvard Business...

Agencies line up for Freixenet pitch.(Freixenet Cordon Negro's advertising contract)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... The wine company Freixenet Cordon Negro is reviewing its creative and media agencies. The pitch is being handled through Agency Insight, which is drawing up a longlist of agencies. The incumbent on the media account, Vizeum, will take...

Tunnicliffe moves to US with Initiative.(Mike Tunnicliffe, Initiative Media North America)(United States)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Mike Tunnicliffe, the Initiative executive vice-president and veteran of the UK media scene, is moving to the US to take up a newly created role within Initiative. Tunnicliffe, 44, becomes the chief strategic officer, Initiative North...

P&G Gillette deal hits media owners.(Procter & Gamble Co. aquires Gillette Co.)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... As well as providing a likely windfall for Publicis Groupe's Starcom MediaVest, Procter & Gamble's dollars 57 billion acquisition of Gillette is likely to further squeeze the margins of media owners. P&G's media business is split between...

Lowe's rollercoaster continues.(Lowe London's employees and it's contract)
February 4, 2005... Paul Weinberger stays put, but Mark Cadman, Russ Lidstone and Nestle have quit the agency. Paul Weinberger will not join the exodus of senior managers from Lowe London and has opted to remain as the chairman of the agency for the time...

Holland & Barrett talks to agencies.(for its advertising account)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Holland & Barrett, the health food retailer, is in talks with agencies about its pounds 5 million advertising account. The business is currently with the Newcastle-based agency Guerilla, which will repitch. However, the retailer has begun...

Agencies appeal for Olympic bid cash.(advertising agencies need finance for Olympic campaign)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Advertising chiefs are appealing to clients for a cash injection to help raise awareness of London's bid to secure the 2012 Olympic Games. At a dinner last week, attended by the head of London's Olympic bid, Lord Coe, WPP's Sir Martin...

Pilsner Urquell hands O&M global creative.(contracts with Ogilvy and Mather for advertising)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... The Czech premium beer brand Pilsner Urquell has consolidated its pounds 20 million global creative account into Ogilvy & Mather, moving its pan-European business out of Leagas Delaney. O&M already holds the account in North America, and...

BEC joins roster for DaimlerChrysler.(Barraclough Edwards Chamberlain advertises for DaimlerChrysler AG)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Barraclough Edwards Chamberlain has been awarded a place on the DaimlerChrysler roster to support the UK launch of its luxury saloon car, the C300. BEC has been named as the lead agency to develop below-the-line communications to raise...

Colin Mills departs Carat.(Carat Espace)
February 4, 2005... The managing director's exit is the latest in a series of changes at parent Aegis. Colin Mills, the managing director of Carat, is leaving the agency, ending months of speculation over his future. Mills, 39, has been the managing...

Mobile users set to preview Levi's TV ad.(Levi's Europe's television advertisements available on mobile phones)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Levi's is making a further push into mobile marketing, using WAP for the first time as part of the launch of its spring 501 campaign. Mobile users will be able to preview the new Levi's television spot on their mobiles from 7 February, a...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
February 4, 2005... South Eastern Trains has asked Campaign to clarify that the value of its account, which was won by Rapier, is less than pounds 1 million.

Jono loses role on Heart breakfast show to Theakston.(Easter)(Jamie Theakston replaces Jono Coleman at Easter)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... The battle for London radio listeners this week cost Jono Coleman his job. Coleman, the Heart 106.2 breakfast presenter, will be replaced by the former children's presenter Jamie Theakston at Easter. This follows a poor showing in the...

Alexander to move up at Lewis Silkin.(Roger Alexander is stepping up to become chairman)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Roger Alexander, Lewis Silkin's senior partner and the head of its influential marketing services practice, is stepping up to the new role of chairman. He is described as 'The Don' of advertising and marketing law by the 2005 Chambers...

Haworth named as chairman at WWAV.(WWAV Rapp Collins promoted Ian Haworth)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Ian Haworth, the executive creative director of WWAV Rapp Collins London, has been made the chairman of the agency and the creative director of Rapp Collins Europe as part of the continued shake-up of the Omnicom-owned direct network. In...

W&K sees off three to win pounds 4.5m Sky.(Wieden and Kennedy London gets contract from British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC's Sky One)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Wieden & Kennedy has won the pounds 4.5 million Sky One account following a four-way pitch against Clemmow Hornby Inge, DDB London and Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R. The news comes as BSkyB unveils an interim profit surge of 25 per cent...

Broadsheet is best, Telegraph argues.(Telegraph Group's broadsheet campaign created by Nucleus Ltd. (UK))(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Telegraph Group is demonstrating its commitment to the broadsheet format with a campaign targeting creatives to emphasise the quality of broadsheet advertising. Direct marketing executions, using the theme 'the beauty of broadsheet', will...

DDB and Stream tie up for joint venture.(DDB London to form DDB Stream)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... DDB London has linked up with the branded content agency Stream and is launching a joint venture to move into branded entertainment. The new offering, DDB Stream, will work with DDB's existing clients as well as attempt to attract clients...

Grazia makes a virtue of impatience via Fallon's launch campaign.(Emap Consumer Media to launch campaigns of its new women's weekly magazine)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Grazia, Emap's new women's weekly glossy, will launch with a pounds 16 million campaign breaking on 14 February with the line: 'Impatience is a virtue.' Playing on the fact that Grazia is a weekly not a monthly, the creative centres on...

BBH promotes Hatton to head of planning.(Bartle Bogle Hegarty promotes Rachel Hatton)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Bartle Bogle Hegarty has promoted the board planner Rachel Hatton to head of planning at the UK agency as part of an effort to strengthen its global strategic credentials. Hatton, who has worked at BBH for five years on brands including...

Labour pulls TBWA 'anti-Semitic' work.(Labor Party to monitor future works of TBWA/London of its campaigns)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Labour politicians are to monitor the work of TBWA\ London more closely after being forced to scrap two anti-Tory ads perceived as anti-Semitic by some Jews. Labour placed a draft poster on its website that depicted Michael Howard, the...

Trinity Mirror plans TV listings launch.(television )(Brief article)
February 4, 2005... Trinity Mirror is expanding into the consumer magazine market with the launch of a TV listings title. Phil Hall, the editorial director for the Mirror Group's national newspaper supplements and a former editor of the News of the World, is...

Media Forum: Will radio be affected by blip?(opinions on Capital Radio PLC's merger with GWR Group PLC)(Panel Discussion)
February 4, 2005... Is the recent revenue dip worrying for the future of radio, Alasdair Reid asks. This is a milestone year for commercial radio, not least because it is about to enter a long-awaited consolidation phase. The Capital Radio merger with GWR is...

Media: Chatter.(executive quotes)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... 'Hang on, there's 60 million people in the country. What are the other 52 million doing?' - Radio 2's evergreen Terry Wogan gets carried away after posting record listening figures of eight million 'I should be happy that other agencies...

Media: The Business enters into agreements over distribution.(Conde Nast Publications Inc., Dennis Publishing, and Time and Fortune International to distribute the business magazine)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... The Business has entered into agreements with the publishers Conde Nast, Dennis Publishing and Time & Fortune International to distribute copies of their magazines with The Business through newsagents in the London area. Copies of Time,...

Media: Viacom Brand Solutions appoints head of insight and research.(Agostino Di Falco )(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Viacom Brand Solutions has appointed Agostino Di Falco as its head of insight and research. Di Falco, the former head of planning and strategy at Sky Media, is the latest hiring by the VBS managing director, Nick Bampton. Last week, he...

Media: Sky Media reports record month for interactive TV campaigns.(British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC's Sky Media)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Sky Media has reported a record month for interactive TV campaigns. A total of 45 interactive campaigns ran on Sky channels in January, an increase of 40 per cent on the previous high in January 2004.

Media: Customer publishing industry has increase in turnover.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... The customer publishing industry had a turnover of pounds 385 million during 2004, according to research from Mintel. This represents an increase of 10 per cent on the 2003 report and a rise of 24 per cent over the past decade. The report...

Media: Times Newspapers agrees partnership with film channel.(Turner Classic Movies)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Times Newspapers has agreed a partnership with the film channel Turner Classic Movies. The Sunday Times will sponsor TCM's month-long season '31Days of Oscar', which will be hosted by Stephen Fry. TCM is also promoting The Times' Film First...

Media: ITV2 commissions its first origianl drama.(ITV Network Ltd. ITV2 to launch Footballers' Wives-Extra Time)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... ITV2 has commissioned its first original drama. Footballers' Wives - Extra Time will be a spin-off from the ITV1 series Footballers' Wives. Shed Productions, which is producing the new series, announced this week that it intends to seek a...

Media: Teen magazine CosmoGIRL! set to increase its frequency.(National Magazine Company to increase issues)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... The National Magazine Company's teen magazine CosmoGIRL! is set to increase its frequency from 12 issues a year to 17. Issues will appear in shops every third Thursday from 17 March. Each issue will be cover-mounted and will retail at the usual...

Media: Northern & Shell appoints editor-in-chief of OK! USA.(Nic McCarthy)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Northern & Shell has appointed Nic McCarthy the editor-in-chief of OK! USA. Northern & Shell is looking at a US launch of the title as part of a global roll-out. McCarthy, a former editor of OK! in the UK, is currently the executive editor of...

Media: Archant Specialist acquires Romsey Publishing Group.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Archant Specialist, the consumer magazine division of Archant, has acquired Romsey Publishing Group. Romsey owns titles including The English Garden, The English Home and Canal Boat.

Media: IPC Media joins forces with Axel Springer.(IPC Media Ltd.)(Axel Springer Verlag AG)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... IPC Media has joined forces with Axel Springer to publish a Russian edition of the style magazine Wallpaper*. The title will be published by Axel Springer under a ten-year licence agreement.

Media: Associated New Media completes annual audit of its ad server.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Associated New Media has completed an annual audit of its ad server to provide information to advertisers. It also announced that it can now audit individual campaigns for advertisers.

Media: Hachette Filipacchi redesigns its All About Soap title.(Hachette Filipacchi Magazines Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Hachette Filipacchi is redesigning its All About Soap title. The fortnightly magazine will have a new logo and content, which will include more celebrity lifestyle and fashion features. The magazine targets young female readers.

Media Headliner: The man to put The Channel back on the map.(WPP Group PLC appoints David Muir as new chief of dating agency)
February 4, 2005... David Muir is the new chief of 'WPP's dating agency'. But is the job a stepping stone to the WPP board? Jeremy Lee reports. While no-one doubts that the qualities of David Muir more than match up to those of Mandy Pooler, the most...

Media: Lifeline - Tyler Brule.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... From an ambush in Afghanistan to BBC4's The Desk via the UK's coolest magazine 1989: Having studied journalism in the US and Canada, the 20-year-old Tyler Brule lands a researcher's job in BBC Manchester's 'trendy' youth television...

Media Perspective: The last of the old guard moves on in a makeover for Carat.(Carat )
February 4, 2005... It was with some incredulity that I noticed the local betting shop had undergone a makeover. Gone was the old Stanley Racing logo, replaced by the new brand Stanley Bet in fresh green-and-white paint. Probably a good move, but the old...

Media: All about ... Viral advertising campaigns.
February 4, 2005... At the risk of being tasteless, viral can make a big impact. For those who haven't seen it yet, the spoof Volkswagen 'suicide bomber' clip can be seen at www.boreme.com. By the time you read this, the perpetrators of this viral outrage...

Media: A Grazer's Guide to TV.
February 4, 2005... CSI:NY - Five/5 February/9.05pm. A new series of the sister show to CSI, featuring Gary Sinise pursuing a serial killer across New York. THE STEPFATHER - ITV1/6 February/9pm. Two-part thriller starring Philip Glenister as a cab driver who...

Media: Double Standards - 'A few media planners in an ad agency is a waste'.(Interview with John Harlow)(Interview)
February 4, 2005... Two of the media planning sector's foremost thinkers discuss the media/creative divide, the fallacy of the 'bigger is better' mindset and what still excites them. JOHN HARLOW - founder, Naked Communications Should media planning be ...

Media: Strategy Analysis - Tapping into the competitive spirit.
February 4, 2005... Brand: Alien vs Predator Client: 20th Century Fox Brief: Position Alien vs Predator as the must-see film of last October Target audience: Young men Budget: pounds 1.4 million AGENCIES Media: Adam Cherry at Starcom Mediavest...

Media: A Moment with Marquis.
February 4, 2005... Nobody seemed more surprised than the man himself. Last week, new Rajar figures placed him top of the listening tree at eight million-plus a week, an additional 410,000, and he said on air he couldn't quite believe it. We're talking Terry...

World: Minneapolis - Fallon wins fashion accounts.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Fallon Worldwide has been named the agency of record for the premium denim label Earl Jean and the women's fashion and accessories designer Sigrid Olsen. Both accounts have been dormant in recent months. Fallon will develop international...

World: Boston - VW moves US media business to MediaCom.(Volkswagen)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Volkswagen is shifting its dollars 500 million North American media business from Havas' Media Planning Group into Grey Global Group's MediaCom. MediaCom already handles VW in several other markets.The review was called by procurement...

World: Paris - Red Cell merges its Paris agencies.(Red Cell Networks)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... WPP's Red Cell network is merging its two Paris agencies, Steak/Red Cell and Les Ouvriers du Paradis/Red Cell. The merged agency, Les Ouvriers/Red Cell, will incorporate two sub-brands: Les Ouvriers du Paradis, which specialises in beauty...

World: Amsterdam - 180 bolsters creative department.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... 180 Amsterdam is strengthening its creative department with the signing of a new associate creative director and a senior copywriter. Dean Maryon, the art director on the 'impossible is nothing' Adidas campaign, is promoted from associate...

World: Bejing - Adidas to sponsor Chinese Olympics.(adidas-Salomon AG)
February 4, 2005... Adidas has reportedly won the sportswear sponsorship duties for the 2008 Beijing Olympics with an dollars 80 million bid. The brand beat its rivals Li-Ning and Nike for the official sponsorship rights, awarded to the sportswear brand by the...

World: Paris - OgilvyOne managing director moves to Draft.(Joelle Tison appointed at OgilvyOne Paris)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Joelle Tison (pictured), the former managing director of OgilvyOne Paris, has been named as the managing director of Draft Paris. She takes over from Didier Stora, who took the reins at Draft at the end of 2001. Tison was named managing...

World: Antwerp - Carlsberg finds new Belgian home.(Duval Guillaume Antwerp appointed)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... After a partnership of eight years, Carlsberg has severed ties with VVL/BBDO and appointed Duval Guillaume Antwerp to its creative account, following a pitch involving VVL/BBDO, LG&F and McCann Erickson. Claus Lorenzen, the marketing brand...

World: Warsaw - Leo Burnett wins Hoop account.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... The Polish soft drinks giant Hoop SA has handed its entire portfolio of still and carbonated drinks to Leo Burnett following a nine-way pitch. The incumbent, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Grey were among the other agencies involved. Leo...

World: Shanghai - JCDecaux expands operations into China.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... The outdoor advertising specialist JCDecaux is moving into mainland China in partnership with two of Shanghai's international airports. JCDecaux Pearl & Dean, a subsidiary of JCDecaux Hong Kong, has agreed a deal to manage the interior and...

World: Tokyo - Omnicom names Asia-Pacific head.(appointment of Michael Birkin)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Michael Birkin has been appointed the first president and chief executive of Omnicom Asia-Pacific. The position will also see him named as vice-chairman, Omnicom Group. Birkin will be based in Tokyo and Shanghai. Since 1999 Birkin, 46, has...

World: Gloves off as Hakuhodo squares up to Dentsu.
February 4, 2005... Japan's number-two agency hopes to raise 30 trillion yen as it goes public in a bid to challenge its rival. When Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc (HDY) announced its intention last month to float on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the holding company's...

World: Insider's View - South Africa.
February 4, 2005... A decade on from the end of apartheid, South Africa's ad industry is enjoying investment again as it starts to reflect the nation's ethnic diversity, Josh Dovey writes. Rumours of South Africa's imminent demise have always been greatly...

Close-Up: The substance behind JWT's creative agenda.(J. Walter Thompson Co.)
February 4, 2005... Success will be judged not by changes to identity but by Craig Davis' ability to improve creative output. Having articulated several versions of its name since its inception in 1864, last week J. Walter Thompson returned to its most...

Close-Up: Live Issue - Is adland myopic in its talent search?
February 4, 2005... Fred and Farid are proof positive creative talent exists outside of college courses, John Tylee writes. Rory Sutherland didn't mention the names of Fred Raillard and Farid Mokart in his recent Campaign Essay, in which he accused adland of...

Close-Up: 24 Hours with ... Jim Surguy.
February 4, 2005... Name: Jim Surguy Job: Managing director, Results Business Consulting Professional mission: Help owner managers develop and realise their shareholder value Personal mantra: Carpe diem 7.15am Eat breakfast watching TV news, then...

Editorial: Sandpit's win highlights full-service shop vogue.
February 4, 2005... Supposedly given up for dead more than a decade ago, the idea of the full-service agency is proving a remarkably robust concept. Not the version that dominated the industry during the 60s and 70s, of course. Hindsight allows us to...

Editorial: VW Polo viral harmful as well as tasteless.
February 4, 2005... The spoof viral featuring a suicide bomber blowing himself up in a Volkswagen Polo isn't just sick. It is also the latest in a worrying trend for expensively produced fakes that could easily pass for the genuine article. They are damaging to...

Opinion: Perspective - Radical thinking will free industry of sameyness.
February 4, 2005... 'Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads.' It's not often that you'll find Erica Jong quoted in the pages of Campaign, but her words seem particularly appropriate for the current...

Opinion: On the Campaign Couch ... with JB.
February 4, 2005... Q: What do you think about agencies running ads for themselves? Surely the best self-promotion for any agency is just to do what it does as well as it can possibly do it? A: Doing what you do as well as you can possibly do it is not...

Diary: On the QT ..
February 4, 2005... Love is in the air at Nabs and the IPA, who are playing Cupid with their new Valentine's Day message board. You can post as many messages of luurrve as you want on the IPA website for only pounds 5.00 and all the proceeds go to Nabs... Still...

Diary: Adland creatives display a flair for buying houses.(Euro RSCGv)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Forget Hollywood stars, celebrity authors and tired and emotional It girls, it seems that the real stars of the newspaper property sections are now agency creative directors. A browse through last Friday's Evening Standard revealed the...

Diary: Nuts turns prudish over Sky Hi's big balloons.
February 4, 2005... With Valentine's Day looming, what could you expect other than the suppliers of soppy gifts pushing their wares with some timely advertising. Sky Hi, a helium-balloon shop, has got in on the action with a print ad from Purity. The...

Diary: Dawson's up the creek in terms of leaving bash.(Neil Dawson)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... There are several ways to inform your boss you are leaving for pastures new that are guaranteed to create a stir, and we all know that there's not much that adland enjoys more than a touch of drama. Letting him/her know by text-message or...

Diary: Cullingham has secret advertising talent pool.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Rory Sutherland's Essay on creative recruitment (Campaign, 14 January) has sparked a lot of debate - just see letters on page 24. Here, Tony Cullingham, the advertising course director at West Herts College, offers agencies some tips on where...

Diary: Water-cooler monitor.
February 4, 2005... What topics have the industry been discussing this week? THE TALK TIME SPENT Will P&G review the multibillion-dollar Gillette 2 hours 13 mins brands it's acquiring, hopefully...

Diary: Pick of the week - Lowe/Domestos.(advertising)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Damian Bradfield, an account manager at Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, loves Lowe's Domestos spot: ' Ad people are often quick to dismiss the creative potential of household goods and retail accounts. This spot proves them wrong. The production...

Diary: Turkey of the Week - Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw/Virgin Holidays.
February 4, 2005... Rachel Gardner is unimpressed with Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw's TV ad for Virgin Holidays: 'Holidays usually conjure up images of sun-kissed bodies on tropical beaches. But no such luck in this ad. Why would potential customers identify with a...

When Dick met D&AD.(British Design and Art Direction's president Dick Powell's management)
February 4, 2005... Elitist, superior, putting creativity over business goals... Dick Powell frankly lacks these attributes of D&AD advertising juries. 'I've been about a bit,' he tells Caroline Marshall. Dick Powell is famous for his encyclopaedic knowledge...

The Work: New Campaigns - UK.
February 4, 2005... ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR - Fcuk - spring/summer 2005 collection CREDITS Project: Fcuk spring/summer 2005 collection Client Stephen Marks, chief executive, French Connection Brief: Celebrate the beauty of the 2005 spring/summer collection...

The Work: New Campaigns - The World.
February 4, 2005... AUDI - SELECTIVE MEMORY - FRANCE CREDITS Project: Selective memory Client: Patrice Franke, communications director, Audi France Brief: Launch the new Audi A4 Creative agency: DDB Paris Writer: Marc Badinand Art director: Remi...

The Work: Private View.
February 4, 2005... CREATIVE - Jonathan Burley, creative director, HHCL/Red Cell Bugger. Acting the vinegarish twat is an easy default of mine and I was very much looking forward to receiving that crazy ad about a bewildered tortoise with a can of fizzy pop...