Creative news that struck our fancy this week: Book design: If you know me, you know that I read. A lot. And very often I choose those books based on the appeal–and feel–of their covers. Compelling cover art (graphics and paper stock) will draw me in every time. (Proof that apps and retina displays are…
The advertising column in today’s NYT covers the recent 4As conference and notes, among other things, that ad “agency executives rivaled their clients in the use of industry jargon.” If you can get past such terms as “zetabytes” (a measure of information storage capacity) or “customer decision journey,” what we (or they) are really talking…
It is almost three months to the day after the massacre of the innocents in Newtown—a before-and-after moment that, like September 11, was supposed to “change things.” So what’s changed? The usual suspects (the NRA, the president, Second Amendment absolutists, gun opponents, doctors, victims and their families, members of Congress, advocacy organizations) have all said…
A treat for the eye and ear (especially on this snowquester day), the mesmerizing new global TV spot for Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi). Beautifully shot, edited and scored (to Bobby Darin’s 1967 hit, “Beautiful Things”), it promises to make even the most cynical traveler (and viewer) feel like a “guest.” Agency: M&C Saatchi. Producers: Rogue…
In 1988, the people of Chile were presented with an unexpected choice: a plebiscite where a “yes” vote kept the brutal regime of Gen. Augusto Pinochet (who had himself seized power in a murderous coup) in office and a “no” voted him out. The election could have been a tragedy foretold, but for the creativity…