Tag Archives: advertising

Tosh?

By tim | Published: 09/05/2012

‘A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.’ Oliver Wendell Holmes The [...]

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You count

By tim | Published: 26/01/2012

Waitrose – it’s the first time I’ve seen the new ‘You count’ line. I just can’t stop misreading it without the ‘o’ after the ‘c’.

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The music of writing

By tim | Published: 25/04/2011

Bernbach’s position reflects both the interest Madison Avenue developed in psychology and its cynical fantasy that it controlled people’s behaviour.

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No real point

By tim | Published: 16/11/2010

Cheryl Cole and L’Oreal ads are common targets of mimicry, but this artist hasn’t done enough to move the narrative on.

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Are you a ninny?

By tim | Published: 27/10/2010

Why is so much print advertising so very bad? Still. Today. After all these decades when Advertising with a cap A has enjoyed such success, glamour, adulation and influence?

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Balls™

By tim | Published: 27/09/2010

If you set out to celebrate engineering you must ensure your copy is brilliantly engineered. The ideas must make sense. The thoughts must connect. The jargon should lead to illumination, not frustration. The benefits should flow from the conversation, not remain obscured by self-satisfied technical babble.

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