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Claire Beale On Advertising: Faraway galaxy comes to street near you

You'll remember that scene in Star Wars when bun-headed Princess Leia appears in holographic form to tell Obi-Wan Kenobi that he's her only hope. Fantastical sci-fi, back in the Seventies. Not any more; today it's a reality, of a sort, and it's the latest hot thing in marketing. Welcome to the world of "augmented reality", or AR.

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Kit Kats as postcards? This is not the work of Mad Men

Monday, 6 July 2009

JWT’s world chief Bob Jeffrey tells Ian Burrell the secrets of global advertising

The new and the ancient: Alistair Darling and Mervyn King have clashed over the Treasury's use of media manipulation

Secrets of the war against the Bank

Monday, 29 June 2009

The Treasury is deploying every 21st-century weapon of spin in its public relations battle with the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, reports economics editor Sean O'Grady

The ads are typical DDB: clean layouts, crisp copywriting, elegant art direction. But they have few words, which is the point

Claire Beale On Advertising: Proof that we Cannes make a difference

Monday, 29 June 2009

Last week was Cannes week. In boom time, that means that pretty much the entire London creative community with access to an expenses account decamps to the South of France for a few days of eating, drinking and messing about on yachts. In recession, it means that boasting about the size of your vessel has been replaced with boasting about the poverty of your accommodation. Some adlanders even took their tents but plenty didn't go at all.

Best in Show: Honda (Wieden & Kennedy)

Claire Beale on Advertising: Technology means posters will stick around

Monday, 22 June 2009

I could tell you about Cannes – the Cannes Advertising Festival. But really most of London’s adland seems barely to have noticed that this is Cannes week.

Heinz ketchup (AMV BBDO): A sweet and neat way to underline the iconic stature of the brand.

Claire Beale on Advertising: Britain's got talent, but no winners

Monday, 15 June 2009

It wasn't a night for the Brits last Thursday. Not at all. The D&AD awards might be one of the most important dates in the British adland calendar but, when the pencils were handed out at the Round House in Camden, north London, last week, home-grown winners were rarer than the green shoots of economic recovery. Big disappointment.

US family's Christmas snap turns up in Czech ad

Thursday, 11 June 2009

When Danielle Smith and her family posed for their Christmas card photo last year, they knew they'd share it with family and friends.

Best in Show: Robinsons (BBH)

Claire Beale on Advertising: Let's be honest, all of us need GM to be reborn

Monday, 8 June 2009

"Let's be completely honest. No company wants to go through this." The voice is smoothly soothing. "This" is Chapter 11. But don't panic. This is General Motors's phoenix ad.

The offending advert featuring Queen Sofia, appeared in Spanish papers last week

Ryanair drops royal ad campaign

Sunday, 7 June 2009

Faster than it turns around its flights, the low-cost airline pulls promotion featuring Queen Sofia of Spain after a threat of legal action

Best in Show: the event TV ad of the moment is by 180 Amsterdam for Adidas - It's about how Lionel Messi grew up to become one of the best footballers of his generation. The sort of powerful ad that event television was made for.

Claire Beale on Advertising: Susan can be the face of big tummy-tuck pants

Monday, 1 June 2009

So, I'm taking a gamble here. By the time you're reading this, you know whether Susan Boyle has just won an extension to her fifteen minutes or whether we've all decided that Britain's got a better, brighter talent.

Fruitful: Chris Smith, the founder of production company Final Touch has made the music for 600 commercials, including the Fruitella 'I'm Too Juicy' campaign

'I'm too sexy for rock 'n' roll', says adland's king of music

Monday, 25 May 2009

Having composed music for 600 adverts, from Bacardi to Fruitella, Chris Smith is the biggest pop star you've never heard of, writes Amol Rajan

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