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News from July 2009

Venables, Bell & Partners, Barclays: a solid bank in a fake world

In a world of Bernie Madoffs, AIGs, and other shifty, scandalous accounts of solid investments evaporating, you gotta be pretty convincing if you’re a bank and hope to gain the trust of your customers and the general public. Not only do you have to appear to be a stable institution, you must also seem trustworthy.

W+K London: the goofy products division

It’s always fascinating when ad agencies do something that has absolutely nothing to do with advertising. Wieden + Kennedy are experts at this (hell, they even like to hire from outside of the ad biz) but there’s a very cool piece from Campaign UK about W+K London’s latest endeavour: hawking kitschy novelty items to the general public.

Award Show Bedlam: Former Clios execs now at London Internationals

London International Awards (LIA) is proud to announce that they have signed on the services of Tony Gulisano and Wayne Youkhana, both former executives of the Clio Awards.

Tony and Wayne have a combined total of over 40 years experience and are considered to be two of the most respected individuals across the landscape of international award shows.

Scholz & Friends, Crossroads Films join forces with NATO

2009 marks the 60th anniversary of the formation of NATO. To mark this historic occasion, Brussels ad agency Scholz & Friends European Office has collaborated with Crossroads Films director Nico Beyer to create three poignant 30 second TV spots.

Kia’s got Soul… and funky robots

Kia Motors has launched a pretty quirky website for the new Kia Soul. Okay, “quirky” is an understatement, as it features dancing robots, flying fish, catapulting hamsters and a lot of other bizarre things that somehow just fit with the Kia brand.

Cundari’s Ad Slider: creativity vs. strategy for CMA Awards

By now you’ve seen The Canadian Marketing Association Awards “CMA Brand Brawls” call for entries online game (and if you haven’t it can be found over in the Top Ten section, as well as here) It’s a fun campaign piece. I mean, who couldn’t imagine Lowe Roche’s Geoffery Roche kicking the crap outta ZiG’s Aaron Starkman?

Profero London’s new ECD: Elspeth Lynn

Profero London has hired Elspeth Lynn, the co-founder of the Canadian agency Zig, to the newly created role of executive creative director.

Lynn’s hiring marks the end of a six-month search to fill the role, and she will now be responsible for helping the agency develop its creative offering across all media.

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