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The London Olympics is here

LOCOG lock down limits everything LOCOG lock down limits everything

Posted by Theme
on 27 Jul 2012

As you're probably aware by now, there are extreme restrictions on what can and cannot be done in terms of advertising your brand with a remotely Olympic theme over the coming weeks.We'd love nothing more than to flex our creative muscles to come up with an original way of leveraging the power of the greatest show on earth for our customers, but as…

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A close up of the VW ads

Thinking small, achieving big Thinking small, achieving big

Posted by Nick
on 17 Jul 2012

Think Small. That's the line that would effectively launch what has since been voted the best campaign of all time, cementing a revolutionary design that went totally against the grain and shake up the staid 1950 / 60s ad world.The line, of course, belongs to the famed VW ad, which eschewed the convention of huge product shot and in-your-face headl…

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Close up of the Rubik's Cube

Birth of the puzzle king Birth of the puzzle king

Posted by Nick
on 13 Jul 2012

There are certain inventions that pervade culture so absolutely that their initial use becomes somewhat irrelevant, and their popularity ceases to be based on their primary raison d'etre.Sixty-eight years ago today, a man was born who would go on to become responsible for one of the most iconic examples of a creation outliving its purpose – t…

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