How I Work: Ian Pons Jewell
Director Ian Pons Jewell shares his thoughts on becoming adland’s go-to director for everything weird and wonderful, and why he writes back stories for every single character – yes, including Skittles’ yoghurt boy
Why Not Associates is shutting down
Unrelated to the current coronavirus pandemic, Andy Altmann and David Ellis are going their separate ways, closing down Why Not Associates after almost 33 years of work to pursue their own projects
How to keep the creative spark alive when WFH
Thanks to coronavirus, JKR had to set up over 100 employees to work from home practically overnight. Here’s how they did it, and what they learned about keeping creativity going when you can’t be in the same room
How can creatives keep their heads during Coronavirus?
Copywriter Ellen Ling shares her thoughts on how to stay sane while WFH, and why the pandemic could prompt the creative industry to rethink the way it works
The slogan strikes back
Brands including KFC and Nike are firmly embracing bygone advertising slogans within very modern advertising. We explore why these long-used straplines can be so satisfying, and why more brands aren’t doing the same thing
Bored of swiping left? Try Feeld’s orbs of seduction
Dating app Feeld has launched a ‘digital foreplay’ experience, that lets users chat each other up using floating orb-shaped avatars
How a huge Minecraft library is fighting global censorship
The Uncensored Library is an enormous Minecraft build that’s allowing people from across the globe to safely access banned articles
Why data could become our greatest storyteller
For Pentagram designer Giorgia Lupi, data is a rich resource that reveals hidden truths about being human. We talk to her about her work and discuss how getting the most out the data relies on asking the right questions
Can advertising win back our trust?
Who are you more likely to believe, an ad agency or a used car salesman? As trust in the industry plummets to an all-time low, we ask if there’s a way to repair our fractious relationship with advertising
New exhibition celebrates advertising’s rich heritage
The Art of Advertising, at Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries, catapults visitors back to the dawn of advertising, when handbills and posters reigned supreme
The future is weird but familiar in Three’s mini sci-fi film
Wieden+Kennedy London dream up the future of the UK in a lavish new ad for Three, which paints a sci-fi universe that’s surreal, yet strangely recognisable
Volvo builds a four-truck tower for epic ad
What do you do when you’re a car brand with four new trucks to announce? Naturally you stack them all on top of one another, and then stick the company president on top