Walker lands £5 million JJB Sports media account

LONDON – JJB Sports, the sports clothing retailer, has appointed Walker Media to handle its £5 million media planning and buying account.

Campaign Photo decides shortlist

LONDON – Photos shot for agencies including Fallon, WCRS, Euro BETC and Bartle Bogle Hegarty are among 66 that have been shortlisted in this year’s Campaign Photo Awards.

Filofax pursues retention with email and social media drive

LONDON – Filofax is investing in email and social media as part of a retention-based marketing strategy to boost customer loyalty online and in-store.

Agencies answer HAT’s cry for funding help

LONDON – Agency networks have begun answering distress calls from the History of Advertising Trust, where a financial crisis is threatening to put it out of business.

ZenithOptimedia on alert as Sanofi-Aventis calls review

LONDON – The French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis has called a review of its global media planning and buying account in a bid to appoint a single agency to the business.

Commercial radio increases share of display market to 5.9%

LONDON – Commercial radio grew its share of the total display market from 5.8% to 5.9% during 2009, the first annual growth for radio since 2004, according to figures from WARC and the Advertising Association.

Dave re-commissions Red Bull X-Fighters AFP

LONDON – Red Bull X-Fighters 2010, the third series of an advertiser-funded programme from Red Bull, is to be broadcast on UKTV’s male-focused Freeview channel Dave from 23 July.

Facebook wavers over banning ‘draw Mohammed’ group

LONDON – Facebook said it might ban the provocative ‘Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!’ group after Pakistani courts blocked the social networking site yesterday.

Future finds ‘reasons to be bullish’ following 13% lift

Future, the specialist publisher, has posted a strong recovery for the second half of its financial year, with pre-tax profits rising 13% to £3.6m.

DLG opens legal proceedings over data usage

LONDON – Data supplier DLG and lead generation company McDowall Media are involved in a legal dispute over alleged misuse of DLG’s data.

Greenpeace attacks BP with competition to redesign its logo

LONDON – Environmental pressure group Greenpeace has launched a confrontational campaign against BP, inviting designers to rebrand the company’s logo in the wake of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.

Top 20 Trends of the Day (May 19) – From Villain iPad Decals to Surgical Designers (COUNTDOWN)

(TrendHunter.com) For the day of May 19th, these are the Top 20 trends, which include Villain iPad Decals, Modern Fortresses and Hipster Portraits. The rankings are based on hundreds of thousands of views and 93 new trends…

Harris named UM’s EMEA digital head

LONDON – Universal McCann has appointed James Harris, the Diffiniti deputy managing director, to the role of head of digital for the EMEA region.

Isobar to roll out network rebrand

LONDON – The Aegis Media-owned Isobar is to rebrand its network of more than 60 agencies under the Isobar moniker and has appointed a new management team to lead the combined business.

Northern Rock calls £2 million media review

LONDON – Northern Rock, the Government-owned financial services company, is reviewing its £2 million media planning and buying account.

Agencies line up for NHS advertising brief

LONDON – The NHS is looking for an agency to handle the advertising for its NHS Evidence health information platform.

Controversial Close-Ups – These Krijn van Noordwijk Portraits are Thought-Provoking (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These Krijn van Noordwijk portraits are close-ups of all kinds of people, whether old, young, male, female, black, white, straight or gay–it does not matter. But what is constant, is a hint of controversy…

OAA hires Mike Baker as its chief executive

LONDON – The Outdoor Advertising Association has hired Mike Baker, the former CBS Outdoor international development director, as its new chief executive.

CNN: Go Beyond Borders Project, Berlin Wall

Advertising Agency: Heimat, Berlin, Germany
Chief Creative Officer: Guido Heffels
Creative Director: Myles Lord
Art Director: Carsten Schubert
Copywriter: Nikolai Diepenbrock
Graphic Design: Erik Prautsch
Research: Nikolai Diepenbrock
Art Buyer: Jessica Valin
Tape Art Design and Installation: El Bocho
Exhibited: November 2009


SocialCharity: WaterAid

Advertising Agency: Independent, Tel Aviv, Israel
Art Director: Jessica kalbermann
Copywriter: Orel Bitan
Published: May, 2010