There Needs to Be More Accountability in Advertising to Shatter the Status Quo

Another day, another epic fail from a brand putting on the diversity mantle or shouting about social distancing. Ads keep missing the goalposts on the climate emergency, diversity, ocean plastic–pick a theme. Behind every misstep is bad advice, lack of understanding or someone who didn’t listen. The majority of a company’s value is inevitably tied…

Charli and Dixie D’Amelio on Being TikTok Titans and Building a Brand Beyond Social Media

In just over a year, sisters Charli and Dixie D’Amelio have become two of the most talked-about names in social media, thanks to their explosive popularity on TikTok. Beloved by Gen Z, the social media platform boasts 800 million active daily users worldwide, according to DataReportal’s Digital 2020 report. Charli, 16 and a trained dancer,…

Facebook Is Up to Old Copycat Tricks, and TikTok Is the Target This Time

While TikTok is establishing itself–it counts 43.7 million monthly unique visitors in the U.S., according to Comscore, and introduced a self-serve ad platform in July–it faces a potential regulatory nightmare. Already booted from its top market in India over concerns of user privacy and data sharing with the Chinese government, TikTok parent company ByteDance has…

Jameela Jamil will be the 2020 Alternative MacTaggart keynote speaker.

GLP Director Gary Land Hits The Ice For Shot On iPhone’s “Hockey Tape”

The ad industry won't change for good until it hits rock bottom

COVID-19: We Should Do This More Often, 12 Steps to Proper Technique

Stay clean, stay safe, and most importantly of all stay informed! Our understanding of this pandemic changes every day, so keep up to date with good quality information.

Gucci: Gucci Bloom

Video of The New Gucci Bloom Campaign with Anjelica Huston, Florence Welch, Jodie Turner-Smith and Susie Cave

Coca-Cola: Coca-Cola & George the Poet present: Open Like Never Before

This is our opportunity to start over – more humble, mindful, braver and better than we’ve ever been.

Video of Coca-Cola & George the Poet present: Open Like Never Before

United Nations / The Global Goals for Sustainable Development: Deserted

Shockingly, some 630,000 Australians cannot read this sentence. It’s because an alarming number of Australians have below-proficiency literacy levels; a consequence of the way our education system has progressively been structured to privilege the haves and abandon the have-nots. This sequence of films draws attention to the problem by way of a brutally simple demonstration.

Burger King: Late Night Stores

United Nations / The Global Goals for Sustainable Development: Life Below Water: The Arrival of a New Species

2degrees Broadband: It just makes sense!

McDonald's: Welcome Back to the 90s

Audi: Raised by Racecars

Burger King: Pay Cut Whopper

Strongbow: Refreshing the Nation

Refreshing The Nation is a love letter to the great British summer, featuring one of the UK’s most exciting bands, The Snuts.

United Nations: Unskippable Humans

Video of #GlobalGoals | No Poverty | “Unskippable Humans” (6 of 6)

Chief Productions / Bat Conservation International: Bat Sh*t

Filmed in May during lockdown, ‘Bat Sh*t’ gives a voice to some of the animal species who have fallen victim to human behaviour over the years including pangolins, rats, pigs, birds, rabbits and of course bats.

Winifred Frick, chief scientist at Bat Conservation International, said: “The ‘Bat Sh*t’ video gets at the truth of why scapegoating wildlife is part of the problem not the solution of protecting people and the planet. The short mockumentary provides a much-needed laugh alongside a good dose of science-based reality that we’re to blame for this pandemic, not the bats.”

Video of Bat Sh*t – Lockdown Short Film

Uncle Cooper Says “Go With The Coopers”

Fallon and Cooper Tires created a new spokesman for the company. His name is Uncle Cooper, and Uncle Cooper knows a lot about tires. There are several explanatory videos like the one above in this campaign. Uncle Cooper was inspired by consumer research which revealed that consumers lack confidence in their tire buying decisions. Drivers […]

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