Former GCap boss Richard Eyre shortlisted for Channel 4 chairman role

LONDON – Richard Eyre, the former chairman of GCap Media, is the latest person to be named as being on the shortlist for the Channel 4 chairman role.

Venice Biennale: Nathalie Djurberg

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Nathalie Djurberg looks like a porcelain doll. She makes candy-coloured plasticine puppets who have have orgies, who torture each other and suffer alien, abusive relationships. Sometimes they have fun but that involves a tiger licking a girl’s bottom or a father who will eventually be killed by his own daughter. Djurberg, who won the Silver Lion award for best young artist at the Biennale, was the super star of Venice. I went to see her video installation 3 times and the room was always jam-packed with people drooling over her animations and taking photos of her monstruous flowers as if their lives depended on it. Not that i acted any differently continue

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Media 140: live blog

LONDON – Follow Revolution’s live blog from Media140, where some of the UK’s biggest brands, agencies and other media folk have gathered to find out what brands need to know about Twitter and real-time social media.

Mark Modesto appointed DraftFCB North American president

LONDON – Mark Modesto, the president of DraftFCB in Chicago, is to fill the newly-created role of North American president of the network.

Analysts predict WPP will report sharp fall in revenue but that decline is slowing

LONDON – WPP, parent of Wunderman and OgilvyOne, is expected to report a fall in revenues of nearly 10 per cent when it reports third quarter results this Friday.

Axa – Evolution

Un nouveau spot pour la compagnie d’assurance Axa, “Evolution”. Réalisé avec la technique de l’origami, la publicité suit étape par étape les transformations de l’humanité. Un travail du studio TronicStudio à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.



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AOL hires Microsoft’s Peck for Euro ad role

LONDON – AOL has appointed Christian Peck as vice- president of European advertising products and operations.

All radio stations to go online by year end

LONDON – Every British radio station could be available on the internet within months, through a new website planned by the BBC and the commercial radio trade body the RadioCentre.

Pret a Manger criticised over ‘fresh’ sushi claims

LONDON – Sandwich chain Pret a Manger has been criticised for selling sushi made, in part, from fish shipped from Chile, but calling it ‘spankingly fresh’ on its website.

Newspaper giveaways from the weekend (24 to 25 October)

LONDON – Free fireworks to annoy the neighbours with, a multitude of money-off vouchers and, of course, our old friend the two-for-one Legoland ticket are all among this weekend’s newspaper giveaways.

X Factor advertisers lose audience to Strictly

LONDON – The X Factor is losing up to 2.4 million viewers to the BBC during ad breaks, thanks to the scheduling of Strictly Come Dancing next to the ITV talent show.

Disney refunds parents for Baby Einstein DVDs following legal threats

LONDON – Disney is offering refunds to millions of parents in the US who bought its ‘Baby Einstein’ learning DVDs, after being threatened with legal action over its claims that the DVDs provided educational benefits.

Deutsch LA wins US VW ad account

LONDON – Deutsch LA has won the US ad account for VW, beating Goodby Silverstein & Partners in a shoot-out.

Katie Price undie range axed by Asda following poor sales

LONDON – Asda has dropped its range of Katie Price lingerie after poor sales and damaging publicity around her divorce from singer Peter Andre.

‘X-Factor’ continues to hog Saturday audience with 11.6m viewers

LONDON – ‘The X-Factor’ drew 11.6 million viewers to ITV1 on Saturday night, coming in 3.2m viewers ahead of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, according to unofficial overnight figures.

Public View – BT ‘Adam’s mum’ by AMV BBDO

LONDON – Were members of the public hung up on the latest episode of the BT ad series?

Ambi Pur In Car: Bobbing Dog

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Advertising Agency: JayGrey, Sydney, Australia
Creative Director: Jay Furby
Art Director / Copywriter: Jay Furby, David White
Photographer: Gary Sheppard
Producer: Jusles Zuppacich
Retoucher: marcus@cave
Account Services: Claire Manning, Vanessa Long

Lego Kitchen

Après l’étonnante idée de la maison Lego House, voici une cuisine recouverte par plus de 20 000 pièces de Lego. Un aménagement réalisé par le studio de design Munchausen (Simon Pillard et Philippe Rosetti). Plus d’images dans la suite.



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Unmasking the Procurement Executive

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — As marketers squeeze every ounce of fat out of budgets, agency executives are decrying the power of procurement executives, fearing that as the discipline grows, marketing — already struggling to prove its value in an age obsessed with return on investment — could see quality nickel and dimed to death.