BBC World: Connect with the world, 3

BBC World: Connect with the world, 3

Advertising Agency: BBDO New York, USA
Executive Creative Director: Eric Silver
Creative Directors: Jerome Marucci, Steve McElligott
Art Director: Chuck Tso
Illustrator: Elizabeth Berrien
Copywriter: Scott Kaplan

BBC World: Connect with the world, 2

BBC World: Connect with the world, 2

Advertising Agency: BBDO New York, USA
Executive Creative Director: Eric Silver
Creative Directors: Jerome Marucci, Steve McElligott
Art Director: Chuck Tso
Illustrator: Elizabeth Berrien
Copywriter: Scott Kaplan

BBC World: Connect with the world, 1

BBC World: Connect with the world, 1

Advertising Agency: BBDO New York, USA
Executive Creative Director: Eric Silver
Creative Directors: Jerome Marucci, Steve McElligott
Art Director: Chuck Tso
Illustrator: Elizabeth Berrien
Copywriter: Scott Kaplan

Sexist Ads To Appeal to Men – Axe Cottage Ads (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Axe’s new commercial is the embodiment of any guy’s dreams. Which is understandably why it might be considered sexist, thanks to a portrayal of women as helpless and sad without a man.

The video shows a cottage with an assortment of hot and attractive girls in bikinis, all solemn and sad because..…

Amnesty International: Slavery

Amnesty International: Slavery

Advertising Agency: Walker, Switzerland

Royal Mail letters suffers operating loss

LONDON – Royal Mail has reported a £3m operating loss in its letters business in its latest annual results.

Dear Mom. This is how much advertising loves you.

Oh Mom. You are the center of our target market. We write taglines just for you. Moms depend on Kool-Aid like kids depend on Moms. Choosy moms choose JIF. Kid Tested Mother approved. Nestle Nesquik – Kid delicious. Mom nutritious. We aim everything from house cleaning products to food to the car that takes the kids home at you. We let you star in so many of our ads. You are the sex symbol, the cleaner, the nurturer, the food maker, the boss, the errand runner, the comforter, the wife, the mistress, in short – the Mom.

We’ll have famous moms in ads, like Brooke.
Bright Beginnings – Brooke Shields (2004) 0:30 (USA)

And even famous fictional moms:
Agion – That’s Revolting (2007) 1:15 (USA) starring Florence Henderson

stereotypes – sometimes they are the funniest thing about mom.

The Cleaning Mom.
VIM – Prison Visitor (2004) 0:30 (Canada)

the MILF
Tag Body Spray – Mrs. Drake (2005) 0:30 (USA)

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Dove: ‘Real Women’ Ads Were not ‘Digitally Altered’

BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) — Dove's "real beauties" were not airbrushed, but their photos were treated to eliminate dust from the film and provide "color correction," according to Unilever and celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz.

Dove and Dangin dispute ‘real beauty’ ad retouching claim

LONDON – Dove has denied that an ad in its ‘Campaign for real beauty’ was significantly retouched to make the women look better and is being backed by Pascal Dangin, the man who The New Yorker claimed made the alterations.

Consortium to acquire Question Time producer Tinopolis for £44.7m

LONDON – TV production company Tinopolis, producer of the BBC’s ‘Question Time’, is to be bought by private equity firm Red Dragon Acquisitions.

ITV1 fails to excite with Midnight Man drama

LONDON – ITV1’s new drama ‘Midnight Man’, starring James Nesbitt, opened with a disappointing 3.8m viewers last night, according to unofficial overnight figures.

How about a new penis? The “boobs on the bus” group demand male genitalia on buses.

A group that calls themselves “Brysterne pÃ¥ Bussen” (The boobs on the bus) are a tad annoyed at the

»We wonder where all the naked men are. Why is it always naked women that we see in the public space. Today anything can be improved [with plastic surgery], and it is a shame that men can’t also see how they can optimize their bodies. That they never see nor get the chance to compare their genitals to other mens.« says spokesperson Irene Manteufel a journalist and part of the group “The boobs on the bus” to Politiken.dk.
To show what a truly equal society should have they’ve taken a current plastic surgeon ad now running in Denmark which shows a pair of naked breats with the line “New Breasts”, and photoshopped it for a male version instead.

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FHM Singapore: Cut outs, 3

FHM Singapore: Cut outs, 3

Edited by FHM.

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Singapore
Executive Creative Director: Todd McCracken
Art Directors: Eric Yeo, Adrian Chan, Andrew Goh, Ashidiq Ghazali
Copywriters: Troy Lim, Serene Loong
Photographers: Jimmy Fok, Jeff Chen

FHM Singapore: Cut outs, 2

FHM Singapore: Cut outs, 2

Edited by FHM.

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Singapore
Executive Creative Director: Todd McCracken
Art Directors: Eric Yeo, Adrian Chan, Andrew Goh, Ashidiq Ghazali
Copywriters: Troy Lim, Serene Loong
Photographers: Jimmy Fok, Jeff Chen

FHM Singapore: Cut outs, 1

FHM Singapore: Cut outs, 1

Edited by FHM.

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Singapore
Executive Creative Director: Todd McCracken
Art Directors: Eric Yeo, Adrian Chan, Andrew Goh, Ashidiq Ghazali
Copywriters: Troy Lim, Serene Loong
Photographers: Jimmy Fok, Jeff Chen

Former Sunday Telegraph editor to audit London ad budget

LONDON – Mayor of London Boris Johnson has appointed former Sunday Telegraph editor Patience Wheatcroft to examine City Hall spending, including reducing its advertising budget.

Magnum to launch on-pack promo as part of £7m push

LONDON – Unilever ice cream brand Magnum is revamping last year’s holiday breaks on-pack for its as part of its £7million summer marketing push.

Spectator studies overseas and more spin-off editions

LONDON – The Spectator may launch a monthly India or Hong Kong edition under plans being considered by Andrew Neil, Press Holdings chief executive.

Clearasil: Prom

Clearasil: Prom

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Advertising Agency: EuroRSCG Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Executive Creative Director: Case Deenadayalan
Creative Director: Sonia Chua
Art Director: Andrew Teo
Photographer: Ronny Ee
Copywriter: Jean Lai
Retoucher: Ucker

Government of Western Australia / Road Safety Council: Brain

Government of Western Australia / Road Safety Council: Brain

One click could change your future. Belt up.
Drive safe. Arrive safe.

Advertising Agency: Marketforce, Perth, Australia
Executive Creative Director: Andrew Tinning
Art Directors: Steve Lorimer, Andrew Tinning
Copywriters: Steve Lorimer, Tom Wilson
Retoucher: Madeleine de Pierres
Account Service: Erin Baker, Carrick Robinson, Sharyn Boer
Account Coordinator: Lauren Humphries