Hasta La Creative!

LONDON – Audit body ABCe has given the all-clear to members of IASH, the trade body for online ad sales houses, after some fell foul of the organisation’s code of conduct last year.

I was a rat.
Rebirth awaits.

Advertising Agency: Mark BBDO, Czech Republic
Creative Directors: Leon Sverdlin, Martin Charvát
Art Director: Michal Němeček
Photographer: Goran Tačevski
Copywriters: Viktor Špála, Leon Sverdlin

LONDON – The Fifth Wall Group, a European consortium of carpet retailers, has appointed The Engine Group and Goodstuff Communications to handle a £3 million brief to raise its profile.

It’s bound to slip out sometime, so I’ve decided to get ahead of the curve and admit it right here on AdFreak: Much like Ashley Dupré, I myself went wild. It happened last year, when my social network for people named Dave failed to take off. (Heck, even I didn’t join.) Confused and despondent, on a major latte bender, I boarded one of those Girls Gone Wild bus tours, but was kicked off and had to take the Greyhound instead. They wouldn’t let me ride for free, even after I whipped off my shirt and offered discount hula lessons to those in the cheap seats. It gets kind of hazy here, but I remember sheriff’s deputies breaking down the bathroom door, and one crazy night in the Albuquerque jail before my mom showed up and bailed me out. (That might have just been an episode of Cops I watched after hyperventilating from too many Scope online bad-breath tests.) The moral of the story: I’d plaster my butt across every bus in town if only someone would pay me.

—Posted by David Gianatasio

Hey want to get geeky clean? Then try the new ICQ toothpaste and it’s minty freshness. How about some Russian made Gmail soap? I’m sure the trademarks have all been cleared by the Google boys. But that’s all geek to me. Use these products and the geek-god/goddess in you will be released.

Ofcom today published proposals which could reduce the gap between ad breaks during TV programmes.

Advertising Agency: Young & Rubicam Paris, Boulogne Billancourt, France
Creative Director: “Les Six”
Art Director: Jessica Gerard-Huet
Copywriter: Jean-François Bouchet
Illustrator: Nova/Folk/Ska : Jean Spezial ; Inde/Funk/Rap : AM i Collective ; Jazz : Jessica Gerard-Huet ; Cuba : Jean-François Bouchet ; James : Richard Mongenet
Photographer: Roger Turqueti
Published: March 2008

Advertising Agency: Young & Rubicam Paris, Boulogne Billancourt, France
Creative Director: “Les Six”
Art Director: Jessica Gerard-Huet
Copywriter: Jean-François Bouchet
Illustrator: Nova/Folk/Ska : Jean Spezial ; Inde/Funk/Rap : AM i Collective ; Jazz : Jessica Gerard-Huet ; Cuba : Jean-François Bouchet ; James : Richard Mongenet
Photographer: Roger Turqueti
Published: March 2008

Advertising Agency: Young & Rubicam Paris, Boulogne Billancourt, France
Creative Director: “Les Six”
Art Director: Jessica Gerard-Huet
Copywriter: Jean-François Bouchet
Illustrator: Nova/Folk/Ska : Jean Spezial ; Inde/Funk/Rap : AM i Collective ; Jazz : Jessica Gerard-Huet ; Cuba : Jean-François Bouchet ; James : Richard Mongenet
Photographer: Roger Turqueti
Published: March 2008

LONDON – The PPA has shortlisted nine magazines for its Customer Magazine of the Year category, with Redwood, John Brown and Haymarket Network securing two nominations each.