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Holidays are always a good time to relax and recharge, and if you can do something that inspires you during your time off, so much the better. That's exactly what happened this year after I gave my wife a Christmas gift of tickets to the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art. Gaultier? You mean the guy who designed those crazy cone-bras Madonna wore back in the day? Yes, that's him. Before last …
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When did simple become so difficult? The short answer: who knows? The long answer, of course, is that it's probably always been that way. Marketing milquetoasts have always been with us, and they always will be. Research-addicted clients have always had agency-side enablers eager to take their money in exchange for the next fix. MBAs have always enjoyed the naughty thrill of masquerading as Mad Men. There have …
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London-based music production and research house Aurotone launches a unique offering today with its Aurotone Network—a collection of influential musicians and music professionals in 30 cities around the world who are available to advise on music trends and help research music for specific projects. According to Aurotone "They include new music editors of print publications from the Guardian in London to Presence …
Let's face it: fame (for lack of a better word) is important in advertising. From the people to the work itself, it's good to be known, to be noticed. It can happen at any time, even overnight. Fame is part of what makes advertising glamorous and cool. And if you can acquire a small bit for yourself within the industry or even outside it (without letting it go to your head of course), so much the cooler. The …
To say the rest of the world loves soccer is an understatement. Americans, not so much. Nothing new there. Video game soccer, however, is a slightly different story, as the success of EA Sports FIFA series will attest. (Insert your own joke about Americans preferring artificial things to real ones here.) But hey, if you can't beat 'em join 'em. And that's exactly the thinking behind this new campaign from …
Recently, after presenting to a particularly difficult client, a colleague in the media department turned to me and said, "Wow. You creatives really get beat up. I don't know how you handle the constant criticism." It wasn't the first time I'd heard that—almost always from someone outside the Creative Department—but it reminded me how surviving in Advertising means getting used to a level of criticism most would …
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