While the ad industry has been turbulent over the past year, one of the key things it needs to address is reforming its own kingdom. [And that’s on top of the Covid-19 pandemic.] A... Read more
The human body is an amazing place to be. Physiology aside, the most remarkable thing about our co-ordinated mass of flesh and bones that we call home, is the life that it carries. You and m... Read more
Ten years ago, I voiced my concern over what seemed to be a substantial drop in the creativity of South Africa’s advertising industry. It turned out that it wasn’t really the case; ad creati... Read more
I understand. I do. It’s not just advertising, after all: it’s everything. You want to get anywhere, you have to get noticed. And sometimes, well, sometimes, if you’re going to raise your vo... Read more
As creative agencies submit the best of their work for the 2015 Loeries and lobby their ECDs to be on the company trip to the Cannes Lions Advertising Awards, I made a startling realisation:... Read more
THE MEDIA YEARBOOK: Brett Morris, group CEO of FCB South Africa, reminds us what we may neglect when we follow the buzz. What doesn’t happen very frequently is a follow-up on those predictio... Read more