I love everything about this: the clothes, the beards, the individuality, the attention to detail, the beauty, the tableware, the way it’s shot, the idea that 25 men would come together for a lunch based on what they wear… But I have an internal tussle about the idea of clothes having any kind of importance. [...]
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Posted 30 April 2012
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I’m reading ‘The Story of the Streets’, Mike Skinner’s autobiographical account of the rise and relative disappearance of his band. It’s pretty interesting because Mike is perceptive, honest and incisive: ‘I think everyone who does something creative has got some kind of flaw or insecurity that helps drive them to do what they do. As [...]
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Posted 29 April 2012
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Read the reviews of Veet for men (thanks, S). What happens when you don’t know how to spell Cologne? (Thanks, J.) Thug FAIL: Worldwide penis size map (thanks, J). Photoshop celebrities into your party photos. Werner Herzog’s amazing letter to his cleaning lady (thanks, C). Gondry’s crazy cars for The Blenheim Gang (thanks, T). The [...]
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Posted 26 April 2012
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(Via @awoooooga.) Apparently there was a Saatchi-wide presentation in front of all the Proctor and Gamble bigwigs. All the Saatchi CDs had to answer the same question. After this happened, Dave had to go to hospital to have his tongue surgically removed from his cheek.
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Posted 24 April 2012
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D&AD has puzzled me again this year: 1. What’s with the half-ceremony with no Black Pencils thing? Many of you might not even be aware that the Silvers were handed out on Thursday evening to an audience of… no idea. Way to make what is already a damp, damp, damp, damp, damp, squib of an [...]
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Posted 22 April 2012
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Brilliant use of Twitter from Smart Argentina (thanks, P) Michael Barrymore being John Barnes in a most offensive way (thanks, J): Amusingly inappropriate digital ad placements (thanks, J). Cage performs Cage (thanks, P): The worst things in the world (thanks, P). The digital executioner (thanks, J). Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies (thanks, W). The [...]
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Posted 20 April 2012
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What I really like about this ad is its elegant density: it manages to cram so many product messages into such delicate images that you just have to take your hat off to it then lick the screen for a bit. It says: Audi have made cars for ages; Audi made innovative cars that were [...]
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Posted 19 April 2012
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