Colgate's Mrs Marsh is one of the great Australian advertising creations. The lady who played her Barbara Callcott died today. Unbelievably she was still helping promote oral hygiene for kids right up to her death.

Visually stunning campaign for the BBC. Sadly my blog template doesn't allow me to have the pics up any bigger. However I do believe if you click on the pics you will get a much bigger version.

Love this quote from legendary designer Saul Bass.Words to live by I think.

I've been working on a campaign for the last few days that is slowly but surely having every ounce of wit and charm sucked out of it.I can't tell you how frustrating it is.But then I've always said that having an idea is the easy part. I...

A light hearted retro styled musical interlude to start the week.Love the use of illustration in the ads.Far more evocative than your stereo (pardon the pun) typical band photography.Shame the ads all look like they're for the same brand...

These two screenshots are from two different folios. The similarity is uncanny. The commentary below is from my friend Matt who's a CD in London who looked at both these folios today."It's always interesting when you are interviewing cre...

Years ago Ted Horton told me that being a copywriter was easy.All you had to do was take the proposition and find a more interesting way of saying it.I've shared that wisdom with hundreds of young creatives since them.Next time I have to...

Bonds have been responsible for some of Australia's nicest advertising over the last few years.Cheeky. Silly. Fun. Loveable. Sexy.These are the sort of words that come to mind when I think about the Bonds ads I've seen on TV.With their e...

I'm a big fan of anyone that does things a little differently.Which is why I like the idea that DDB in Belgium are using Vine to find young creatives.I particularly like that you need to have an iphone to participate as Vine is only avai...