Every day I get great old print ads popping up in my feed. I’m reminded of Volkswagen’s self-deprecation, Nike’s humanity and BMW’s intelligence. It’s easy to forget that each owes its …

Faxes. Magic Markers. Hard copies of Campaign. Offices. Grant projectors. PMTs. U-matics. Scalpels. Memos. Information Departments. Flash. Spray mount. Chinagraphs. Secretaries. Pinboards. Foamboar…

A planner! Well, maybe my third, although the other two weren’t talking about their careers (Paul Feldwick discussed his great book ‘Why Does The Pedlar Sing?’ and Sarah Carter reflected on working…

I never knew Martin at BMP. He kept a desk there. So I’d occasionally spot his green Bentley in Bishopsbridge Road. There’d be the odd a sighting in the building, a bit like Bigfoot or …

Bartle Bogle Hegarty opened its doors in 1982. Eight years later, Campaign voted them the agency of the decade. Why? Their work was considered, intelligent, and, in a decade often referred to as st…

During my first year in advertising, a shiny new book turned up at the agency (Brooks Legon Bloomfield). Weirdly, some in the creative department referred to it as ‘the bible’. It&#8217…

Sometimes people ask me where on earth I find all the work for these posts. To me, that’s the easy part. And although it’s sometimes time consuming, there’s a finite amount of pla…

To hear Derek tell it, his career was totally unplanned. One impetuous decision after the next. Leading to endless mistakes. Exhibit A: Quitting the best agency in the country to go on holiday with…

Being one, I’m very aware of my fellow double d’s out there in advertising. Dave Droga – met once, gave him a lift after judging D&AD together. Donny Deutsch – never met…

Halfway through this post, I considered abandoning it. It was referencing things that seemed so detached from today. Like I was recounting tales of life in the court of Louis XIV. The time, energy …

If you’ve ever wondered how reliant creatives are on their producers, count how many are married to them. Lots. Including me, my two creative partners at Campbell Doyle Dye and dozens of friends.  …

Creating is different to managing. Creators try to break rules, managers set them. Creators look inward, managers look outward. Creators are introverts, managers are extroverts. Not 100%, but most,…

How advertising's best created advertising's best. Learn about simplifying, creating and entertaining. The stuff they created is over at the Stuff From The Loft blog - dave dye.com. (Google the interv...