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McCann Worldgroup, the American ad agency that shockingly won the ad account of the 2012 London Olympics in 2009, notoriously defeating Britain’s WPP Group, led by Sir Martin Sorell, bids a fond (and fun) farewell to the Games with this full-page ad in today’sTimes and Daily Telegraph. McCann handled advertising, promotion, PR and digital communications in what is believed

Adidas is known as “the mark of three stripes.” In this  campaign by Wong Doody  for the footwear giant, it was a natural icon to leverage in point of sale and print  .  Circa 2001.

  Client:  Glam Slam ( Tapes to CDs) Ad Agency: IBD India, Mumbai Art Director: Norma Rodricks Graphic Designer: Norma Rodricks Copywriter (s): Anil Kakar, Joshua Newnes

Metropolitan Police Levi’s Adidas Health Education Council Stella Artois The Economist English Heritage Sainsbury’s Volvo Prestige Parker Pens Fiat Albany Life  

Thacker’s Restaurant. Stubbornly old-fashioned ad campaign. Circa 1998. Client: Thacker’s Restaurant Ad Agency: Cosmos Advertising, Mumbai, India Art Director: Sanjay Sure Copywriter: Sanjay Sure/ Sunil Shibad

Letterheady is a fantastic website run by Shaun Usher showcasing interesting letterhead designs, mainly it seems from famous people, offices and corporations. Shaun describes it as, “an online homage to offline correspondence; specifically letters. However, here at Letterheady we don’t care about the letter’s content. Just its design.” What a wonderful resource for ephemera lovers

Ad Agency: Keith Lane Creative Client: Sixty2 on Wharf Restaurant and LoungePhotography: Lajla LeBlanc Graphic Design: Deborah HinesCreative Director/ Art Director/ Copywriter: Keith Lane

Just when I was getting bored with the advertising world’s flavour of the month – silly visual gymnastics with a tagline – here is a campaign from NetWork BBDO for Designer Group (South Africa), which tweaks the visual element in a clever way to deliver an intelligent ad campaign. The copy reads: Tames the wildest

An honest and gutsy piece of communication for Financial Times by advertising agency KNSK Werbeagentur (Germany).