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Lovely Christmas

John Lewis does it again by making us shed a tear.

Growth or Life?

What if our economic growth isn’t as positive as you think? If we don’t quickly create a new economy that isn’t based on constant expansion, are we’re going to run out of planet?

Is Capitalism Working?

Eight men control half the world’s wealth. And that’s the official figures. They may control more.

So is capitalism working?

You tell me.

Burger King Annoys Google Home Users

Hackers rejoice. Mr Robot becomes an even bigger hit. And Burger King wins the Grand Prix.

Burger King’s “Google Home of the Whopper” campaign took the Grand Prix in the Direct Category. It featured a 15-second TV spot in which a BK server calls on Google Home devices to elaborate on the Whopper, via its Wikipedia entry. Soon after the ad aired, Google disabled it, but Burger King went on to release tweaked versions of the ad that would trigger the device once again.

How different generations consume video

Youngsters, hipsters and teenagers are most likely to visit YouTube every day, but how do they compare with the older fogies?

Is Traditional Advertising going extinct?

Things are looking bleak for traditional media. Programmatic Advertising is fast yielding greater results and accuracy.

The latest results from over 200 agencies adopting this new media of data-rich digital campaigns are increasingly turning legacy media companies into dodo birds.

YouTube mega stars are quitting…

Two weeks ago PewDiePie, the world’s most popular YouTuber, announced he was quitting the service. Four days later Casey Neistat, one of the fastest rising stars over the last two years, said he was ending his daily vlog.

What will ad agencies look like in 2025

Are you an aspiring 12-year-old copywriter, art director or account executive? First, nice career choices, clueless stupid-heads. Second, you should know that in 10 years, ad agencies are going to look and function a lot differently than they do now.

Just a few years ago, there was just one kind of ad agency. Now, you have digital agencies, programmatic agencies, “experiential” agencies, “content” agencies, “interactive” agencies, PR ad agencies, marketing ad agencies, publisher ad agencies, The New York Times, even Matthew McConaughey.

Facebook makes a mountain of money from mobile users

Back in 2012, Facebook was struggling to transition into a company with a strong mobile presence. Those days are long gone. Read more at Fast Company.

Please Let Us Design for Free… Please!

People in other industries don’t provide their would-be clients with “spec work” for free. That would be asinine. So, why do advertising agencies continue to do it?

Roku-connected TVs and the Future of the Smart TV Wars

At CES, Roku announced new partnerships that will cram its platform inside more televisions. Built-in is the new box. Read more here.

Chef In Box TVC Pitch

Here’s a concept we pitched to JR Foods for their Chef In Box TVC. We love it but the client didn’t. 🙁

Ink & Paper

It ain’t gonna die.

Directed by Ben Proudfoot
ben@benproudfoot.com

Original Music by Kyle Malkin
Sound Design & Mix by David Bolen

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Carlos Lascano’s Lila

“LILA” from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

And this was a Lascano Classic:

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

Is TV Dead?

Meet Olly Timbers. Olly, an orange-haired 10-year-old boy, says he likes “rum raisin ice cream, going on adventures, getting scratched just behind his elbow and also other kinds of ice cream.”

He’s the star of “Welcome to The Wayne,” Nickelodeon’s first original animated series created exclusively for the web and mobile. Making its debut on a redesigned Nick.com site and on the Nickelodeon app on Monday, the series follows Olly’s adventures with a friend in their wacky apartment building.

Read more at New York Times here: http://nyti.ms/1tLCiYS