Window shopping only on Belmore road, Randwick.
Photo: OMG Brad, another sale, I’m so excited!
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 3 February, 2010 to the snap shots subset
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The less you say the more people will hear
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 7 December, 2009 to the design and art subset
A nice collection of minimally designed advertising posters.
Definitely a case of – dare I use the cliche – less is more.
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Book launch: Futuretainment by Mike Walsh, CBD Hotel, Sydney
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 2 December, 2009 to the trends subset
Last night Mike Walsh launched his new book Futuretainment – which looks at the future of media and marketing – at the CBD Hotel in Sydney. He spoke with technology journalist Brad Howarth, and offered a few of his insights into advertising and marketing, particularly in Asia, together with a couple of trend predictions for [...]
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Advertising may not ensure the supply of free music
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 19 November, 2009 to the music subset
Free music websites, such as the recently launched MySpace Music, are finding that advertising is not generating anywhere enough revenue to cover royalty payments to the artists whose music they make available.
Advertising was supposed to be music’s magic bullet, enabling fans to get the free music they’re going to find anyway while contributing at [...]
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Poster ads from the iron curtain era of design
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 12 November, 2009 to the design and art subset
A great collection of Soviet era advertising posters.
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Getting the sack is almost as much fun as being in the office
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 15 October, 2009 to the design and art subset
Melbourne advertising creatives Shane Dawson and Ben Birchall who recently lost their jobs now occupy their time making videos of their out-of-work (or would that be funemployment?) antics and efforts to find new work.
After 5 years at the same agency, a creative team is given their pink slips after a big account walks. They [...]
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There must be 25 ways to advertise your product
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 8 October, 2009 to the trends subset
Advances in technology and the advent of the web and social media have greatly expanded the number of channels available to businesses to market and promote themselves since the 1980s.
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Specialist bloggers could help newspapers reinvent themselves
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 1 October, 2009 to the trends subset
A four step recipe newspapers may be able to use to reinvent themselves, which includes utilising the services of an array of bloggers – as freelance writers – to provide content and opinion.
Find the best bloggers in the city, court them and recruit them into a partnership. Create a full view of [...]
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“Ad creep” and the rise and rise of intrusive advertising
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 27 August, 2009 to the comment subset
I can’t seem to read a news-site anymore without an ad suddenly expanding to fill the screen or an even more annoying auto-play video starting up, or without almost accidentally clicking a click-able background ad which – by the way – seem to be become ever more common.
That’s nothing compared to what you may [...]
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The advertising illustrations of Charlie Allen
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 27 August, 2009 to the design and art subset
The retro design and illustration work of 80-something advertising illustrator Charlie Allen.
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