LEW LARA, BRASIL:"New Schincariol Brewrey in Rio"

LOWE SSPM: "Colpatria Insurance"

TREND SPOTTING: "Adidas winter leather-parka"

TRACEY EMIN: "MONEY" | "HELTER SKELTER"

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get". - Warren Buffett

"The more crap you believe, the better off you are." - Charles Bukowski

CAMPBELL DOYLE DYE: "PORSCHE"

ABOUT ... INDEPENDENT AD. AGENCIES

"All over London, independent agencies are thriving. They have persuaded an increasing number of clients to leave the mammoth agencies."

"Fallon London, Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy, BBH and Mother are among the most productive independent (or partially independent) agencies in the survey. At Fallon, gross income was up 59pc to £10.8m. MCBD was up 31pc to £5.5m. BBH, based on 2002 figures, was up over 7pc to £35.2m and Mother, also using 2002 figures, was up 38pc to £7.6m."

[in Telegraph UK | via Cup of Java]

"KRAMER LEAVES KESSELS"

"In January, Johan Kramer is leaving KesselsKramer -- the Amsterdam agency he co-founded with Erik Kessels in 1996 -- to focus exclusively on directing."

BENETTON



Benetton's latest ad feature a series of primates from the up-coming book 'James and Other Apes' and an exhibition currently running at the Natural History Museum.

'James' is a five year-old pan troglodyte chimpanzee, who's parents were killed for bushmeat. James was taken from a group of hunters in Cameroon, Africa.

NOW I'M BLUSHING ...

"The hidden persuader - Short razor sharp post from Portugal. On our RSS list ever since they referenced PSFK in a post. We love **** ****ing."

[in PSFK blogs review]

START, MUNICH: "REAL BIG BURGERS"

iPOD: GUERRILLA MARKETING?



After burnt ... it's still playing.

[In "Burnt iPod"]

VIRGIN ALSO HAS A BLOG ...

"WHEN THE AD IS MORE TALKED ABOUT, THAN THE BRAND ITSELF"


"What good is the fame that comes from people talking about your advertising if it isn't accompanied by the fortune that comes from people talking about your brand?"

- Richard Huntignton | Opinion article published in the FT Creative and the Account Planning Group.

THE FUTURE OF ADVERTISING ... AGAIN?



A quick summary of thoughts and quotes of David Lubars (new CD at BBDO NY), Alex Bugosky and others whose views appeared in NY Metro.

"ad agencies are currently overwhelmed with the suspicion that the language of contemporary ads, the catchy tagline, the celebrity put in a funny situation, the twist ending, even the TV commercial itself doesn't work like it used to."

"How am I supposed to communicate with someone who is used to writing 'I wnt2cu' - asks noted adman Jerry Della"

"BBDO, on the other hand, looks, as Gerry Graf puts it, like an insurance company."

PSFK dixit:
"David Lubars now Creative Director at BBDO describes key issues that advertising will have to address to overcome the future."


'Shilling': The habit for advertising to be untrue, hackneyed, unconvincing, obvious.

'Consumer attentions': No one watches the telly but 11 million watch subservient chicken. Why? How?

'Sophistication': Customers want truth not bullshit.

'Creating lifelong partnerships': You get married and make promises to each other.

FAREWELL TO A DECONSTRUCTIVE PHILOSOPHER

MCBD london:"Thorntons Truffles"

SELFRIDGES: That great 'yellow bag' brand



Branding authority Superbrands has unveiled its latest annual 'Cool Brandleaders' book this week, and Selfridges was named UK's coolest brand

[Links: Campaign | Scotsman ]


Brands were ranked by category. Here's a small sample:
COOL FASHION: Diesel 36% | Agent Provocateur 24% | Chanel 15% | Puma 8%
COOL DRINKS: Stella Artois 19% | Stolichnaya vodka 18% | Guinness 17% | Budweiser Budvar 15%
COOL TECHNOLOGY: Bose 28% | Nokia 22% | Denon 12% | Sony Ericsson 11%

CAMPER: Talking about "brand extension" ...

"Europe's craziest company (Camper) has just opened the world's weirdest restaurant. But being completely cuckoo is still second-placed to making lots of money."

[In European Business ]

TREND: "Bids and bargains online"

"Why are we so addicted to bidding for second-hand goods?"
[in The Observer Magazine ]

MCCANN, SINGAPORE: "Zippo Windproof Lighters"

boymeetsgirl S&J: Total

"Fred & Farid" (former Euro, Publicis, CLM/BBDO, TBWA, BBH and currently at Goodby Silverstein) in a recent interview at Lürzer's Archive.

L.A.: "What irritates you most about advertising agencies?"
Fred & farid: "The planners. So theoretical, so intellectual, so political. So useless most of the time."

SITE OF THE WEEK: "Clandestina: artistas en conflicto"