December 2011
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ADM + DM Christmas Parteee 2011
Kiki was doing a stellar job of mc-ing. YY got her karaoke machine out…… Already using xmas lights as fashion accessory… Secret Santa… Party games! Lights off! In another room, ADM students playing a game called ‘Killer’. Apparently called Police and Thieves or some such in other countries. Yikai may have drank too much Martini. ...
Dec 22nd
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Guardian Christmas Ads from the last century
Mince pies, happy plum puddings and giving cigarettes as presents - the Guardian newspaper today is showing their ads from as early as 1920. Old ads features lots of long copy and illustration - before photography came into common use - in fact, judging by the extravagance and variety of weights and serifs in these ads, copy was the visual artwork. Check them out here.
Dec 22nd
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Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 14th
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British Big Brands - A Management Issue
Spotted this in a supplement from The Times newspaper. Lloyds Bank sponsors this section about “Mapping British Business” and yesterday featured a special edition about British brands. I thought it threw up some interesting questions about branding and this elusive thing called “Britishness” - what does it mean to be a British brand? Heck, what is a brand? Discussing...
Dec 14th
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WatchWatch
Following up on our reading groups this morning on Dan Ariely’s article “The End of Rational Economics” in Harvard Business Review: Behavorial Economics and Irrationality: Vice-Chairman of Ogilvy Group, Rory Sutherland, talks about “why intangible value is often the best kind”. Very eccentrically funny and very clever man! His analysis of the Shreddies campaign in...
Dec 12th
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Dec 9th
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Guest Speakers: Rob Peart & Alex Moshakis
This afternoon, Rob Peart - Art Director at New Studio London and Alex Moshakis - Editor of It’s Nice That came to WSA to share their thoughts on the creative industry with our MA students. WHEE!
Dec 8th
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TVC Creative Concepts - First storyboard drafts
Today we saw the first drafts of the TVC creative concepts and the groups did a brilliant job! Here are the highlights: TANGO McDonalds Red Bull Drench Concepts will be tweaked and worked on through to next semester, so stay tuned for further developments!
Dec 7th
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More tumblr followers - yay!
More WSA students have started to follow our blog. Welcome! Some of them make really lovely work. Follow them here: http://blaizeneaves.tumblr.com/ http://gabrielamazowiecka.tumblr.com/ http://zahra-warsame.tumblr.com/ http://pinkcan.tumblr.com/ http://katviraya.tumblr.com/ http://love-rouge.tumblr.com/
Dec 6th
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TEASER ALERT: WSA's very own Student Agency!
VERY EXCITING! “The idea behind the Agency is to link talented students and graduates from the School with companies who want to take advantage of their specialist skills at lower rates than the industry norm. Students and graduates will utilise dedicated office space, facilities and equipment at the School and will have the benefit of an Agency Manager and a Studio Manager. The Agency...
Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Links to Paul Caplan's talk at WSA!
For those who missed Caplan’s wonderful session - please click on the image to take you to his blog post about the talk and links to his slide and listen to the full audio! [Thanks Paul!]
Dec 6th
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 1st
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