https://www.warc.com/newsandopinion/news/drop-in-city-centre-footfall-is-local-areas-gain/44063 The city felt less like a zombie movie and more like a nature documentary. The soundscape had changed: you could hear birds and your foot fall on the pavements. There was a new pace: families strolled; flaneurs meandered aimlessly. The landscape was still: no scrolling images on bus shelters or deserted billboards. It was …
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Dispatch from an advertising future #97
https://twitter.com/dandad/status/1302241333176930305?s=20 Don’t have time to actually do anything in the world? Can’t afford to make a real difference (or your shareholders won’t let you)? Don’t worry, you don’t have to miss out on Purpose (and the awards that go along with it). Let InstantPurpose (™) take your brand assets and help you make that all-important …
Dispatch from an advertising future #96
https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/3/21420383/animal-crossing-sylvan-esso-music-video-nintendo The shoot was on. The script was finally agreed and the storyboard signed off. The Creative Director was already practising his awards acceptance speech or at least the soundbites he’d use at the next conference. Probably something like “the New Normal calls for abnormal creativity” or something about purpose. Negotiations with the ‘talent’ had …
Dispatch from an advertising future #95
https://adage.com/article/digital/agencies-partner-unlock-data-and-get-smarter-about-amazon/2278111 The panel in the anonymous door slid open. Dark eyes scanned him. It slammed shut and the door opened. The corridor was dark but there were sounds coming from the windowless room at the end. Cooling fans and keyboards. They sat around the table, tablets glowing. Each of them had their minder. Just behind, …
Dispatch from an advertising future #93
https://www.warc.com/newsandopinion/news/food-ads-should-tap-feelings-of-nostalgia-and-togetherness/44034 Even in The Before, nostalgia and family were staples in our food marketing diet. A boy pushing a bread-filled bike up a hill in Northern England, the all-American family sitting down to Thanksgiving, the glow has worked. And in the New Normal, we’re pulling those heartstrings again. And with FamilyCheck (™) you can be …
Dispatch from an advertising future #92
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/08/30/1007786/elon-musks-neuralink-demo-update-neuroscience-theater/ The JammerChip has been around as long as implants. Some say the capacity to think our ads away has led to new forms of creativity as we built ad-experiences people would choose to have. But data from our partners in the gaming, education and health industries’ chips shows little or no neural response to …