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The top 5 digital stories this week, incl. Harry Potter and Obama on Twitter

The top 5 digital stories this week, incl. Harry Potter and Obama on Twitter

Welcome to our top five picks of some of the digital stories that have got us talking this week, brought to you by a selection of Brasscals. Got an opinion or musing on any of this week’s stories? Join in the conversation with the comments box at the bottom. ACCIO Harry Potter MMORPG Andrew Brown, [...]

The top 5 digital stories this week, incl. Google Panda and Facebook Comment ads

The top 5 digital stories this week, incl. Google Panda and Facebook Comment ads

Each Friday a selection of Brasscals will be bringing you their picks of some of the digital stories that have got us talking here at Brass HQ. We’re always up for a good old debate and discussion, so you know what to do – get involved and have your say with the comments box at [...]

Brass high five: unsexy music videos

With the debate around OTT sexiness in the media still going strong, and with music videos facing crackdown over sexualised content, we thought it high time to redress the balance with some serious unsexiness. So, turn off that Rhianna vid and get ready for a not so hot Brass High Five of music videos, guaranteed [...]

Brass burning up the dance floor at The IPM Awards

Thursday 16th June 2011 15:00 So at last!  The big day has arrived and we’re on the train heading to London for the IPM Awards.  The IPM Awards represent the pinnacle of achievement in promotional excellence and creative effectiveness in the UK. Bizarrely we’re sat on the train opposite X Factor’s Andy Abraham. He had [...]

Super Injunctions and social media

Super Injunctions and social media

The garden fence is global As almost everyone knows by now and presumably much to his distress, Ryan Giggs was granted a Super Injunction to prevent the publication of allegations that he had an affair with Imogen Thomas, a former Big Brother contestant. However, Giggs soon discovered that you can’t gag the general public, and [...]

Brass Friday five: marketing clichés

A mere two episodes into the new series of The Apprentice, and we’ve been treated to a veritable feast of cheesy clichés and toe-curling marketing sayings already. “Don’t tell me the sky is the limit when there’s footsteps on the moon” declared one eager young entrepreneur in episode one this Tuesday. This particular business woman [...]

Brass Friday five: Royal Wedding memorabilia

Co-authored by Raheela Akhtar. As Kate and William prepare for their upcoming nuptials, the nation is getting involved by purchasing Royal Wedding merchandise by the bucket load (or commemorative bag load). Some of the most iconic British brands around are jumping on the Royal Wedding bandwagon and helping us to celebrate the big day with [...]

Brass Friday five: advertising slogans

If you read our recent ‘Advertising? Simples’ blog post, you’ll have had your appetite well and truly whet for some serious slogan-ing. (If you haven’t, you should go read it. There’s a picture of a meerkat and everything.) So who are we to leave you dissatisfied? Read on for five of the best/worst/funniest advertising slogans [...]

Advertising? Simples.

Advertising? Simples.

Whatever happened to TV advertising? I would like to apologise for the last 13 years, as it would appear that I have been overcomplicating things. In fact, I have a sneaking suspicion we might have to managed build an entire industry on overcomplicating things since the creative revolution of the 1960s when we ditched the [...]

Lizzie Mary Cullen at Creative Networks

Lizzie Mary Cullen at Creative Networks

Last week, a couple of Brasscals went down to Creative Networks’ monthly session at Leeds College of Art to hear from a relative newcomer to the creative industry, Lizzie Mary Cullen (@LizzieMCullen). A quick resume: Lizzie is based in London and graduated from Goldsmiths College in 2008. In the last three years she’s exhibited in [...]