Get with the program

Crumpled, rejected, forgotten. But still funny. I found these IRN-BRU “roughs” when I cleared out my office recently. They were in a folder of rejected...

Our loss not theirs

The unhappy endings of two client/agency relationships. Mistaking relief for redemption (circa 1990) It looks good on my CV that I worked on the Cadbury...

Pretty much drama free

Personality can be voiced, even in the dryest of files, if one only remembers to turn on the style.With apologies to Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and The...

Their values are stronger than yours

Our users can smell mealy-mouthed-ness from a mile away.Justin Duke, Founder & CEO of Buttondown I was so impressed Read this About page and weep because...

Brand strategy testimonials - Phil Adams

Testimonials: Some nice things that clients and collaborators have said about working with me.

When the wrong hands are the right hands

Nothing to see here, and everything to see here You can tell how old this ad is by the cut-out response coupon in the corner. You can also tell how old this...

Defiantly and joyfully themselves

The month of October is a sandwich, with a slice of travel at each end: a thin slice of Istanbul just gone and a thick slice of Japan and Australia to come....

<City>-Style Pizza

Low-stakes and high-stakes goofing

Low-stakes goofing Adam Buxton came to the Edinburgh Book Festival to promote his book. He was interviewed by comedian Zoë Coombs Marr. During the...

Causation and escalation

Advertising people describe themselves as storytellers. They tout themselves as culture makers. They puff out their chests and proclaim themselves as the...