Awful shock ads depict children as sex dolls
By Tom Megginson on 23 November 2015Read moreDisgust. That’s the first and only reaction I have to this campaign. Glow, Berlin, clearly had that visceral reaction in mind when they designed it. That’s what they do for Innocence in Danger. One campaign tried to lure casual...
4Sexual abuse should not be a normal part of growing up
By Tom Megginson on 17 November 2015Read moreI’m of two minds about this new campaign for The Children’s Society (UK) by VCCPme: The storyline is chilling, and deeply affecting. Especially when we see the family’s ignorance of what the young woman is going through. At the same time,...
The Racism of Mass Incarceration, Visualized
By Marc van Gurp on 12 November 2015Read moreThis new video from The Atlantic is very interesting on two levels. In terms of content, it is a harsh indictment against inequality and discrimination in the country of unlimited possibilities. The possibilities that are stiffer than advertised. Race and origin appears...
A peek inside a boy’s world of autism
By Tom Megginson on 9 November 2015Read moreAutism spectrum disorders in children are challenging for parents, teachers, peers, and most of all for the kids with autism. Science is still learning about causes (vaccine reactions are most certainly NOT one of them) and treatments. But as time goes...
This touching portrait of Rosa is about life after storms
By Marc van Gurp on 24 October 2015Read moreIt seems the easiest way to reuse Vimeo staff picks for a blog post. But even now we cannot escape because of the high quality of this portrait from Guatemala. It’s the story of Rosa, a young Mayan woman, and the storms...
#TrendOnThis: Celebrity PSAs done right
By Tom Megginson on 23 July 2015Read moreAdland’s Kid Sleepy drew my attention to this fantastic campaign for awareness of the ebola crisis. #TrendOnThis is an attempt to change the Twitter trends from trivial celebrity gossip to important news about the international fight against ebola. To...
Unmarketing billboards provide relief from ads on the highway
By Tom Megginson on 22 July 2015Read moreIf there’s one thing I know about advertising people, it’s that we simultaneously love and hate our industry. What we love is sharing exciting ideas that influence behaviour by inspiring or provoking people in clever ways. What we hate...
Omaha herpes ads are cruel to sufferers
By Tom Megginson on 21 July 2015Read moreThere’s an inherent problem in using shock or shame in a prevention campaign for sexually-transmitted infections, and it’s the effect your effort will have on people living with these diseases. Sure, you want people to have safer sex. But...
Remembering Chloe Cooley and the railroad to freedom
By Tom Megginson on 17 June 2015Read morePeople in the United States are well aware of their nation’s history of enslaving people from Africa. But in Canada, where I live, the story of our complicity in this crime against humanity is less often told. In the...
In Omaha, sexually transmitted infections are “open for business”
By Tom Megginson on 5 May 2015Read moreThe fake brand/ad campaign is an old favourite of advertising people everywhere, because it allows us to laugh at ourselves. In this case, it was for a cause. The “STDs open for business” campaign is a pro-bono effort by...
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