Tiktok is FUN. It is COOL. It is TAKING OVER. It also represents how, to paraphrase Danielewski, our comprehension “encounters the boundaries of self as they are about to give way” when it comes to new advertising platforms. In other words it feels like we understand how it fits into…

Anyone really missing Cannes? Thought not. — Getting up early has its rewards. This is especially true when you’re missing that refreshing six in the morning dip in the Kandinsky blue seas at Cannes. A year whizzes by pretty fast, lockdown and all, so to lighten the mood in anticipation of a sweltering September here’s a short…

Years ago, when I was first put in charge of a biggish creative group, we wrote out posters about how we wanted to work and put them on the wall. One of them said “We work all night so you don’t have to.” It was borne out of resentment of…