creativereview

Columbia launches a Don’t Panic Room in latest campaign

In recent years, Columbia Sportswear has become known for its tongue-in-cheek approach to outdoor advertising, often putting its gear to the test in deliberately absurd scenarios. Its latest campaign, created by adam&eveTBWA, centres around the Don’t Panic Room – a campaign and contest inviting audiences to showcase their survival skills for the chance to win a fully stocked… Source...

creativereview

The Monthly Interview: Kirsten Rutherford

Kirsten Rutherford’s first experience of advertising involved a sugar rush and a room full of rainbow markers. Her father was managing director of Leo Burnett Auckland, and while he worked weekends, she would run wild through the creatives’ offices, drawing with their marker pens and leaving the lids off, all the while drinking Sprite (one of the agency’s clients). “Those...

creativereview

Oxford Street gets its first ever brand identity as it enters a new era

Oxford Street has a new brand identity, created by Koto to accompany the pedestrianisation of a stretch of the central London thoroughfare. Titled For Everyone, the identity is intended to help reposition one of Britain’s most recognisable – and much-maligned – streets as a destination for culture, leisure and public life, as well as retail. Developed in partnership with the...

creativereview

On living and working with anxiety

I felt inspired recently by the likes of Caitlin Moran and Anita Rani, who have spoken publicly about their anxiety. Bold, confident, hugely talented, creative women who, behind closed doors, are battling the uninvited guest who catches us unawares, pulling the rug from underneath us; quietly unravelling the capable versions of ourselves. Production is stressful. There is no point pretending…...