Has the ad industry become embarrassed by selling?
A new book by Steve Harrison accuses the ad industry of being so obsessed by purpose that it has forgotten its core role: to sell stuff. Patrick Burgoyne examines his claims
A new book by Steve Harrison accuses the ad industry of being so obsessed by purpose that it has forgotten its core role: to sell stuff. Patrick Burgoyne examines his claims
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On discovering that a piece of work he had created had ‘inspired’ a project from another studio, Richard Holman went through a range of emotions before realising that plagiarism can have its benefits
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Eleven visual artists are exhibiting in the inaugural edition of the Brighton festival, which is catering to the disruptions to events with an outdoor, online and print format
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