Advertising Week Europe 2013

Advertising Week Europe is in full swing, having decamped to London for the first time this year after nine in New York

Tom Gauld at Typo Circle

Illustrator and cartoonist Tom Gauld will be giving the next Typographic Circle Typo Talk on March 27. Not only is this the chance to hear Gauld discuss his brilliant work, but you get a free A1 poster too

VW ad aims to catch the fast-forwarders

DDB Brussels has attempted to tackle the growing TV advertising challenge of viewers’ fast-forwarding through ad breaks with its new commercial for Volkswagen. Described by the agency as a new format of advertising, the Volkswagen Beetle ‘Slowmercial’ doubles up as a quasi-print ad when fast-forwarded, and can thus be enjoyed – or at least taken in – at normal speed as well as high speed.

Oreo asks the important questions

Wieden + Kennedy Portland, Oregon, has wrapped up its Cookie vs Creme campaign for Oreo cookies with a seemingly endlessly entertaining website, SuperImportantTest.com

A tribute to pudding

“It has paused a million video games”: JWT pays tribute to the power of pudding for Ambrosia custard

The social farter

A Canadian anti-smoking commercial plays on the old ‘Do you mind if I smoke? No, do you mind if I fart?’ gag with the story of a young woman who only passes wind in social situations. So that’s OK then

The design experience

Cape Town’s Design Indaba shows that the scope for designers to make a difference to society is wider than ever

Ones to Watch

Funny, odd and at times downright macabre: all qualities shared by a handful of young animators whose work has wowed us recently. Further investigation reveals that they share a common background

The Layzell Brothers

A 60s psychedelia-influenced film for Adam Buxton and a psychotic Santa are among the highlights of the irreverent reel of brothers Matt and Paul Layzell

Becky & Joe

Plasticine, meat and glitter – Becky Sloan and Joe Pelling are very much hands-on when it comes to the films they make as Becky & Joe

All texture, no ‘big idea’

It’s taken several years for the industry to learn the language of YouTube but it remains a tricky platform to get right

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