by Luke Sullivan | Apr 29, 2012 | Advertising
A short 20-minute podcast with William Channer. In which we touch on this whole idea of leveraging cultural tensions for more and better ideas.
by Luke Sullivan | Apr 17, 2012 | Advertising, Commentary, General Crankiness
“3 A.M. CALL TO THE PLUMBER.” (Curtain rises) WE OPEN ON A CLOCK ON THE WALL. IT’S 3 IN THE MORNING. WE PULL BACK TO REVEAL SLEEPY PLUMBER ENTERING A BATHROOM AS THE CLIENT HOLDS OPEN THE DOOR. CLIENT: It’s in here. The sink is just totally clogged. PLUMBER: No...
by Luke Sullivan | Apr 2, 2012 | Advertising, Problem Finding
In this Sunday’s New York Times Book Review, I read about a cool new title called The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. In a review titled Why Won’t They Listen?, the writer got into some territory that has direct bearing on our...
by Luke Sullivan | Mar 21, 2012 | Advertising, Commentary
Thank you to author Chanpory Rith of Lifeclever.com for this marvelous little lesson. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • What 50 pounds of clay can teach you about design. A 3rd-year graphic design teacher, Alison Woods, once told a parable from “Art and Fear”...
by Luke Sullivan | Feb 29, 2012 | Advertising, Digital
(A small excerpt from the new fourth edition of Hey Whipple, Squeeze This.) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * “Dudes! Come in here! Look at my computer screen!” That’s me in the year 1990 and the amazing “Flying Toasters” (Figure 5.6a) are making their...
by Luke Sullivan | Feb 26, 2012 | Advertising
(A small excerpt from the new fourth edition of Hey Whipple, Squeeze This.) In a screenwriting book I read years ago I stumbled on this basic Hollywood trick that seems to apply to what we do here in advertising. To create a story, the author said, “Create one world...