Twice the Trump?

The many faces of Donald Trump, the unyielding strength of TV advertising, backstage with David Bowie and 140 characters you never thought you’d miss.

Fan of rap music? Congratulations, you’re a psychopath.

Leading us nicely onto Fear and Loathing in a Time of Trump, Peepshow illustrator, Andrew Rae’s most recent talk for Nicer Tuesdays. Renowned for his work for The New York Times Magazine, Rae paints us a picture of his latest cover and double page spread for the publication.

Former Head Creative of Grey, Nils Leonard is back with his brand new agency, Uncommon. In Campaign’s latest podcast, Leonard and AMV BBDO’s Rosie Arnold talk shaking up the world of advertising, taking back Fridays, and keeping talent who want to leave the industry.

Foldable screens - innovation for innovation’s sake? It’s a big fat yes from Mark Ritson, as he labels Apple the big daddy of the smartphone market, attributing their success to their unbending commitment to their branding and marketing.

Ah, the stubbornness of television. Yet to yield, despite the rampant growth in streaming video on demand according to new research by YouGov. The way people watch TV may have changed, but adverts still seem to be getting through, with 45% of those streaming video still able to recall seeing television adverts over the preceding week.

Behind the scenes with Bowie. Backstage with Bjork. Alone with The Stones. You get the picture. WeTransfer’s new film series,The Backstage Sessions takes three greats of music photography in three short documentaries; a unique insight behind the lens of the most significant eras in rock'n'roll.

Uber. The pandemonium. The confusion. The outrage.

With over 500,000 signatories taking to an online petition in an attempt to save their beloved Uber rating, should we be glad TFL has the moral backbone Uber supporters lack?

Meanwhile, rivals Lyft have announced they will be partnering with Ford to bring the long-awaited self-driving car to the masses. An opportunity to test the logistics of these mysterious machines at scale, and to learn how the big bad world takes to them.

The rules of copywriting? There are no rules! Okay, there are – but they suck.

Free yourself from the shackles of 140 characters, you are a prisoner of words no more. At the news that Twitter are expanding their character limit on text posts to 280, a subset of users will be testing the feature before the company decide to launch to the rest of the community. Which begs the question... twice as much Trump?

Before there was rap, and subsequently psychopaths, there was jazz. Timberland’s ‘Legends Collection’ Campaign released its first animated video, 'Trumpet' this week, starring hip hop artist, Nas. Created and art-directed by Pereira & O’Dell, the campaign will run until late December with three more videos to come.