Advertising
100 London advertising sites hacked to protest mass consumerism
Tax wealth — Created by anonymous artist network Brandalism, the action comes ahead of Black Friday, when UK shoppers are expected to spend £6.5 billion as brands run discounted sales of their products.
Written by: Ella Glossop
The activists fighting to block advertising in UK cities
Glaring injustice — With large digital ad screens on the rise, anti-ad organisers are imploring people to take action over what they want their neighbourhoods to look like.
Written by: Clea Skopeliti
Brandalism activists unveil Global Ad Hack Manifesto at Glastonbury Festival
Advertising shits in your head — Shadowy art-activists The Special Patrol Group kick off their global anti-advertising campaign at Glasto’s Shangri-La.
Written by: Alex King
Hand Jobs: Inside the weird world of hand modelling
Model behaviour — They know 200 different ways to pick up a LEGO brick. They can method act with a Ferrero Rocher for hours. Their fingers are insured for seven-figure sums. Meet the unseen stars of the world’s biggest advertising campaigns.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Broken Fingaz’ psychedelic graffiti pilgrimage from Mumbai to Los Angeles
Journey Galactiko — Underground graffiti collective Broken Fingaz spring up in LA for a mesmerising show that takes on sex, death, Indian spirituality and capitalist advertising.
Written by: Alex King
An Irish jig you can breakdance to! Ad-land’s latest great faux pas
BAD ADZ #3 — Orange juice brand J20 gets their cocktails in a right old mix by throwing breakdancers into an Irish pub. Oh dear, says King Adz, our resident ad-buster.
Written by: King Adz
Adidas ropes in ‘Superstars’ to sell the rags-to-riches dream
BAD ADZ #2 — Does a brand as cool as Adidas have to play to the celeb-obsessed? Ad-man King Adz pays homage to the shelltoe he used to know.
Written by: King Adz
Argos dabbles in 'street cred' in hyper-plastic ad
BAD ADZ #1 — Notes from the frontlines of cultural co-optation, courtesy of advertising's rogue inside-man, perpetual outsider King Adz.
Written by: King Adz
