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Cara Delevingne's X-rated Pepe Jeans ad might not be exactly what you expected

Bad Adz #5 — Notes from the frontlines of cultural co-optation, courtesy of advertising's rogue inside-man, perpetual outsider King Adz.

  • Opinion
  • King Adz

No 'industry' can ever keep up with culture

Can skateboarding save Silicon Valley? WTF? — When any 'industry' tries to co-opt a culture, it's like watching a clown car chase through a hall of mirrors. Look away, Michael Fordham says, and just focus on what you do.

  • Culture
  • Michael Fordham

Helena Bonham Carter gets cosy with a giant tuna

Bad Adz #4 — Overfishing sucks. But these Fish Love ads to raise awareness are just plain... fishy. King Adz goes behind the scenes of another off-point campaign.

  • Opinion
  • King Adz

Are you a terrorist? Take the US government’s test to find out

Inept responses to homegrown security threats — Can sliding-scale questionnaires and info-graphics really identify extremism and help protect us from terrorism?

  • Opinion
  • 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.

  • Opinion
  • King Adz

Malcolm X, O.J. Simpson, and now Marine Le Pen; a history of controversy at Oxford Union

No platform for fascism — As protesters mobilise at the Oxford Union, where Marine Le Pen is scheduled to talk tonight, we consider some of their previously controversial guests.

  • Activism
  • Megan White

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.

  • Opinion
  • 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.

  • Opinion
  • King Adz

#BlackLivesMatter is our collective battle

Oprah's call for a 'leader' is so last year — In a new era of global activism, are celebrity leaders a thing of the past?

  • Opinion
  • Dipo Faloyin

The end of Google Glass and other bizarre inventions that never took off

What were they thinking? — Products and inventions that show how not all technology is in the name of progress.

  • Opinion
  • Shelley Jones

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