Once considered relics of advertising’s golden age, brand mascots are making a surprising comeback. Ami Werner, Bulletproof’s head of strategy, explains why these characters still have cultural clout and how the next generation of mascots… Read More »Why brand mascots are back in business
The Polo Ralph Lauren for Oak Bluffs Collection, launched in July 2025, celebrates the historic Black community on Martha’s Vineyard. Here, Black families have bought property, vacationed, and found rest and community since the early… Read More »Ralph Lauren’s New Collection Centers the History of Black Joy and Belonging on Martha’s Vineyard
Image licensed via Adobe Stock What are the human skills that’ll make you irreplaceable in an AI world, and how do you get better at them? One of the joys of being a journalist is… Read More »How creatives can double down on the skills AI will never replace
Header photo of Hugh Hefner (left) and Art Paul (right) from “Art Paul Of Playboy” (above) A few years before Art Paul died in 2018 at 93 years old, I hosted an AIGA conversation with… Read More »The Daily Heller: Art Paul, Playboy’s Founding Art Guru
Happiness © David Simonds Cancelled for being “too offensive” back in May, a bold exhibition of political cartoons is back with a vengeance. But in a culture bending over backwards to avoid offence, its return… Read More »Licence to Offend: The cartoon show they wanted to silence
Forget cacao percentages and tasting notes of tree bark… Bournville is back with a brilliantly silly campaign that aims the pomp and pretension of dark chocolate culture. 2025 is fast becoming the year of the… Read More »Cadbury pokes fun at dark chocolate snobs in Bournville’s first ad since the ’70s