Category Archives: Media & Advertising

Thomas Kolster Named ‘Inspiration Leader’

Thomas Kolster, author of Goodvertising, a book about how advertising can be a force for good, has been named ‘Inspiration leader’ in an article in the Huffington Post. Writing in the Huffington Post, 2morrowknight said, ‘Thomas wants to change the game – he believes that sustainability is a war that needs to be fought and […]

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Fit Men Wanted!

The Navy Wants Men

Our new publication, Fit Men Wanted – Original Posters from the Home Front, showcases a selection of Britain’s wartime posters from the Imperial War Museums’ collection of over 30,000 – posters which exhorted citizens to do their bit for the war effort with proclamations that today seem charmingly innocent, quintessentially British, and often very funny. […]

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Goudemalion

Grace Jones singing

Thames & Hudson went to Paris recently for a major retrospective of the work of a modern legend in the world of commercial art, Jean-Paul Goude. And so to the coolest show in Paris this winter: Jean-Paul Goude’s retrospective at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. As we knew he would, Goude has finally been invited […]

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John Hegarty on Start the Week

When the world zigs, zag.

Author of our bestseller Hegarty on Advertising, John Hegarty, appeared on BBC Radio 4‘s Start the Week on Monday. Over the last four decades he has transformed brands, famously linking Vorsprung durch Technik to Audi, and in a stroke, changing the perception of a staid car. He believes the key to his success has been […]

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Turning Intelligence Into Magic

Hegarty on Advertising

Sir John Hegarty, author of our brand new book Hegarty on Advertising, describes himself as a man of pictures and firmly believes that “words are a barrier to communication”. Mel Exon of BBH Labs (Bartle Bogle Hegarty’s ‘global innovation unit’) decided to put John’s ethos to the test by conducting an interview without words… “Do […]

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