Some dude called Kazuki Yamamoto makes some bad boy latte art:

Nice ad from Volkswagen:

Some ace dreamlike photography from Michal Karcz:

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First the brilliant Textastrophe. Described as ‘Next time you post your phone number in a public place, think again. This is a collection of text messages I’ve exchanged with people who have done just that.‘:

Next, 37 things you’ll only find funny if you’re British:

Forget podcasts, this is pumpcasts:

And finally, a nice timely ad from Mars this week:

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We’re delighted to be working with a major textiles firm to advise on the next phase of its product and brand development. Spectrum Yarns – which has a renowned heritage and a strong worldwide reputation – will be supported by our team over the next year as part of a process to identify the opportunities for further innovation and launch of a new branded knitwear range.

Spectrum Yarns has established itself in a successful niche and thanks to its technology and expertise now spins yarns for cloth used in upholstery, transport interiors and knitwear. It is also the only worsted spinner of suiting yarns in the UK and its products are highly regarded around the world and are used by brands including Holland & Sherry, Dormeuil & Scabal.

Richard Brown, owner of Spectrum Yarns, said: “We take great pride in our heritage and wanted to ensure we entrust the next stage of the company’s development to a partner that has a proven history as well. Propaganda’s credentials with supporting businesses – in a wide range of industries – in new product and brand development speak for themselves so they were a natural choice for us to work with.”

As you may already know, we’ve worked with many of our clients to transform brands and successfully launch new products and services, and our approach goes beyond that of a traditional agency role.

Julian Kynaston, founder of Propaganda, explained: “Our role is to not just identify and meet market demands, but to anticipate them before they arrive. This is exactly what we’ll be doing for Spectrum Yarns and I’m proud to be involved with them as our teams work together to ensure their continued success, and the continued reputation of Huddersfield as a ‘Mecca’ of the textiles industry.”

Richard Brown concluded: “This is a really exciting time and we are looking forward to the next year and beyond supported by the commercial tenacity and creativity of the Propaganda team.”

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I’ve recently joined the team at Propaganda to work on accounts including Neal and Wolf, Kryolan, Crystal Clear Skincare and The Car People. In my last agency back in Sheffield I spent my days writing about toilet roll, trains and gas – which was all good fun – however when the opportunity came up to work at a fab agency in Leeds – well, I had to go for it.

Social Media is something I’ve always been passionate about. Back in 2005 I was a HUGE MySpace fan-girl, I flirted with Bebo then fell in love with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and more…. I also love writing. There’s nothing better than well-crafted content, whether it’s Online as Social Media, or Offline in the form of PR. That’s why I work in Social, I suppose.

I’m also deeply interested in how people use Social Media, why they use it and why people consume content the way they do. I’d like to study and research it more at some point…. Yep, I really am a Social Media geek!

Sheffield is my hometown and although I’ve only lived there for five years, I’m a steel-city girl through and through. When I’m not working I can be found baking, throwing dinner parties, getting muddy in the Peak District or rummaging for vintage furniture in the antiques quarter. Music is my first love and I have a penchant for accordions and hip-hop brass bands.

On top of all that, I also write a daily food blog called My Food Challenge. Inspired by the film Julie and Julia, I set myself a challenge to blog about food every day for the whole of 2013 – I must be crazy. I’m 5 months in, with6 months to go. I’m sure the team at Propaganda will keep me going.

Here’s one of my cakes!

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My chosen subject? The life and times of Mr Bingo and his Hate Mail project.

I’ll let Mr Bingo’s website explain what it is – “I love post and I’m worried that people don’t get enough ‘fun’ post these days. Especially postcards. So I had an idea. It’s very simple. You send me forty quid (plus postage) and I’ll send you a vintage postcard with a drawing and an offensive message on it. (that’s why it’s called ‘Hate mail’). So you get an original signed drawing, the postman get’s a laugh and the world get’s a little bit happier”

So I explained about the idea, how I and Steve in the agency had got a hate mail and how the project had been turned into a book, with my postcard being included…wicked!

This was my Hate:

Steve’s Hate:

And here’s the book with a few Hates:

But it gets better. I asked Mr Bingo for a message for the agency as I was doing the talk on him – and this is what the two-legged legend sent:

A great sweary night, hats off all round and yes, I am still shitter than Jedward.

Oh yeah, go BUY THE BOOK

Cheers, Ben

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First, and the best, Psycho:

North by Northwest:

Vertigo:

Casino:

Anatomy of Murder:

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If you’re the UK’s leading food waste recycling specialist, it’s important that’s reflected in all communications.

Recently we’ve helped ReFood push their brand into offline communications, printed material, exhibitions and now we’re doing it online.

Our latest digital project is the brand launch of ReFood’s new website www.refood.co.uk We’ve created a site that not only showcases their difference , it also expertly allows the audience to connect with the brand and see their mission clearly and simply.

Whether it’s Refoods process, their vision, their best-in-class facilities – it’s all there, clear, precise and in the digital world.

Added to that their unique calculator feature, where businesses can calculate the amount of energy produced from their waste – we’ve created a digital space envied by the competition and loved by ReFood.

So if you want to see the future of food waste visit www.refood.co.uk

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Historical pictures. AMAZING. More here:

We heart the work of Branislav Kropilak, especially his billboards:

And finally, strangely mind attracting work from Elisa Werbler:

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Propaganda has helped FMG to launch FMG Legal LLP, a new service to provide legal support to fleet customers. The legal business will help FMG customers better deal with the aftermath of accidents and sits alongside a wide range of fleet services the business already offers. FMG is one of the first fleet management companies to set up a new legal arm after recent changes to the law.

FMG Legal has been set up alongside an established legal services provider NewLaw, and brings another string to the FMG bow. The new service is set to help companies and their drivers to better recover from incidents in the most ethical and responsible way.

During the development process, Propaganda has worked alongside FMG and NewLaw to agree positioning, develop a website (http://www.fmg-legal.co.uk/) and successfully launch the initiative to the press.

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