Dave Dye

PODCAST: Barbara Nokes Pt. 2 Bartle Bogle Hegarty opened its doors in 1982. Eight years later, Campaign voted them the agency of the decade. Why? Their work was considered, intelligent, and, in a decade often referred to as st…

PODCAST: BARBARA NOKES PART 2.

In BBH's first decade, Barbara worked with John Hegarty.

Creating work for Audi, Levi's, Dr Whites and more that became the foundations the agency sits on today.

Enjoy.

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PODCAST: Barbara Nokes (Pt. 1) During my first year in advertising, a shiny new book turned up at the agency (Brooks Legon Bloomfield). Weirdly, some in the creative department referred to it as ‘the bible’. It&#8217…

Most know the BBH logo - the black sheep.

Fewer know the philosophy that goes with it - 'Zag'.

Fewer still know that they came from an old Levi's poster.

Not enough know about its writer; Barbara Nokes.

Enjoy.

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BOB LEVENSON by Tom Yobage. Sometimes people ask me where on earth I find all the work for these posts. To me, that’s the easy part. And although it’s sometimes time consuming, there’s a finite amount of pla…

Accidentally timed for the current rash of DDB reflections* - Tom Yobage, one of DDB's best copywriters, on Bob Levenson, their best.

Thanks Tom!

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*What is the argument for swapping a famous, beloved brand name for a little-known, little cared for one?

PODCAST: Derek Day Pt. 2. To hear Derek tell it, his career was totally unplanned. One impetuous decision after the next. Leading to endless mistakes. Exhibit A: Quitting the best agency in the country to go on holiday with…

Derek's cunningly worked out plan continues, next stop; Abbott Mead Vickers.

davedye.com/2025/09/19/p...

#Advertising #Creativity #Marketing #Copywriter

PODCAST: Derek Day Pt. 1. Being one, I’m very aware of my fellow double d’s out there in advertising. Dave Droga – met once, gave him a lift after judging D&AD together. Donny Deutsch – never met…

Had a great chat with Derek.

In part 1, we cover -

Alan Parker,

Tim Delaney,

John Webster,

Robin Wight,

Ron Collins,

Andrew Rutherford

and earning a 'Seymour' whilst

Geoffrey was still in short pants.

Hope you enjoy it.

davedye.com/2025/09/11/p...

YE OLDE HARRODS CAMPAIGN. Halfway through this post, I considered abandoning it. It was referencing things that seemed so detached from today. Like I was recounting tales of life in the court of Louis XIV. The time, energy …

A post about creating a print campaign using marker pens, typewriters, 10 x 8 sheets of film, set builders and all manner of long forgotten stuff.

davedye.com/2025/05/23/y...

#Advertising #Creativity #Marketing

Amazing. As ever. Dx

PODCAST: Yvonne Chalkley If you’ve ever wondered how reliant creatives are on their producers, count how many are married to them. Lots. Including me, my two creative partners at Campbell Doyle Dye and dozens of friends.  …

How the hell do you navigate between the differing demands from client, agency, film production company and creatives and come out with a unadulterated masterpiece?
AMV/BBDO's uber producer Yvonne Chalkley explains.

davedye.com/2025/04/30/p...

#Creativity #Advertising #GuinnessSurfer #Marketing

There's a lot of people out there telling you exactly how to create ads like the great ads they...like.

There are a few who tell you exactly how to create ads like the great ads they did.
Like Steve Hudson (thepowerofadvertising.com).

We had a great chat, enjoy:
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PODCAST: MARTIN JONES ON PITCHING Creating is different to managing. Creators try to break rules, managers set them. Creators look inward, managers look outward. Creators are introverts, managers are extroverts. Not 100%, but most,…

Ninety-something percent of creative people are introverts.

So how the bejesus are we supposed to do chemistry meetings and present pitches to complete strangers?

davedye.com/2025/02/21/p...

It’s not on cider is it Stu?

(It’s an old Victorian idea, I can’t claim to have invented it.
Sadly.)

Likewise Karin. Dx

Stuff From The Loft How advertising's best created advertising's best. Learn about simplifying, creating and entertaining. The stuff they created is over at the Stuff From The Loft blog - dave dye.com. (Google the interv...

I thought dump my stuff from hard drives onto a youtube channel.
Starting with podcasts, adding other reels as we go.
It's at - www.youtube.com/@StuffFromTh....
I have a lot of stuff.
Do press subscribe, it'll be embarrassing if my subscriber numbers are ratioed by the number of video.
Dx