1983 Ty-Phoo Tea poster (HAT1_1_38)

Typhoo Tea poster created by Saatchi & Saatchi in 1983
#NationalTeaDay 🫖

Asics reframes race day in new OOH campaign The brand teams up with Design Bridge and Partners on a photographic campaign that goes beyond personal bests and celebrates the ‘micro moments’

🏃 Asics reframes race day in new OOH campaign 🏃
www.creativereview.co.uk/asics-refocu...

This 1991 ad for Guinness (directed by Ridley Scott) is the perfect thing for #WorldArtDay 🎨
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Cracking subway ad in Tokyo.

KitKat’s Little Breaks campaign rewards those who look twice Created by VML UK, the work turns the brand’s iconic logo into a canvas for hidden, hand-drawn scenes, reminding audiences of the value of slowing down

KitKat’s Little Breaks campaign rewards those who look twice
www.creativereview.co.uk/kitkat-littl... #HaveABreak

1979-80 advertisement for the Renault 14TS, the ad features the car parked on the Moon with the tagline 'More space. More craft' (HAT21_553_1_20_15_4)

As the Orion crew prepare for their return to Earth I wonder if they spotted a 1979 era Renault 14TS parked on the Moon
#ArtemisII 🌕🚀👩‍🚀

100 years ago today!
31 March 1926

This ad for Armstrong Siddeley's Pullman 7 Seater appeared in Punch.
'Blue Train of the Roadway', refers to 'Le Train Bleu' a luxury French Riviera train, for wealthy travellers.

For £1,450 you can't go wrong! Until you realise it would be over £115k today!🤑

Annual Awards 2026 Shortlists

The Creative Review Annual Awards 2026 Shortlists: www.creativereview.co.uk/landing-page... #advertising #awards

Cadbury has launched a limited-edition ‘GooTool’ after new research revealed the inventive ways Brits are eating their Creme Eggs.
www.famouscampaigns.com/2026/03/cadb...
@famouscampaigns.bsky.social

Punk masks, Walkmans and Choppers: Museum of Youth Culture to open in London Opening in May, Camden museum has 100,000-item archive telling story of British youth subcultures, from mods and rockers, to ravers and emo

Punk masks, Walkmans and Choppers: Museum of Youth Culture to open in London.
Opening in May, Camden museum has 100,000-item archive telling story of British youth subcultures, from mods and rockers, to ravers and emo.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026... via @theguardian.com

1998 ad for Lynx deodorant featuring Mr Happy from the Mr Men series of books (HAT_Campaign_Posters)

Mr Happy looking happy on #InternationalDayOfHappiness in this 1998 ad for Lynx #MrMen

100 years ago today
20 March 1926

This ad for Caradium was in The Sphere newspaper.

It was a 'hair restorer' containing Radium, a radioactive material!
It promises to "...stop hair from falling, eradicate dandruff, restore colour and prevent greyness."

Not sure we would try it, how about you?!😳

Surrealist-esque advertisement from a magazine for Harella coats shows two female figures, one without a head, the other a dress mannequin with a head, on a large country estate.

PGR and Centre for Design History Research Communications Assistant Sylvie Jane Lewis explores the imagery of the otherworldly at the Design Archives. Read now on our blog:
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Harella Advertisement designed by FHK Henrion

1982 ad for Smarties featuring Dennis the Menace, Gnasher and Walter from the Beano comic (JWT_GD_591)

🥳 Happy birthday to Dennis the Menace, who is 75 today 🥳
Here he is in an ad for Smarties from 1982.

Barry Scott stages surprise comeback for Cillit Bang The brand’s cult mascot is back in a self-aware social campaign, created by One Green Bean, that addresses years of online speculation about his fate

Barry Scott stages surprise comeback for Cillit Bang
www.creativereview.co.uk/cillit-bang-... #HiI'mBarryScott #BangAndTheDirtIsGone

1947 ad for Harella coats - 'It's a dream...it's Harella'. An illustration of a strange dream featuring a woman in a red coat standing in a kind of ruined arch from which grows plants with tea cups and saucers as leaves, also includes chefs and a windmill on a tree branch along with a merry-go-round of heads (HAT20_2_5)

A depiction of what looks like quite a disturbing dream in this 1947 ad for Harella coats. I don't think I want to see a merry-go-round of heads in my sleep #WorldSleepDay 💤

Still from the 1985 anti smoking ad 'Natural Born Smoker' (HAT59_10_6_19)

1985 - Natural Born Smoker
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Agency: FCO Ltd
Advertiser / Client: Central Office of Information
Director: Barry Myers
Production Company: Spots Film Services Ltd
Art Director: Ray Barratt
Copywriter: Rob Janowski
Music: John Altman
Cameraman: John Stanier
#NoSmokingDay

1983 advert for BMW featuring the Brabham-BMW F1 team (HAT20_2_20)

As the 2026 #F1 season is about to begin here's a look back to a 1983 BMW ad featuring the Brabham-BMW team 🏎️

2001 advert for Penguin Books -featuring a group of priests playing football and trying to make a save (HAT_Campaign)

An ad for Penguin Books from 2001
#WorldBookDay

A crop of a 1996 ad for The Wildlife Trusts featuring illustrations of various examples of British wildlife and plants (HAT63_43)

Today is #WorldWildlifeDay - here's a detail from a 1996 ad for The Wildlife Trusts featuring several examples of British wildlife

New York subway now blasting out adverts on some daily commutes: ‘This is violence’ ‘This is violence,’ said one local in response to the ongoing pilot — which may in future be expanded across the whole city

New York City’s subway is now blasting out adverts on some daily commutes: ‘This is violence’

Chupa Chups reveals ‘final boss’ in new wrapper launch Chupa Chups has launched a new easier-to-open wrapper - but in order to reach it, audiences are challenged to conquer the Chupa Chups Impossible

Chupa Chups reveals impenetrable ‘final boss’ in new wrapper launch www.creativereview.co.uk/chupa-chups-... via Creative Review 🍭

Lidl launches its latest covetable high fashion bag The supermarket worked with creative studio The Romans and artist Bentel to debut a new trolley-inspired handbag during London Fashion Week

Lidl launches its latest covetable high fashion bag, courtesy of artist Nik Bentel www.creativereview.co.uk/lidl-trolley... via Creative Review

1921 Aquascutum advertisement for a two-piece skiing suit (HAT20_2_45)

Skiing in style in 1921 ⛷️
#WinterOlympics #Skiing

1944 American advert for Whitman's Chocolates - Valentine's Day (HAT20_2)

💘 A 1944 ad from America for Whitman's Chocolates on #ValentinesDay 💘

1979 advertisement for a Grundig radio cassette player (HAT20_2_16)

'...a sight for sore ears' on #WorldRadioDay

1982 film poster for a double bill of Friday the 13th and Friday the 13th Part 2 (Y&R_110)

It's Friday 13th...what could possibly go wrong? 😱

11 February 1977 - David Bowie released 'Sound and Vision' as a single, taken from his latest album Low. 'Sound and Vision' was used by the BBC on trailers at the time, providing useful exposure, which was much needed, as Bowie opted to do nothing to promote the single himself. #BowieForever

A colour poster. Title at the top of the poster is 'Something To Sing About!' Beneath this, colour cartoon figures of three birds in a row, one in front of the other. Their mouths open with two long and thin lines emanating suggesting the volume of sound. Infront a glass receptacle containing yellow liquid. Beneath this, the following text - BIRD'S is the nutritious custard. Remember this when you buy.

#CityOf1000Trades In 1837, Alfred Bird invented Bird’s Custard Powder in Birmingham. The Custard Factory complex was originally constructed for Alfred’s son - also Alfred. Birds moved to Banbury in 1964. This poster dates from 1930. Reference: MS 514, Box 6 #LibraryofBham

Digiatl Betacam compilation tape 'Aardman Animations - A History of Advertisements' (2007)

Congratulations to Aardman who are celebrating their 50th anniversary: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
As well as the amazing films and TV series, Aardman have also produced some of the most memorable commercials of recent times. We have many examples of their ads, including this 2007 compilation.