Cutting Edge Advertising

Now revised and updated, this classic book is still the definitive step-by-step guide to creating cutting edge print ads. It covers everything from how advertising works, how brand-building methodologies are changing, how to get an idea, and how copy and art should be crafted. It demystifies the advertising creative process, with page after page of practical, inspiring and often controversial advice from such masters as David Abbott, Bob Barrie, Tim Delaney, David Droga, Neil French, Marcello Serpa, and dozens more. Over 200 print ads and case histories reveal the creative processes at work in world-famous agencies from the US, UK, Asia and Australia. This new edition also includes an exclusive section featuring winning ads from the World Press Awards. No other book takes you on such a journey through the minds of advertising's creative leaders.

Author Biography

Jim Aitchison, an Australian, was formerly creative director of The Ball Partnership and Batey Ads, Singapore. He has won hundreds of awards (some for Chinese ads which he wrote) and judged many of the world's top shows. After 20 years in advertising, he is now a full-time author. His Cutting Edge books have become definitive advertising reference works and international bestsellers. In 2003, he received the Newsweek Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institute of Advertising Singapore.