All the advertising "news" that's fit to blog
By Andrew
Trying to learn about the advertising world, but having trouble getting started? Fear not. I’ll share the few places that keep me coming back every day, along with my completely subjective ratings.
Advertising Age is the US News of the advertising world. It covers all the big industry stories; which agency got which huge contract, how economic trends influence advertising, and all that sort of business. Just the facts, along with a healthy dose of bias towards its advertisers.
- Truth: 4/5
- Beauty: 1/5
- Humor: 1/5
- Innuendo: 2/5
Twenty Four is an excellent print advertising blog. It posts several new print advertisements from the big design houses every day. It’s perfect if you’re looking for inspiration, or trying to see the craziness that design students are coming up with.
- Truth: 4/5
- Beauty: 5/5
- Humor: 2/5
- Innuendo: 3/5
Adrants
Adrants is an often sarcastic, sometimes insightful blog that covers developments in the advertising world. More of a gossipy New York Post than a Times. A good place to get the dirt on the industry.
- Truth: 3/5
- Beauty: 2/5
- Humor: 4/5
- Innuendo: 5/5
Copyranter
Copyranter is a bitter, caustic, irreverent, and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny blog by a copywriter who lives in
- Truth: 3/5
- Beauty: 1/5
- Humor: 5/5
- Innuendo: 5/5
AdVerbatims
Concerned that people in advertising might be just as susceptible to moments of idiocy as the rest of the world? Realize your fears with quotes from AdVerbatims. Proof that sometimes, we just don’t make sense.
Where else can you find truths like “Their eagle soars more than our eagle”?
- Truth: 4/5
- Beauty: 3/5
- Humor: 5/5
- Innuendo: 3/5
NotCot.org
NotCot.org is a user-generated design site. Its unique layout visually presents a list of recently discovered design-related products. Plus, if you find something that’s missing, you can add it yourself.
- Truth: 3/5
- Beauty: 5/5
- Humor: 3/5
- Innuendo: 2/5
There are doubtless hundreds of other useful advertising and design sites, but these are the few I check every day. Feel free to comment in with any beauties I may have missed.
