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The Work with Sputnik and Dan Demaria
The Work with Sputnik and Dan Demaria

The Work with Sputnik and Dan Demaria

Sputnik and Dan have been fired by more advertising agencies than they can remember. Both working for more than 30 years in the advertising and marketing industries, they started when bromide type was physically output by a machine, sliced up with a scalpel and applied to overlays. These overlays were then photographed by another machine to create artwork which was sent to a newspaper as a print advertisement. Since then a myriad of new technologies moved media into the digital age where both men upgraded their skill sets - albeit Sputnik was once heard to say - "I don't think this Facebook thing will take off - why would people use it if they already have MySpace". From Adelaide to Sydney to Hong Kong to Singapore to Cambodia and back to Adelaide we take a look at a journey of advertising awakening from these two communications practitioners whereupon they now find themselves old and cranky and barely employable but happy to comment on and critique others' work. "The Work" looks at the work from the advertising and wider comms community from around Australia and the world.

Available Episodes 10

It's the last episode of Season 1 and it's dedicated to the coverage of the inaugural Adelaide Advertising & Design Club Talks: Shape Shift and the 45th AADC Awards. 

It's the penultimate episode of Season 1. We review more work from Adelaide and the world and talk to another special guest. It's all in S1E14.

This week Sputnik and Dan take a look at some of the best recent work from both Adelaide and abroad. And find out more about a new initiative on offer from the Adelaide Advertising and Design Club. It's all in S1E13.

We were #humbled #honoured #grateful and #blessed to have legendary adman, podcaster and author Nigel Marsh as our special guest on the show this week. We talk through Nigel's latest book "Smart, Stupid and  Sixty", his excellent podcast series "The Five of My Life" and take a candid look at the ad industry spanning his and our extensive careers. After a stellar start, we then descend into our usual mutterings. It's a long episode but one of the best so break it up over several sessions or binge it in one. And if you do like it, hit that forward button and share with a friend. 

This week a focus on design and rebrands of some well-known consumer brands and even a rebrand of an agency itself. Plus we look at some work that seems to have similarities with work we've reviewed previously - coincidence or inspired by? You be the judge.

With the Adelaide Advertising & Design Club (AADC) 2022 awards deadline closing on Monday, Sputnik and Dan give their helpful hints on how to improve the awards and, in doing so, likely blow any remaining chance they have of co-hosting this year's awards. The boys also review The Work from the 2021 AADC Awards and you can find out how you could join Sputnik and Dan at their table at this year's awards (pending the AADC taking their table booking).

We return from the warm, sunny shores of Cannes to the cold winter of Adelaide but still have work to warm the soul... (and that is a good example of an ellipsis which gets a mention this week). Sputnik and Dan review work from Belgium and Adelaide with some good and some frustratingly bad. Join us for Episode 9.

A special episode devoted to the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 2022. We review the work from the Cannes Lions Grand Prix winners.

With Cannes 2022 kicking off on Monday, this week The Work takes a look at some of the classic Cannes Advertising Festival winners of the past. Links to all of The Work we review are at facebook.com/TheWorkSputnikDan. If you can't be at Cannes this year, this podcast is the next best thing. Sort of.

If we told you what was in the episode this week you wouldn't be pleasantly surprised - so throw caution to the wind and just have a listen to S1E6.