Gabriel García Márquez by the Douglas Brothers

Spanish newspaper El Pais selected The Douglas Brothers' portrait of Gabriel Garcia Marquez for the cover of their photo tribute to the celebrated author.

Stuart, along with his brother Andrew, photographed García Márquez on an assignment with Esquire magazine in 1990 in Mexico City. 

Jeep "A Different Drummer"by Stuart Douglas

Stuart's latest film for Jeep picks up where his previous Cannes Lion-shortlisted film for the 4x4 carmaker left off. 

This new spot for the Chinese market, where the film was shot and recently aired, delivers a message in praise of the spirit of individuality in these fast-paced modern times.

The film was shot on location in the region of Shenzhen with Stuart's masterful photography showcasing the city's fast-growing, dramatic urban landscape with small contrasting vignettes helping to illustrate the film's message of marching to one's own drum. It's an intriguing and gorgeous snapshot of where modern China is today.

Doritos "Penalties" by JJ Keith

"Penalties. The nation's achilles heel..."

This summer's festival of football is nearly upon us so it's probably best to talk about England's penalty misery now rather then when the inevitable happens at the World Cup in just under two month's time. 

To spare our blushes, JJ's new one with Doritos sees their now famous mariachi band enlisted to give us a few tips on how to successfully navigate the perfect penalty shoot-out. The magnificent Mexicans use some pretty fancy and utterly convincing (*ahem*) football skills to outfox a group of lads (and, somewhat ominously, England goalkeeper Joe Hart) down the park all in aid of Doritos' competition to win an amazing football holiday of a lifetime. 

We're a big fan of this guy's work. 

Liz Murphy's brilliant Grief Encounter spot has been gathering further acclaim, this time from Campaign magazine's Private View feature. 

After being made Ad of the Day on the magazine's website, two industry figures were invited to pass comment on Liz's charity film in a round-up of the week's best work across all advertising mediums, with both columnists heaping praise on the emotionally-charged film.

Gemma Butler, creative director at MRY, remarked on how successfully the film connects with its audience on an emotional level, with Indy Saha, director of strategy at Google Creative Lab, calling the spot "an awesome ad".

Read more about what they had to say about Liz's fine film here.

Grief Encounter on LBBO

Since it debuted earlier this week, Liz Murphy's heart-breaking new film for Grief Encounter has been widely acclaimed. Little Black Book Online for their 'Your Shot' feature talked to Liz about how she made her emotional and poignant new spot. 

Click here to read!

Grief Encounter 'Where's Mum?'by Liz Murphy

Every 30 minutes in Britain a child loses a parent. Liz Murphy's new spot for bereavement charity Grief Encounter shows the immense effect the loss of a loved one can have on a young boy.

As he goes about his everyday life around the home, we begin to sense that something is missing. As he fends for himself, he is accompanied only by his toy bear. We leave the boy clutching a photo of a missing loved one. He gazes out the window and lets out a sigh that hints at something troubling and more profound - the heartbreaking and saddening question of 'where's Mum?'.

It's a deeply moving film that powerfully gets its message across without the use of any dialogue. Liz Murphy coaxes a performance from the young chap that is as mature as it is vulnerable as he negotiates a life now with his bear and the definite sense that someone is missing. The spot was printed onto film in post-production, lending to the feature film feeling.

The TV commercial spot is accompanied by a short documentary Liz also directed that increases the awareness of the important work Grief Encounter does with helping families and young people deal with bereavement. People who have directly benefitted from the charity's support give heartbreaking testimonies about their losses and explain how much the counselling and help Grief Encounter has provided them come to terms with life when a loved one is no longer here. The variety of stories from the people the charity has helped at first-hand are as poignant as they are inspiring - the film ending at an event organised by Grief Encounter that symbolises the newly-found hope the bereaved has found through the help and guidance the charity has given them.

"Persistant Faces"The Drawings of William Steig

Covering a diverse array of styles, the illustrations of William Steig are charismatic and extremely memorable. He was a prolific artist, creating the illustrations and writing stories for over 50 books ("Persistant Faces" included), most famous of which, Shrek, went on to become the computer generated, multiplex-bothering behemoth we know today.

His original version of the famous green ogre is very much different to the film series, and more in line with the rest of his body of work: on the surface, seemingly simple and child-like, yet beneath offering an intriguing complexity and charm.

Steig created 121 covers for the New Yorker magazine and contributed hundreds of cartoons to the publication.

Entitled "Family Structure"

The fact that there's a dog playing violin and that isn't the most interesting thing about this illustration is hilarious.