Stuart Advertising Agency

Stuart's Advertising Agency was, during the 1920s and 1930s, one of the leading London advertising agencies.[1]

Stuart's Advertising Agency
IndustryAdvertising
Founded1922 (1922)
FounderH. Stuart Menzies
Headquarters
Kingsway, London
,
England

History

Located at Kingsway House, Kingsway, the firm was founded in 1922 by H. Stuart Menzies. It had accounts with Elizabeth Arden, Keiller's marmalade, Shell-Mex & BP, Speedwriting, Crosse & Blackwell, Harper's Bazaar, Imperial Airways, Indian Trans-Continental Airways, Lewis Berger Paints, Toblerone and Qantas. Menzies retired in 1938-39 and moved first to Tahiti and later to Canada with his wife Elizabeth.

Employees

Marcus Brumwell joined the firm in the early 1920s and became Managing Director when Menzies retired. Two other influential figures in the organisation in the late 1930s were D Lewis and the typographer/copywriter Robert Harling. While Menzies was an exceptional copywriter, Brumwell played a key role in liaising with leading contemporary artists of the time: Edward Bawden, Ben Nicholson, Edward McKnight Kauffer and Barbara Hepworth.

Recognition

Stuart Advertising Agency is featured in the book Bright Ties Bold Ideas - Marcus Brumwell, Pioneer of C20 Advertising, Champion of the Artists by Joe Brumwell published in 2010 and entertaining a la carte by Mainstone Press, 2007.

References
  1. Jarvis, Paul (2015-04-15). Better by Design: Shaping the British Airways Brand. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-4296-3.
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