Creative Week Q&A: Peter Vegas Of Draftfcb New Zealand
By DOUG ZANGER Draftfcb. Always great partners who are willing, like most of our partners, to go the extra few miles to give all of us a deep peek into great work and creativity. It’s a treasure trove of goodness that will serve as the foundation for their conversation, “Advertising Deconstructed: Connecting Across Cultures,” May 9th at noon. This time…
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- April 24, 2013
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Creative Week Q&A: Humberto Polar Of Mayo Draftfcb Peru
By DOUG ZANGER We’re always excited when our great partners at Draftfcb get involved with Advertising Week and Creative Week. The discussions are always informative and entertaining. And I always walk out their sessions smarter and inspired to do the best work possible. This time around, at Creative Week, Draftfcb are bringing together a true all-star panel with three creative…
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- April 23, 2013
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Creative Week Q&A: Javier Campopiano Of Draftfcb New York
By DOUG ZANGER Draftfcb has always brought the goods to Advertising Week and Creative Week. Every session? Engaging and entertaining. The folks on the panels? Always A-List and filled with tremendous wisdom. This agency does amazing work, is on quite a fun creative roll, and presents an exceptional panel with three elite creatives — two of whom are making the trip from…
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- April 22, 2013
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Love Letter From London: Rain Room At The Barbican
By MELISSA WONG Nominated for the Design Museum’s Design of the Year 2013, the Rain Room has definitely got everyone’s attention this year. With a minimum of 3 hours queue on weekdays, and a record breaking 12-hour queue on the last day of the exhibition, this has been one of the most popular exhibitions at Barbican. This successful installation by…
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- April 5, 2013
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#awscchat Recap: On Presenting With Confidence
We want you to think about your most fav-o-rite evil genius from comic book and/or cartoon lore. Now imagine them starting an advertising company. Remove actual evil. Add just-a-pinch back. Tweet hello to Ryan Thomas. This rising builder of all things all over the place headlined our little #awscchat On Presenting With Confidence, stealing the show – and breaking a few digital hearts –…
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- March 7, 2013
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P.INK: Tattoos As A Healing Option For Breast Cancer Survivors
By NOEL FRANUS, VP, Experience Director, CP+B When my sister-in-law, Molly, was diagnosed with breast cancer, she learned that her pending double mastectomy would leave her with scars and no nipples. They planned to draw new ones on for her. So she asked a great reframing question: “If you’re going to tattoo new nipples, then why not rethink what should be…
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- March 6, 2013
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London & Partners Favourite Things: Part 1
London & Partners are great, well, partners of ours for Advertising Week Europe. And we asked them to share some of their favourite things to see and do in London. They’re the places that you may not think about. They could be more underground and undiscovered – even for Londoners. But no matter what, these are some of the things…
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- January 30, 2013
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Your Client Cares: The Cassies Awards
By KATERYNA TOPOL A while back, we talked about awards and how important they are for advertising creatives – for many, a prestigious award is a giant step forward into their career. But in Canada, there is a different kind of awards show: The Cassies – awards that reward work based on actual results. This awards show has been around…
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- January 29, 2013
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Communications Of Scale
When madness is the medium, the story must be told. By JENNIFER MOONEY On its face, communications appears to be about words and images. Their intersection and their nuance. It’s about what we put out there and what comes back. It’s a well-honed – and stealth – boomerang. It is the articulation and deployment of the thought, and the resulting…
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- December 17, 2012
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Monkey For Mayor – And Other Darwinian Propositions
By ANNE CAYER It’s not every day that a city gets the chance to make world news, but by golly when it happens, does that city ever owe it to itself to take that opportunity and run with it. And if that day comes via a shearling-clad macaque, run with it like the wilds of the jungle (even if it…
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- December 14, 2012
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