The Communication Arts Interactive Annual arrived at the house today. NesteaIce.com (a Coca-Cola brand) by Juxt Interactive Unlike the Advertising Annual, the Interactive Annual is full of surprises. For one, most of the work awarded I've never seen before. For two, the design ideas on display are often new. Literally new. It's hard to say that about even the best print ads in the world. Plus the people, and the …
Another Shit Cannes
Care to see how the blog format can liberate a journalist from his expected approach to a story? Garfield: The Blog provides such an opportunity. It doesn't matter that a beer costs $12 when the Crain family is paying the tab. The little woman is getting a very nearly free vacation and the beach is filled with some of the most beautiful women that money can build. All in all, another week on the French Riviera should …
It Costs Lots Of Money To Feed Oversized Egos
Ad Age reports that award-hungry agencies will spend $37 million this year entering Cannes, One Show, D&AD and The Andy's. The magazine does not project how much more will be spent on the myriad of other shows. The copy-heavy article attempts to explain why awards are important to agencies. For some agencies, getting an award-winning rep is so important that compensation is tied to show performance. A goal at every …
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Slate Disses The Clios
Want an outsider's perspective on the Clio's? Read Slate magazine writer Seth Stevenson's report: For an awards gala, the vibe here is distinctly self-hating. Even the eminent old-timers are cynical. At the Lifetime Achievement dinner on Sunday night (held in a ballroom of the Ritz-Carlton's mammoth oceanside compound here in South Beach), the Clios honored Bob Greenberg. Greenberg is the chairman of the agency R/GA, …
GSD+M GSD&M Launches Its Own Awards Show
When you want to belittle an institution it helps to be in said institution's favor. Put another way, it's one thing for GSD+M GSD&M to make fun of awards shows, the One Show in particular, and another entirely for a pencilless agency to do so. Ladies and gentleman, without further ado... The Juan Show …
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Effen Outdoor
Lewis Lazare is giving credit to Steffan Postaer's place. Oh my. Is the world spinning on a new axis? It done good. The corpse that was Euro RSCG/Chicago now is showing an award-winning streak. The agency was one of 18 Obie Award winners -- and the only one from Chicago -- at Tuesday night's gala awards dinners at the Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa. The Obies have been handed out annually by the Outdoor …
Show Talent Zoo Some Love
Our friends at Talent Zoo have been nominated for A Webby, in the best employment sites category. If you'd like to vote for them, and ensure they punish corporate behemoths like Monster and Career Builder, visit the site, log in and vote. For more on The Webby Awards, see Random Culture's top picks. …
Where Rockers Chow
This is a good ad from Duncan/Channon, but I find it difficult to believe it's the Best of Show winner in the latest San Francisco Addys competition. Adweek says it is, so I guess I need to accept that the Bay Area ad community has fallen on tough times. Either that, or the judges were unanimous in their fondness for mullet bands. …
