Crispin Porter + Bogusky is so clever. And hip. And irreverent. Wow, I wish I was one tenth as clever, hip and irreverent as their most lowly intern. If I was, I would have racked up a tractor trailer full of industry awards by now. Oh, here's how the Coconut Grovies promote an award show: Hardly Legal contains material that may not be suitable for those under eighteen years of age. If you are under this age, it is …
Leo Burnett Is Great, Even If They Do Say So Themselves
Here's a choice nugget from Lewis Lazare's column today, talking about the national ADDY awards: Leo Burnett won the Best of Show in the print category at the 2005 ADDY Awards for a Cort Guitars campaign. With 18 gold and five silver ADDYs, Burnett also was the most awarded agency in the competition. Burnett's Deputy Worldwide Chief Creative Officer Mark Tutssel headed the judging at the show. Guess it pays to judge …
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Well Done Web Sites
The Webby Awards--the leading international award honoring excellence in Web design, creativity, usability and functionality--held their gala celebration Monday, June 6, in NYC, at the landmark Gotham Hall, a majestic turn of the century ballroom. The Webbys were emceed by comedian Rob Corddry of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (which was surely worth the price of admission). There are simply too many winners to list …
One Show, One World
You can download a list of the winners at last night's One Show here. A quick perusal of the list reveals very few American winners--and a whole bunch of countries are represented. What this means is that, in least in the judges' minds, ideas that are simple, visual, and universal tend to win awards at the One Show. Ads full of American colloquialisms and language don't. So what chance do you have if you need to have …
Point to Point Scores Some Points
Congrats to my buddy True and the rest of the gang at Point to Point Communications for their sweep of the Cleveland ADDY awards on Friday. Point to Point has assumed the mantle of Cleveland …
