How the hell did I miss this video from 10 months ago? DavidBurn from Brandcentral Web on Vimeo. The Tomorrow Awards' judging process is different than most award shows in that it involves the participation of the entire advertising industry and beyond, not just a jury of a select few. …
The Tracy Awards Looked For Bad Work. And Found It.
It might be shooting fish in a barrel, but The Tracy Awards found some of the worst ads of this year. Like this billboard, which uses Sizzler as a verb: See all the, ahem, winners, here. …
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Nice Lion, But What’s Your Pencil Ranking?
It's not easy running an industry award show these days. There are too many shows and they're too expensive. Agencies consistently submit fake work to game the system, there's little new blood among the judges and teams are reticent to travel to elbow-rubbing ceremonies in NYC, London and Cannes in this economy. All of which means it is time for award shows to innovate. D&AD and The One Club, the two organizations …
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Look At Me Dance
The International ANDY Awards, in partnership with Victors & Spoils, is using a mashup video montage thingee to promote its show this year. The creators of "Montage Me" are Michael Williams, Copywriter; Jyn Yi, Art Director; and Justin Gilman, Art Director, all from Leo Burnett's Energy Pool. The "Montage Me" campaign enables entrants to cast themselves in an 1980's-themed montage music video to one of three …
Spotlight On NW Creative: 2010 Rosey Awards
The 2010 Rosey Awards is introducing a People's Choice option this year. You can visit the Rosey's site now and click through a selection of work curated by the judges and select an entry from any category that you deem worthy of a Rosey. Here's a TV Spot from BPN in the over $50K category that I like: And here's a TV Spot from Steelhead Advertising made for less than $50K that I also like (mainly because it …
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Agencies With the Midas Touch
The Midas Awards honors advertising in banking, brokerage, insurance, mutual funds, and credit, in addition to real estate, accounting, and consulting. The 2010 Midas Jury awarded McCann Erickson New York the prestigious 2010 King Midas Award for "The Priceless Gift Finder" for their client MasterCard Worldwide. In addition, The Jupiter Drawing Room in South Africa was the most awarded agency in this year's …
I Love This
Love it or hate it, this is advertising. That's the theme 2010 ADCC Awards is working with this year. Hate/Love from CRUSH on Vimeo. Agency: Leo Burnett Toronto Director: Arev Manoukian of Spy Films [via Adfreak] …
This Is The Award You Want To Win, It Comes With A Nice Fat Check
WONGDOODY scored top honors at the Radio Mercury Awards last night for its documentary-style campaign for the Washington State Department of Health titled, "Dear Me." As the co-Grand Prize winner, WONGDOODY takes home half of the $100,000 prize. WONGDOODY's "Dear Me" campaign targets Washington's working poor, among whom smoking rates are the highest. Traditional efforts to convince this group to quit have failed. …
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