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By Heather Andrew, UK CEO, Neuro-Insight...
With Christmas ad spend set to hit an all-time high, the race is on again to achieve the coveted most memorable ad.
Previous years have taught us that the aim of the game with festive spots is emotional...
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John Treacy, ECD at Proximity London shares his thoughts on the year ahead for advertising and tells us what the best campaign was in 2018.
What will be the biggest trend in 2019?
Brands going into ‘acquisition mode’ after GDPR has...
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Mother Design
Mother New York has announced that Mark Sloan has been named Head of Mother Design. He came over from TBWA\Chiat\Day, where he served for over three years as its director of design. Mark’s prior experience included working on a...
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Creativity, code and magic with Kano’s Harry Potter Coding Kit
Kano, a company best-known for its build-it-yourself computers and coding kits, has launched a new tool teaching kids and adults to code through the magical world of Harry Potter....
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The kit that transforms any household object into a robot
Toymakers The Crafty Robot have launched a crowdfunding campaign for its latest design - a DIY robot that can follow you around the house and bring you drinks. Smartibot is an educational,...
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Pentagram - London Design Biennale
This year's London Design Biennale will be devoted to the theme of emotional states and how design affects every aspect of our lives (the way we live and how we live) and influences our very being, emotions and...
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Taylor Herring - Westworld (NOW TV)
Streaming service NOW TV has glimpsed into the future of marketing by promoting the return of dark odyssey Westworld using a hyper-realistic humanoid robot, inspired by the show’s artificially intelligent...
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Jones Knowles Ritchie - Miller Harris
The pages of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Tender Is The Night” contain many things. Love and loss. Vibrancy and darkness. Beauty and violence. And for London perfume house Miller Harris, a brief....
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Grey London - Lucozade Energy
Lucozade Energy is partnering with the new Tomb Raider film for a bold campaign featuring action from the movie. Created by Grey London, the campaign introduces the agency’s new “Energy Beats...
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AKQA
Resh Sidhu has returned to AKQA as Creative Director. Based at the NYC studio after two years at digital and visual effects company Framestore, Resh will join the AKQA New York Leadership Team. Resh is one of the most respected names in Virtual...
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AnalogFolk
Independent digital agency AnalogFolk, has announced the appointment of Fredrik Dahlberg as Creative Director. Dahlberg will be responsible for the development of the agency’s copy arm as well as bolstering the agency’s...
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CES 2018 kicked off in Las Vegas this week and as is genuinely the case it appears to be setting the stage for all that's to follow in the world of tech in 2018. We'll have more for you next week, but for now, here are a few of the more notable...
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Genuine
IPG-owned digital creative agency Genuine has hired Adam Kasper and Mitch Blum away from Havas and DigitasLBi, respectively. Kasper, an 11-year veteran of Havas (and a 22-year industry vet) and the advertising conglomerate’s former...
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Havas London - Heathrow
Heathrow has unveiled its second-ever Christmas advert, revealing the epic, 50-year-long love story of Doris and Edward Bair, the much-loved teddy bears, who were shown in the airport's first Christmas TV ad last year. The...
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Frank Kolkman's VR death machine
To tackle “death anxiety” among terminally ill hospital patients, designer Frank Kolkman has created a device that simulates a near-death experience using virtual reality. Visitors to Dutch Design Week...
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ROTHCO - Soar
Creative agency ROTHCO and independent national youth outreach movement, Soar, have launched a moving two-minute short film “It’s Just a Phase,” which aims to raise awareness around perhaps the most uncertain and...
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Sony brings Aibo robot dog back to life with added AI
Sony has unveiled a new version of the robot dog it is thought to have killed off over a decade ago and now it comes with artificial intelligence. The tech brand announced this week that it will...
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Renault's symbiotic vision for car and home
Renault revealed an autonomous, electric concept car at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week, which it sees as an extension of the 'connected home' concept. Described by the car company as “an extra...
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Petcube Play lets you interact with your pet remotely from a smartphone
Petcube Play is a small device that allows users to talk to, play with and watch their pets from afar using their smartphones. The Play is an indoor camera compatible with both...
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F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi - D&AD Next Awards
With only one week remaining for photographers and filmmakers to enter 2017’s D&AD Next Awards, F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi have released a new series of stop motion animations as the centre-piece of...
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