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BBD Perfect Storm - Etihad Airways
Etihad Airways has appointed BBD Perfect Storm to its agency roster following a competitive strategic and creative pitch. BBD Perfect Storm competed for the business against a number of unnamed network agencies in...
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The robotic smart plant/AI pet
Japanese multinational tech firm TDK has created the wonderfully named “Bons-AI,” an artificially intelligent and interactive bonsai plant with the ability to “offer emotional support.” It...
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gyro
gyro APAC has announced the promotion of two leaders to important new roles: Paul Hutt is now Chief Growth Officer, gyro APAC and Laura Bell is Client Services Director, gyro APAC. As Dentsu Aegis Network continues to invest in the growth of...
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Sid Lee - The North Face
The North Face has launched a massive and first-ever global initiative focused on women, celebrating and sharing the stories of adventurous and courageous female explorers. Move Mountains is rooted in empowering the next...
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isobel - The White House
It was announced on April 1 this year that The White House has hired independent creative agency, isobel, to “make Trump more popular amongst Brits” prior to his forthcoming visit later in the year. The campaign...
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VML
VML has rebranded its channel activation team to connections to reflect the department’s role as experts in connecting brands to consumers in a contemporary and relevant way. VML’s retail team will become a connections channel,...
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Walmart files a patent for autonomous robot bees
US supermarket giant Walmart is seeking to patent technology that would see drones pollinate crops like bees. The patent application, filed with the United States earlier this month, reveals that the...
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Droga5 London
Droga5 London has named Ashley Shack as Director of Talent - a new role at the agency. Shack, who is American, arrives from Wieden+Kennedy London, where she was the Creative and Design Recruiter. She joins the management team at Droga5...
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Media Agency Group - Crystal Maze Live
Media Agency Group (MAG) has been appointed to deliver a 12-month multimedia plan to build and drive ticket sales for the Manchester and London Crystal Maze Live Experience, after a competitive pitch. MAG...
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Grey London - McVities
In a new purpose-led campaign created by Grey London, McVitie’s shows how the simple act of sharing a biscuit has the power to bring people together. Using a modern day fable of characters who feel disconnected, the spot...
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McCann CRAFT - eBay
eBay, the leading marketplace, announces the appointment of CRAFT, the production arm of McCann Worldgroup, to its portfolio of agency partners in the EMEA region. CRAFT will be tasked with supporting eBay’s global...
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8-bit sushi and the dawn of digitised food
Digital food platform Open Meals boasted their ability to 3D-print food whilst revealing some nifty appetite appeasing technology at the SXSW interactive festival recently. Open Meals has created a Pixel...
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Firstborn - Jagermeister
Spirits brand Jägermeister has selected Firstborn as its digital agency of record, following a review launched in October which included four undisclosed agencies, in addition to Firstborn. Firstborn will be tasked with...
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Cake/Havas London
Havas UK’s creative agency Havas London and sport and entertainment agency Cake have bolstered their creative, digital and production teams with three significant, senior hires. Patrick Cahill joins Havas London from...
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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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BBH Labs - Justice4Grenfell
The community-led organisation, Justice4Grenfell, paraded three billboards through central London on the way to Grenfell Tower on Thursday, February 15th, to highlight the lack of progress being made in the wake of the...
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Droga5 - MINI Electric
Droga5 London has been appointed to MINI Electric’s global advertising account, following a five-way competitive pitch organised by The Observatory GE. The agency has been briefed on a three-year assignment to develop a...
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Elon Musk gets Hyperloop permit and tracks the Starman's space cruise
Tech pioneer Elon Musk has received written approval for some preliminary Hyperloop site preparation and excavation work in Washington DC. This means that a Boring Company-built...
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Marcel Sydney
Marcel Sydney has announced the newest members of its creative department. The new faces include senior team, Scott Maggs & Alexander Haack (aka "The Cavemen”), creatives Lucy Ochoapetit & Aisling (Ash) Dowling, Grace O'Brien &...
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The Full Service/Jelly London - The Climate Coalition
Actress Anna Friel has lent her voice to a new animated film, produced by renowned photographer Rankin, that tells a story of how climate change is impacting on our everyday lives - and how...
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Facebook confirms testing of downvote button
Facebook will now allow users to downvote comments to eventually hide them. The social media giant is testing the ‘down-vote’ button, making it first available for a small set of users and...
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Noise13 - Dovana
All woman-led San Francisco agency Noise13 has unveiled a cute, playful identity for Dovana, a “sophisticated” range of cannabis-infused caramel. The agency was approached by the “mom and pop duo,” who...
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Stink Studios
Stink Studios has grown its leadership team with the appointment of Kate Sutherland, L.A. Ronayne and Jim Hunt. Sutherland joins as Executive Producer from BBH, where she lead Digital Production. She was part of the successful team...
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J. Walter Thompson - Legal & General
J. Walter Thompson London is inspiring those in their 60s and 70s to move forward with their life ambitions in their first campaign for Legal & General’s Lifetime Mortgage product. The campaign includes a...
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Elon Musk's $500 flamethrower is officially available for pre-order
The flamethrower that Elon Musk teased The Boring Company would start selling, which he also tweeted was sentient, has a safe word (“cryptocurrency”) and comes with a...
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M&C Saatchi
M&C Saatchi has appointed Sereena Abbassi as Head of Culture and Inclusion, where she will be working closely with Victoria Fox, Chief Executive of LIDA and group sponsor of diversity and inclusion at M&C Saatchi Group. Sereena is...
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Y&R London - BBC Sport Winter Olympics
Y&R London has created the latest campaign for BBC Sport to launch the 2018 Winter Olympics. Known as “The Fearless are Here,” the ad broke on the evening of Saturday 20th January and will continue...
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Brothers and Sisters - webuyanycar.com
The next two ads in the major new campaign for webuyanycar.com launched this week, starring much-loved personality Phillip Schofield. Created by Brothers and Sisters, the ads, “Kitten” (above) and...
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Inamoto & Co - Asics
Performance apparel brand Asics has selected the Rei Inamoto-helmed agency Inamoto & Co as its innovation partner, tasking it with creating breakthrough work in the brand's transition to fitness-as-a-service. The Brooklyn-based...
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CES 2018
For even more on CES 2018, check our #techtuesday piece from last week.
CES visitors blown away by Byton Concept
Byton debuted its first concept car at CES this year. The all-electric, self-driving SUV is described by the Chinese startup...
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