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Campaign for shocking David Bowie memorial in Brixton

A crowdfunding campaign to bring a lightning-bolt statue in memory of the sadly departed David Bowie to London is aiming to raise just under £1 million in 28 days. The campaign, which launched on the Crowdfunder website last week, was organised by a...

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Shortlisted Designs for the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre

Designs by shortlisted teams in a competition to design a £40 million national Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in the UK have gone on public display. The UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation launched the memorial international design...

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Top 10 Hires of the Week

m/SIX m/SIX has hired Alistair MacCallum, former CEO at Omnicom’s M2M, as its UK Chief Executive, allowing Jess Burley to focus on her role as Global CEO. m/SIX, which is a joint venture between The&Partnership and GroupM, experienced strong...

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Top 10 Hires of the Week

Native James Hilton (left), the Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of AKQA, has joined Native, the industrial design specialist studio, as Co-Chief Creative Officer. Native, which aims to build “transformational physical and digital...

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Unconventional Christmas Trees turn Xmas upside down in London

Amongst my friends and family members, I've become known as something of a Scrooge when it comes to everything festive. Long gone are the days when the opening chords of “Merry Christmas Everyone” would ignite an ember of longing in my...

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Top 10 Ads of the Week

LIDA – Blue Cross Award-winning customer engagement agency, LIDA this week released a new integrated campaign for animal charity, Blue Cross. The charity tasked LIDA with developing a bold and brave campaign running across press, social, radio,...

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Is 'Stop Funding Hate' a force for good?

In 2016, the lines between many progressive and intolerant ideals are beginning to blur at an unprecedented rate. Consider the marches currently taking place up and down the (somewhat ironically-named at this point) United States right now. These are...

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The handcrafted IKEA direct mail campaign from LIDA

Award-winning digital and direct marketing agency, LIDA has announced the launch of IKEA Handcrafted, its latest direct mail campaign, for Swedish Furniture retailer IKEA. Tasked with helping IKEA build a stronger relationship with members of the...

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David Bowie's furniture up for sale at Sotheby's

David Bowie's extensive collection of pieces by the Memphis group is set to be auctioned in London. Before his death earlier this year, the musician was an avid collector of works by the Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and the Milan-based Memphis...

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Top 10 Account Wins of the Week

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne - Mattel Australia Clemenger BBDO Melbourne has been appointed lead brand agency for Mattel Australia. Mattel is one of the world largest toy companies with Barbie, Hot Wheels and Fisher-Price some of its most famous product...

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Top 10 Hires of the Week

RKCR/Y&R RKCR/Y&R has strengthened its management team further by appointing Priya Patel as Managing Director. Patel, who was previously Managing Partner at RKCR/Y&R, will continue to run a portfolio of client business, oversee the agency operations...

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Top 10 Ads of the Week

180LA - Boost Mobile To address the fact that low-income and minority Americans typically face significantly more obstacles when it comes to casting their ballot this November, Boost Mobile, with the help from 180LA, is throwing its hat into the...

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Top 10 Hires of the Week

Tribal Worldwide London Tribal Worldwide London has announced the appointment of Andrew Liles to the role of Director of Technology, while Marie Bradley will head up Business Analysis; a brand new role and discipline within the agency. Liles joins...

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Top 10 Hires of the Week

M&C Saatchi M&C Saatchi has announced the appointment of the highly regarded Sian Cook to the role of Managing Partner. In her new role, Cook will lead one of the agency’s largest accounts, Woolworths. Cook comes to the role from BBH, London...

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Top 10 Hires of the Week

Circus Circus continues to grow and attract the best talent. This week, the micro-network led by Bruno Lambertini, Ignacio Liaudat and Luis Alonso announced the addition of Federico Durán to the Los Angeles office, with Durán joining the...

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Top 10 Hires of the Week

Superdream Steve Price, a well-known name and highly respected personality on the Midlands creative scene for more than 30 years, has been appointed as creative director at Bromsgrove-based marketing and communications agency Superdream. Formerly...

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Top 10 Hires of the Week

TMW Unlimited TMW Unlimited has poached SapientNitro Associate Creative director Jamie Coggans to work across its award-winning Unilever account. Coggans joins the agency in the same role and will be partnered with Jeff Bowerman, the Creative...

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MEC Manchester's Wavemaker start-up hub claims two more winners

MEC Manchester announced this week that Never No and Flow XO have won the opportunity to work within its new MEC Wavemaker start-up hub, following a competition held at the search, analytics and social conference SASCON last week. The two start-ups...

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Airbnb launch the 'Live There' house in Shoreditch with a #DingDong

I have yet to experience the Airbnb service (though I am booked into one in Budapest this coming August) and I've heard conflicting reports, but it can't be denied that the online service has fundamentally changed the way many of us plan our...

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RKCR/Y&R RKCR/Y&R has completed its senior management triumvirate by promoting Emily James to the role of Chief Strategy Officer. James, who was previously Head of Strategy, joins CEO Jon Sharpe and newly appointed CCO Jonathan Burley on the...

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Creative Debates: Are External Production Partners Worth It?

Creative Debates is a tonic to the endless one-way talks that are in abundance within our sector. The debates, which took place during the 2016 Cannes Lions festival, will tackle some of the most difficult questions and topics being faced by our...

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Creativepool are set to make a big splash at Cannes Lions 2016

It's that time of year once again when ad land descends upon the south of France in a tsunami of designer shades and branded belt buckles for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, and those who didn't get an invite are left with...

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Agency of the Week: BBDO

Maltesers & AMV BBDO win Channel 4's £1 million Superhumans Wanted Prize Channel 4 has announced that Maltesers and AMV BBDO have won £1 million of the broadcaster’s commercial airtime, staked as part of its Superhumans Wanted...

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The&Partnership shines a light on Parental Illiteracy

Literacy Partners, a nonprofit organisation providing free literacy classes to low-income parents, has teamed up with New York-based communications agency, The&Partnership, to create the “What Kids Read” campaign, which brings attention to...

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RSA Student Design Awards: The Winners

This year’s winners of the world’s longest-running global student competition, the RSA Student Design Awards, were announced last week, and include a kettle that collects grip data to measure frailty, a new insulation material made from...

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Channel 4 announce shortlist for Superhumans Wanted initiative

Channel 4 has announced the final eight brands and advertising agencies shortlisted for its Superhumans Wanted initiative following almost 90 brands and agencies pitching campaign ideas featuring disability and disabled talent to win £1 million...

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Rebrand Roundup: From the Tate Modern to STÓR

Peter Saville/Morph - Tate Modern British graphic design legend Peter Saville is the mastermind behind the new graphic identity for the Tate Modern art gallery; a colourful model of the complex itself that includes the new Herzog & de Meuron...

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Top Hires of the Week

Deutsch New York Deutsch New York has hired Maggie O. Connors as EVP, Head of Business Development. Her appointment is the final piece of the NY reinvigoration. Earlier this year, the Agency announced Trevor O’Brien joined as Partner, Chief...

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Agency of the Week: MullenLowe

MullenLowe Profero launch new Magnum with Kendall Jenner The Magnum ice cream brand is working with reality TV star and model Kendall Jenner to launch a decadent new variant at the Cannes Film Festival. MullenLowe Profero has helped to launch Magnum...

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The Clerkenwell Design Week Must-See Shortlist

Icon’s House of Culture at Fabric In its second year, Icon House of Culture will once again feature a curated selection of top international brands within it's extraordinarily raw surroundings. Dare...

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Rebrand Roundup: From Politics to Chocolate, or both

Design Army - Harper Macaw Ahead of this year's heavily publicised and unprecedentedly divisive US presidential election, the creative gurus at Design Army are encouraging American citizens to chose their chocolate bars based on their political...

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