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Pharrell's Denim Recycled From Ocean Debris Wins Product Design Grand Prix
CANNES, France—Pharrell Williams projects were the pride of the Cannes Lions festival here tonight. Not only did the singer's "24 Hours of Happy" video win a Grand Prix in Cyber, but his "RAW for the...
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Design Grand Prix Goes to Norwegian Shop for a Logo That's Visual and Musical
CANNES, France—Norwegian agency Anti Design won the coveted Design Grand Prix here tonight for a fascinating branding identity campaign for a music and arts festival, the centerpiece being a logo that...
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adam&eveDDB and Harvey Nichols Add Press Grand Prix for 'Sorry' Campaign
CANNES, France—Score another one for the grinch. London agency adam&eveDDB and retailer Harvey Nichols picked up their second Grand Prix of this Cannes Lions festival here tonight, winning the...
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This Company Went From Selling Street Meat to Saks Fifth Avenue
SpecsWho (From left) Ross Resnick, founder and Big Burrito; Ryan van de Griendt, director of operations; Megan Madsen, account manager; Cory Murphy, director of new businessWhat Experiential marketing...
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'What Do You Poupon?' Spoof Grey Poupon Ad Delights the Sophomoric Masses
Crispin Porter + Bogusky has worked hard in the past couple of years to reinvigorate the Grey Poupon brand, which has such an iconic advertising history. But no, "What Do You Poupon?" is not the next...
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Landon Donovan Is a Good Sport About His World Cup Snub in This Great New Ad
Life is good for Landon Donovan, even though he isn't playing in the 2014 World Cup—at least according to this new ad for EA Sports. Instead of participating in the world's biggest sporting event, the...
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Mike's Hard Lemonade Is Now Paul's Hard Lemonade in Honor of 1 Millionth...
Mike's Hard Lemonade has changed its name—in a temporary, promotional-stunt kind of way—to Paul's Hard Lemonade to salute Paul Siano of Illinois, the 1 millionth fan on its Facebook page. The Tris3ct...
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The Ridiculous and the Sublime: 11 Great Films From Saatchi's New Directors
CANNES, France—Women dressed as nurses handed out special high-tech wristbands designed to track the audience's "biometric data" at Saatchi & Saatchi's 2014 New Directors' Showcase here this...
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WATCH LIVE: Beck Bennett Moderates BBDO's Cannes Seminar on 'Nice' Advertising
CANNES, France—The Cannes Lions festival is trying something new this year. It's streaming one session per day live globally on YouTube. At 4 p.m. ET today, you can watch BBDO's seminar, titled "Nice...
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Iggy Pop Suddenly Loves Justin Bieber in Amnesty's New Anti-Torture Campaign
To prove its point that people undergoing torture will tell anyone anything (thus negating it as a viable intelligence-gathering technique), Amnesty International is pairing images of beaten, battered...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Reveals His Favorite Ad, and It's a Perfect Choice
CANNES, France—There's no shortage of space-themed advertising out there. And not surprisingly, Neil deGrasse Tyson loves it. Speaking to Cannes Lions TV after his Thursday seminar here, the...
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The Funniest Fake Ad at Cannes This Year Is All About Porn (Or Is It?)
CANNES, France—The Cannes Lions festival is mostly about real advertising, but once in a while the fake stuff sneaks in. And in that category, none was better this year than "It's Not Porn," a video...
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Sochi Pavilion That Took Giant 3-D Selfies Wins Innovation Grand Prix
CANNES, France—Russia made history here tonight, winning the Grand Prix in the Innovation Lions category for a telecom's installation at the Sochi Olympics that used sophisticated technology to let...
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6 U.S. Campaigns Take Home Gold in Film Craft, but No Grand Prix Is Awarded
CANNES, France—Thirteen campaigns worldwide, including six from the U.S., won gold Lions in Film Craft here tonight. But the Film Craft jury declined to award a Grand Prix in the category."There were...
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Adam&eveDDB Finishes With 4 Grand Prix for Harvey Nichols, Adding Integrated...
CANNES, France—Doing good things for others has been a major theme at Cannes Lions this year. Ironically, though, the festival's single biggest winner did precisely the opposite. It comically...
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How to Make It on YouTube
Getting people to watch videos online is difficult. After all, there's no exact science. Or, is there? Electronic dance violinist, Lindsey Stirling, has it figured out and now everyone is taking...
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Harvey Nichols Won a Grand Prix in Film at Cannes. Here Are 7 Ads That Are...
CANNES, France—All this past week, Cannes Lions judges and presenters talked endlessly about how the best ads are those that inspire and even improve the world. So, why was the festival's most awarded...
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Sobieski Vodka Keeps Telling It Like It Is in Outdoor Ads
When Sobieski's "Truth in Vodka" campaign began seven years ago, it skewered pomposity in the category. Since then, the effort has broadened to call out nonsense in any realm—and amen to that. Topical...
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Ad of the Day: This Delightful Radio Station Campaign Got a Roar of Approval...
One of the great things about Cannes Lions is getting to see amazing creative work that didn't have much of a profile before the festival. Squarely in that category is this fun campaign from Spain...
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People Are Pretty Angry About This Out-of-Control Safe-Driving Ad From...
This literally out-of-control 60-second road-safety ad from Northern Ireland is causing an international stir for some intense imagery that begins around the 40-second mark. As these types of ads go,...
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