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David Droga poured his heart out during The Lion of St. Mark interview at Cannes this year. He cares and he wants you to care too. Do you care? Adweek picked up on his call to action, and captured the essence of the hour-long chat with this pull quote: I would put down everything in my career to the fact that I cared—about what I do, who I work with, what I make. Caring makes you want to work harder. People …
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Holding companies are the bane of the creative agency's existence. Sell to a holding company and become like the bean counters themselves—that's the not totally undeserved rap. Thankfully, there is another way. Your agency can remain independent, like Butler Shine Stern & Partners in Sausalito. Then you can choose to do whatever the hell you want. BSSP Celebrates 4th of July from BSSP on Vimeo. Hat's off to …
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The kids who rely on Youth Ambassadors in Kansas City are in the line of fire today. In other words, the kids are not currently living a storybook childhood. Perhaps, that's why these animated tales from VML contain such awesome power. The agency is presenting some of the harshest truths about our culture in a way that makes the content accessible and incredibly compelling. Is there any doubt that poverty …
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Photojournalism is a beautiful documentary art and a much-needed pursuit in today's mixed up world of lies and propaganda. Thankfully, The New York Times employs some of the world's best photojournalists. The newspaper's ad agency, Droga5, wisely saw this truth and placed it at the center of this Cannes Lion-winning ad campaign. https://youtu.be/zs4-rb0f7HI The combination of the photojournalist's …
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Most advertising award shows are expensive navel-gazing affairs that miss the mark badly, which is particularly woeful news for an industry that prides itself on driving results from targeted marketing. Given the problem, I was encouraged to learn that Wieden + Kennedy had recently considered giving up award shows. That would have been a brave thing for them to do, and it would have made a beneficial impact …
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Milk continues to be the perfect canvas for creative expressions of advertising. Witness these three little films from Colenso BBDO and New Zealand milk brand Anchor. The campaign just won a Gold Lion in the Health & Wellness category at Cannes. The campaign features slam poet Harry Baker working through some of the smartest product copy we've heard in …
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