Where are all the dark-skinned jurors at the Cannes Lions ? #canneslionssowhite
A weekly roundup of the most important news from the advertising awards world
Mobius Awards
The Mobius Awards announced its Best of Show winners 2017.
Overall, eight entrants were selected for the top awards in seven categories; Package Design had two winners:
#branded identity
Alaska Airlines Rebrand
Alaska Airlines
Hornail Anderson Seattle, USA
#brochure #book
Curiocity: In Pursuit of London
Particular Books
Here Design London, UK
#commercials
Tom Clancy’s The Division — Yesterday Trailer
Ubisoft
BETC Paris, France
#digital #online
The Viral Experiment
The Woolshed Company
The Woolshed Company Melbourne, Australia
#direct
The Stations — Response Pack
Arthur Steen Horne Adamson
Arthur Steen Horne Adamson Cheltenham, UK
#print
Hate Going Twice
Fiat
Leo Burnett Frankfurt, Germany
#package design
JDO Launches Beau Nash For The Dandy Within
JDO Brand & Design
JDO Brand & Design Tunbridge Wells, UK
#package design
KOI
Imayotsukasa Sake Brewery
Bullet Tokyo, Japan
The 2017 competition was judged by 73 esteemed judges. Out of these 73 jury members:
- 63 (86%) are male
- 10 (14%) are female
- 26 (36%) are from Europe
- 33 (45%) are from North America
- 3 (4%) are from South America
- 6 (8%) are from Asia
- 0 (0%) are from Africa
- 5 (7%) are from Pacific
LIAF
The Lisbon International Advertising Festival announced its second edition that will take place on September 21st in Lisbon (Portugal).
Members of the Executive Jury have been unveiled. Jacques Séguéla (Creative Chairman, Havas Worldwide) has been named President of the Executive Jury.
The Lisbon International Advertising Festival thus continues to trace its path of International affirmation, bringing to Portugal and to the city of Lisbon the creative community of global advertising.
AdStars
AdStars have opened their call for entries for their 2017 edition.
The festival will take place in Busan (South Korea) from the 25th to the 27th of August 2017.
And also
- Entries deadline for the AME Awards 2017 is on January 31st http://ameawards.com/
- Entries deadline for the ADC Awards 2017 is on January 31st http://www.adcawards.org/
- Entries deadline for the New York Festivals 2017 is on January 31st http://advertising.newyorkfestivals.com/
- Entries deadline for the Global Effie 2017 is on February 3rd https://effie.org/25/
Story of the Week: Cannes Lions
The Cannes Lions have revealed the Jury Presidents of its 2017 edition.
16 renowned ad professionals from all over the world have been selected to chair the juries.
Jonathan Mildenhall (CMO, Airbnb) published this tweet stating that the Cannes Lions were not enough embracing diversity in their jury selection.
Quote of the Week
American companies founded by 1st/2nd gen immigrants:
Tesla DuPont Reddit Google Amazon Uber Yahoo AT&T eBay
Inclusion > Protectionism
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