After 17 hours of deliberation, eight bottles of Evian and and fueled by late night sushi we arrived at the Grand Prix winner, and were freed from our meeting room. it was unanimous: Immortal Fans by Sport Club Recife by Ogilvy in Sao Paulo. This extraordinary campaign compelled fans to sign up for organ donation [...]
Yesterday we judged for 17 hours. I got in at 2:45 am. I will file later today. It’s crazy here.
This is a first in a series of blog posts by Karen Howe, senior vice-president, creative director of One Advertising in Toronto and Applied Arts Magazine advertising columnist. She is filing from France, where she is a Cannes Lions judge. I am a first-time Cannes Lions Judge. I’m thrilled to be one of the chosen [...]
One of the most best boosts for a graphic design student is industry recognition. In this vein, the GCD has announced the winners of its 2013 National Scholarship Awards Program. Fifteen winners and 21 projects were chased from 185 entries from 130 graphic design students. The national sponsors — Adobe Canada, Applied Arts Magazine, Canada [...]
Our judges (pictured above) have cast their votes and determined the winners of the 2013 Advertising Awards. The day of judging was a great success, and the feedback of the work that was submitted was outstanding as always. Cheers to another impressive year of ground breaking work coming from all over North America and [...]
The judging of the 2013 Applied Arts Advertising & Interactive Awards takes place this weekend in Toronto. (OK, you caught us. The Interactive judging is actually done online). See the panels of judges here and here. Winners will be published in the highly-anticipated annual September/October Advertising & Interactive Awards issue, complete with full credits. They [...]
The Clarity blog, in its Top North American Awards for Entrepreneurs, cites Applied Arts Magazine under its For People Making Beautiful Sh•t category. Its description reads: “For over 23 years, the Applied Arts Design Awards have been celebrating beauty and innovation in the design community. These awards recognize talented designers from across North America in [...]
“We’re able to collaborate internally in what seems like an infinite number of combinations. This brings energy and different perspectives, keeping ideas and directions fresh. If I could draw right now, I would draw a kitty. Please visualize a kitty.” “If what you’re producing is something you wouldn’t want to share online, then no [...]
. . . At each stage of the process, as we develop in promising new directions, the clients are asked to visit our presentation room, where they will find numerous images posted on the walls. Not surprisingly, we call this technique “The Wall.” The clients have the time to review everything and discuss things among [...]
Michael De Pippo was on the fast track to be creative director at one of Toronto’s largest ad shops, when a pet project for what he calls the “best band ever conceived”—Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem—launched the 31-year-old’s career into an exciting, unknown scene. For those uninitiated into all things Jim Henson, Dr. [...]
