| [Cannes Lions Judges Blog] Xolisa Dyeshana: Where do I start? My Cannes experience was as much of an eye-opener as it was spectacular and inspiring. Being on the Direct Lions jury was a privilege I will not be forgetting anytime soon. [24 Jun 2011 13:32] [Cannes Lions Judges Blog] Janet Kinghorn: Cannes itself has not changed since I was here last in 1999. Men and women still wander up and down Le Croisette in white linen suits and fancy dresses. But the difference this time is that design is really starting to become a big player here. [23 Jun 2011 15:50] [Cannes Lions Judges Blog] Chris Botha: My Cannes experience so far can be broken up into two categories – life and work. Life being these beautiful experiences that we are lucky enough to experience, and work being, well, the work. The real reason we’re actually here. [22 Jun 2011 13:53] [Cannes Lions Judges Blog] Here are some video blogs (vlogs) from four of the South African creatives judging Cannes Lions this year, ahead of their trip to Cannes, Frances, for the 58th Annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. [22 Jun 2011 13:39] [Abey Mokgwatsane] I was at the Mail & Guardian Top 200 South Africans launch last week. I was there because I was fortunate enough to make the list in this year’s business category. This, however, is not about me; it’s about the incredible people I met that day. I mean, what else could I ask for? Two hundred, young, bright minds in one place. [15 Jun 2011 12:52] [Abey Mokgwatsane] I bumped into a group of post-grad students while I was at Vega last week. The brief interaction left me feeling really upbeat and reminded me of “intelligent naivety”, a term that I picked up in a book by Adam Morgan, titled Eating the Big Fish. [07 Jun 2011 10:55] [TBWA\ Creatives] LONDON: It’s been judging week for the 2011 D&AD Awards here in London, and here are some more vlogs (video blogs) of what goes on behind the scenes. Don’t forget to look at our previous posts! [15 Apr 2011 13:40] [TBWA\ Creatives] LONDON: It’s still judging week for the 2011 D&AD Awards here in London, and here are some more vlogs (video blogs) of what goes on behind the scenes, from the coffee queue and interviews with D&AD president Sanky and CEO Tim O’Kennedy to some examples of entries in the Direct category. [video] [14 Apr 2011 11:31] [TBWA\ Creatives] LONDON: It’s judging week for the 2011 D&AD Awards here in London and, armed with our Flipmino digital cameras, we’re recording daily digital video and interviewing our fellow judges and international industry counterparts on anything and everything, from industry trends to watch, best practice and international insights. [video] [13 Apr 2011 13:12] [Terry Levin] Thanks to the Habari Media Facebook Connects event held in Cape Town [on U2 Friday, 18 February 2011], those who attended should now theoretically know everything there is to know about writing a Facebook strategy! [21 Feb 2011 11:53] | |