#AgencyFocus: Avatar breaks through in Cape Town
by Carey Finn.“The market needs to be aware that Avatar is in Cape Town, and we’re open for business," says Mthunzi Plaatjie.
Nedbank awards digital media services to The Odd Number
by MarkLives. The win follows shortly on last month's news that The Odd Number has become lead agency for Wimpy.
#CannesLions: View all the Grand Prix winning work
by MarkLives. With Cannes Lions 2018 done and dusted, we take a look at all the Grand Prix-winning work for this year.
#CannesLions: SA wins in Radio, Design, Print — plus a Grand Prix!
by MarkLives. South Africa once again took home a Grand Prix in Radio & Audio, plus wins in Design and Print & Publishing. Morocco won in Outdoor.
- SA wins in Creative Data, Media, Social & Influencer
- SA wins in Film as festival concludes
#CannesLions: The 40-year-old Cannes Virgins report
by Jeff Harvey & Glenn Jeffery. We two 40-year old Cannes Lions virgins from Grey SA teamed up with MarkLives to provide a wide-eyed, slightly sweaty and not-entirely innocent take on Cannes Lions 2018.
#CannesLions: Day 5 highlights, notable wins
#CannesLions: Day 4 highlights, notable wins
#CannesLions: Day 3 highlights, notable wins
#CannesLions: Day 2 highlights, notable wins
by César Vacchiano. Day 5 was about the New Miss America, the strange power of confidence, Sir Martin Sorrell and the final set of awards; Day 4 was about #morefishlessplastic, the future CMOs, Brand Marketers’ Creative Summit, what creativity can do, effective innovation, the future of retail, and more inspiring awards; Day 3 was about fashion as a cultural influence; reimagining the retail experience; GAFA; deviant design; bites, snacks & meals; Spotify; and inspiring awards (Breaking Ballet); and Day 2 was about the World Food Programme, sustainable development goals, diversity, malaria, sex, Marcel and, of course, South Africa winning the Radio Grand Prix.
#CannesLions: Cannes of beens
by Jarred Cinman. At the time of writing, I’d been at Cannes Lions for around 36 hours and I’m here to report that certain clichés are true — and others are even more true.
Regular Reads:
Cover Stories: Chronic, Cup of Couple, Businessweek, Mundial & The Enemy
Shelf Life: Whistling Chef • Russian kit from Sodastream • Creatista Plus
SA TV Ratings: e.tv — primetime top 20 for May 2018
On the Radar:
- Spree, Superbalist merge
- #Bestread on MarkLives: 11 17 Jun 2018
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