Cannes Lions 2014: Grand Prix, gold for SA

The International Festival of Creativity, Cannes Lions, has announced the winners in the Cyber, Design, Product Design, Press and Radio Lions categories, with Ogilvy & Mather Johannesburg taking the Grand Prix and three Gold Campaign Lions in the Radio category for its campaign ‘Teleconference', ‘Kids Party' and ‘Enrique Concert', created for Lucozade.

See also:

• Cannes Lions 2014: Grand Prix, gold for SA

• Cannes Lions 2014: Final awards from Cannes 2014

• Cannes Lions 2014: SA nets ten more Lions

• Cannes Lions 2014: SA gets three Promo & Activation Lions bronzes

• Cannes Lions 2014: Lions Health winners announced

• Cannes Lions 2014: Grand Prix winners - Radio, Cyber & more

• Cannes Lions 2014: GayTMs & other Grand Prix winners

• Cannes Lions 2014: First Grand Prix winners

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by Herman Manson. FoxP2 isn't entering any award shows this year. Instead it is investing that budget in sending staff members around the world to a series of conferences and events the agency hopes will inspire them, and their work, and align it with new ideas and international best practice.

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by Mike Abel. So much time is spent in our industry developing brilliant work, yet how much time is spent on training creatives (and strategists and suits) on how best to evaluate it?

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