Landmarks
As the festival is well underway, we can say with confidence that Ogilvy & Mather has been the most successful network, becoming
Reflections
As the dust from the awards earlier in the week settled, our writers asked themselves why an ad agency won the Media Lions Grand Prix, whether Asian creativity will ever be taken seriously and Carat picking up spot. Meanwhile, Keith Weed of Unilever told us the winning ‘peal beauty sketches’ campaign
Pizza you won’t remember
Thank goodness for Deutsch LA. The agency is – not that many of them will remember. The party of the week was, of course, ±±¾©Èü³µpk10’s beach party, which we covered with a selection of and
Behind the scenes
Many agencies have their own dedicated spaces at Cannes, and snooping inside the MediaCom suite with its amazing view was a Wednesday highlight. Intrigue was also in the air as we heard there was
Awards roll on
While more wins were celebrated, like this moment with Group M, Leo Burnett has shared its – it has only failed to predict the Film Lions Grand Prix once.
Climbing the ladder
While new talent was recognised at the from M&C Saatchi, we spoke to the panel of IPG’s seminar on to find out what barriers they can see for women in the industry.
Bizarre Cannes
Alex James appeared in Cannes promoting a website (and ), while the official .
We continued our , with some success.
London calling
Advertising students from Central Saint Martin’s in London created to promote their degree show during Cannes week, while ±±¾©Èü³µpk10 staff were treated to thanks to agency Johnny Fearless.
Dawkins and Reed speak up
Among the day’s heavyweight speakers in the official seminar programme, musician Lou Reed told us , while (he invented the term "meme"). This was all very sensible, although
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