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It’s Nice That – Cannes edition

June 29, 2012by laurajb Leave a comment

Inspired by the goings-on down on the south coast of France as adland’s finest descended on Cannes for the Lions, awesome bloggers and publishers It’s Nice That decided to take a […]

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my press life, advertising, dare
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Saving Creatives from Plan B since 1962

June 27, 2012by laurajb Leave a comment

May 14th. Just a month before D&AD’s premier student show (and awards) and they came to us for help (probably because Flo and I are on the board, and have […]

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dare, Uncategorized
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The Best Piece of Advice Ever

June 27, 2012by laurajb 2 Comments

Last night saw the launch of Creative Social’s second book, The Best Piece of Advice Ever. Born at Creative Social Paris, a team of us Socials were tasked with sharing […]

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books, my press life, thought pieces
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The League of Extraordinary Women

June 24, 2012by laurajb Leave a comment

Check it out! SheSays made the Fast Company League of Extraordinary Women this week! Metal!

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my press life, She Says

Ditto TV Campfire – Personal responsibility and Peace One Day

June 22, 2012by laurajb Leave a comment

Raced back from Cannes early this year, in my role as D&AD White Pencil Ambassador, to present at Ditto TV in tandem with the Peace One Day concert in Londonderry. […]

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Impatient man in queue behind student eats sandwich

May 14, 2012by laurajb Leave a comment

For those of you who don’t know, Hyper Island have recently opened in Manchester with Crew 1 graduating last year. I’ve been working with the school in different capacities now for many […]

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dare, general brilliantness, ideas and inventions

Growing faces

May 11, 2012by laurajb Leave a comment

Originally from Scotland, now in Oregon; Jo Hamilton is one cool crafter. Check out the stop motion construction of one of her pieces below:

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The Fleshy Fairytales of Peihang Huang

April 1, 2012by laurajb Leave a comment

I recently came across the amazing (and young!) Taiwanese artist PEIHANG HUANG 黃沛涵 . She talks about her art being a representation of the collision of Chinese, Japanese and American cultures […]

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art, general brilliantness, places i've been
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The awesome Åsk

August 9, 2011by laurajb Leave a comment

I’ve just been interviewed for the Adland.tv blog by the supercool Åsk, AKA Dabitch. THe rockingest redhaired viking in the industry. She’s so much cooler than Don Draper, and a […]

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advertising, Australia, my press life, nostalgia, thought pieces
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Shadows of the past

August 3, 2011by laurajb Leave a comment

Many moons ago at glue, we had a great idea to augment passers by’s shadows in Oxford St shop windows for Camper (think Selfridges). Like so many projects, budgets and […]

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campaign, general brilliantness, glue, nostalgia, technology

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  • It’s Nice That – Cannes edition
  • Saving Creatives from Plan B since 1962
  • The Best Piece of Advice Ever
  • The League of Extraordinary Women
  • Ditto TV Campfire – Personal responsibility and Peace One Day
  • Impatient man in queue behind student eats sandwich
  • Growing faces

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things i do

  • 2008: One Show Interactive
  • 2008: The FWA Awards
  • 2009 judging: Cut & Paste
  • 2009: D&AD Online Advertising and Black Pencil
  • 2009: my talk in Estonia
  • 2010/2012: Judged Creative Showcase Australia
  • 2010: Judged BIMAs
  • 2010: Judged D&AD Student Awards
  • 2011: Speaking at Adobe MAX
  • 2012-2014: I'm a trustee of D&AD
  • 2012: Art Directors' Club of Europe Digital Jury
  • 2012: D&AD Integrated Jury
  • 2012: One Show Interactive
  • book: Best Piece of Advice Ever
  • book: Digital Advertising (Past, Present and Future)
  • find me on Linkedin
  • I teach at Hyper Island
  • I work at Dare
  • I’m a member of Creative Social
  • I’m a founder of SheSays
  • recently judged: International Festival of Media Awards
  • recently: Spoke at Flash on the Beach

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