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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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advertising, dare, my press life
Dabitch

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
creativas.indd

World’s female creative directors – interview at Adwomen

February 27, 2011by laurajb Leave a comment

I’ve just had the massive fortune to be interviewed (and Twitter live interviewed – a first!) for the great Adwomen blog. Interestingly a lot of the questions from the readers […]

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advertising, my press life, She Says, thought pieces

BAIM, and the Dirt is Gone…

November 16, 2010by laurajb 1 Comment

These days, we speak to our clients and their brands about one thing above all others – BEING BELEIVABLE. Doing what you say on the tin. No hyperbole. But the […]

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advertising, nostalgia, places i've been, thought pieces
569final_0_0

Creative Review Annual judging – the crew is announced

October 13, 2010by laurajb Leave a comment

The CR Annual is open for submissions from today, and I’m lucky enough to be a judge on a considerably smaller panel than I thought! Liking the fact that the […]

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advertising, campaign, design, LBi, my press life

Keep walking…

August 10, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

This is just a gorgeous piece of work from BBH here in London. Especially poignant to me after the work that I was working on for Bacardi last year. Just […]

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advertising

QR codes finally making it into the shopping basket

August 8, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

Iain Tait blogged about it here, but Marks and Spencer have started to pop the odd QR code onto products. As wth him, I’m super-impressed that someone has bitten the […]

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advertising, mobile + location aware, tasty treats
01_04

Drawing blood…

May 20, 2009by laurajb 1 Comment

Here at LBi we’ve just launched the campaign to promote D&AD New Blood’s 10th Anniversary exhibition, at the end of June. Its been a labour of love, something that I’m […]

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advertising, general brilliantness, LBi

Gesta non Verba

April 7, 2009by laurajb 2 Comments

Or as they say outside of the Roman Empire, Deeds not Words. Its a saying thats been around a while. And an ethos that is to be commended, celebrated and […]

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advertising

Hyper Island in London

February 24, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

Last week I took a brief sojourn to Hoxton Hotel to speak to some Hyper Island students about great digital creative. And they were none other than some excellent chaps […]

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advertising, thought pieces

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  • 2008: One Show Interactive
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  • recently judged: International Festival of Media Awards
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