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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
clown face 1

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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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
D&AD

D&AD announce the 2012 Executive election shortlist

August 3, 2011by laurajb Leave a comment

D&AD have announced the shortlist for the 2012 Exec today and I’m privileged enough to be there (with my good friends Flo, Andy and Gary). I’m super-keen, having worked closely with the […]

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general brilliantness, my press life, thought pieces, Uncategorized

Hello You ladies!

February 17, 2011by laurajb Leave a comment

Last month we had the best London SheSays in some time – a portfolio surgery held at Iris. We had over 70 young ladies bring their portfolios for a night […]

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general brilliantness, LBi, life outside work, She Says, Uncategorized
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The music is the message

October 10, 2010by laurajb 1 Comment

“Like a soundtrack to your thoughts, it’s always nice to know that someone is listening.” – Brooke Dowd Sacco of IncredibleThings.com Playing on the psychoanalysts understanding that if you leave […]

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art, curiouser, general brilliantness, tunes

Sometimes, there’s nothing more to say

January 5, 2010by laurajb Leave a comment

Thanks to Iain Tait for this amazing piece of video wierdness. Seriously. Strange. Stuff.

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curiouser, general brilliantness

New Year’s Evolution

January 1, 2010by laurajb Leave a comment

Its not often I set myself resolutions for the new year – they tend to get in the way of life’s ever-changing priorities. But here goes, a couple of choice […]

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general brilliantness, ideas and inventions

You make me feel like dancing

December 19, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

I wouldn’t usually post such silliness, but its my birthday and a brilliant piece of weirdness.

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curiouser, general brilliantness

Our mobile mobile

December 4, 2009by laurajb 1 Comment

Upcycling. Its environmentally responsible and cheaper than the usual Christmas tat, so at LBi we decided to put our 150-odd old HTC mobiles from a recent upgrade to good use […]

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art, general brilliantness, LBi, social

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current obsessions

  • 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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