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My D&AD talk went online today

November 18, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

more about “D&AD“, posted with vodpod

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design, great advertising, my press life

Diesel is on fire!

September 25, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

Goddamn – genius work for a client (though the idea has been done repeatedly online for fun). Its so viral I’ve had it in my inbox from 6 different sources […]

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advertising, curiouser, general brilliantness, great advertising, Uncategorized

Amnesty bullet

September 24, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

I don’t often plug and play a straight-down-the-line bit of TV advertising on my blog, but this piece for Amnesty International France is great. Easy to do good work for […]

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advertising, great advertising

Not a bad effort, that…

September 22, 2008by laurajb 2 Comments

Just got sent this link by a recent Kingston Uni graphic design grad, Paul Calway… Don’t know what it says about his graphic skills (though his portfolio is very nice) […]

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general brilliantness, great advertising

Wicked banner ad for Burger King…

July 21, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

Yes, its called the “Banner of Doom” and yes, its a tie-in with Indiana Jones, but its simply brilliant…

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advertising, great advertising

One Show Interactive Awards – judges picks

July 11, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

Here are our ‘cool’ picks from the entries in this year’s One Show Interactive awards. Courtesy of fellow judge, Mike from Big Spaceship.

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advertising, design, general brilliantness, great advertising, my press life
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Interesting TATE ads – good copywriting!

June 15, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

Moving on from the 2007 D&AD in-book work by Fallon, another great set of ads for the TATE, and a great pleasure to engage with across the tracks.

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advertising, design, great advertising, London

The Wind – Brilliant energy company ad

July 30, 2007by laurajb Leave a comment

You’ve just got to love this splendid film for Epuron, a wind energy supplier.This TVC won a Gold Lion under the film category in the 54th edition of the Cannes […]

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general brilliantness, great advertising

3D Super-Vision Extravaganza

June 13, 2007by laurajb Leave a comment

This is a beautiful piece of work, designed and directed by Federico Reano and Tomás Peña for the opening of the OFFF Festival in Barcelona.Put those red/cyan 3D glasses on […]

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design, general brilliantness, great advertising

Butter me up!

May 29, 2007by laurajb Leave a comment

Some more magical work from Wieden – for Lurpak.The Bread one just made me druel whilst watching TV…Potato: Bread: Mushroom:

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  • 2008: One Show Interactive
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