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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

An old friend pops up…

April 17, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

Found a You Tube posting of my old good friend Ashley Rothschild and his band Caligula (support in Oz for Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Pop Will […]

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life outside work, mates, nostalgia

Brilliant blog for all things creative and kids…

February 11, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

Working on a pitch this week, and came across this gem of a blog from Kathrin Burckhardt and my mate (and great digital planner for hire) Mike Williams. If you’re […]

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general brilliantness, ideas and inventions, life outside work, mates

R.I.P. the human fly. Lux Interior dies at 62

February 4, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

From the earliest memory of seeing a live band (in Newcastle as I was WAY too young to get into the over 18s gig in Sydney) Lux cut an energetic, […]

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general brilliantness, life outside work, nostalgia
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Nemesis: The Champions coming to a bad cable channel near you

December 22, 2008by laurajb 1 Comment

Oh joy upon joys, relaxing on the couch and suddenly before my eyes one of the maddest and baddest ‘secret organisation’ genre TV shows I’ve ever seen, The Champions. I […]

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life outside work
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Christmas bakefest #1 – Cannelés Bordelais

December 14, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

I first had these incredible little chewy cakes at Borough Market over a year ago, and after extensive research tracked down the silicone moulds from a cake suppliers in Paris […]

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general brilliantness, glue, life outside work, London, Uncategorized
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The Decapitator is back!!!

October 2, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

My favourite secret squirrel, the Shoreditch Decapitaor, is back doing what he does best. This was taken on Great Eastern Street this morning, on the way to work…

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advertising, general brilliantness, life outside work, London
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Brilliant signage from Southampton

August 24, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

Something about these just tickled my fancy… From the same complex (with cinema/family restaurants and clubs all rolled into one – but no bowling).

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life outside work, places i've been
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What a great album title this is…

August 21, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

Wonder what it sounds like?

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curiouser, general brilliantness, life outside work

The more you ignore me, the closer I get…

August 19, 2008by laurajb 1 Comment

I’ve been trying to NOT mention Blip.fm all day, but those of you who follow my twitter will have noticed something rather disturbing – I’M TOTALLY ADDICTED TO IT. Actually, […]

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general brilliantness, interweb, life outside work, tunes

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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
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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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