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The very obsessive world of Gregor Schneider

January 10, 2014by laurajb 1 Comment

I had the most fantastic gallery experience for some time today, at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney. A completely immersive, chilling and uncomfortable step into an artists obsession. […]

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art, Australia, general brilliantness

Old superheroes don’t die, they just splutter out

January 3, 2014by laurajb 1 Comment

Andreas Englund is an incredible Swedish artist that I came across recently courtesy of Juxtapox. There’s something really pleasurable about the thought of The Phantom, squeezed into his lycra bodysuit […]

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art, general brilliantness

Top three tracks of 2013

January 1, 2014by laurajb Leave a comment

As lists are the thing of the moment, here are my top three tracks from the last year: 1) Daughter: Youth Every time I listen to this a tear runs […]

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general brilliantness, tunes

Ever wished you still believed in Santa?

December 22, 2013by laurajb Leave a comment

For Christmas this year, Mr. President decided to help. We set up a Google Hangout, where stage hypnotist Jon Patrick ran a 20 minute session, aimed at making you feel […]

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general brilliantness, Mr. President

Horror Stories and Industry Fuck-ups

October 31, 2013by laurajb Leave a comment

Think you’re alone working with diva colleagues and spaced-out clients? Had your fair share of production failures? Suffered at the hands of ‘Reply to all’? Then last night was a […]

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advertising, D&AD, design, film, London, mates, thought pieces

Google speaks the truth about gender equality

October 24, 2013by laurajb Leave a comment

A wonderful, wonderful campaign by Ogilvy & Mather Dubai for UN Women, showing that gender inequality is a global problem. The ads simply use google to show the top auto-fill […]

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advertising, general brilliantness

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

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

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

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

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  • 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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