The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity announced that Spotify will be honoured at the annual Festival as the 2018 Media Brand of the Year. Daniel Ek, co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will accept the award on behalf of Spotify and its more than 3000 employees around the world at a ceremony on Wednesday, […]
The indie sock seller, Stance, in partnership with Zambezi, won the mobile category’s gold award at the 2016 Cannes International Festival of Creativity, for its Star Wars sock line’s innovative online shopping experience. Stance had to compete with large name brands such as Target and Walmart, who were spending loads on promoting their own Star […]
The Sydney Opera House’s campaign #ComeOnIn, which was an attempt to attract visitors to come inside the building rather than simply viewing it from the outside, won the mobile category’s gold award at the 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The Sydney Opera House is the most Instagrammed spot in Australia, with over 8.2 million […]
The Samsung Blind Cap, a swim cap that vibrates when swimmers get close to the wall to let them know that they need to turn, won the mobile category’s gold award at the 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Ever since blind swimming became a Paralympic sport over 50 years ago, coaches have been […]
Hashtags for Life, a social media campaign to help expand the Red Cross‘ donor database in Peru, won the mobile category’s gold award at the 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. With a population of over 30 million people, and yet only 1250 registered blood donors, Peru faced a potential catastrophe incase of emergency. […]
The New York Times in partnership with T Brand Studio, Google, GE, and Mini, won the mobile category’s Grand Prix award at the 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for its integration of virtual reality smart phone technology and Google cardboard headsets to provide its readers with an unprecedented virtual reality experience. NYT has […]
At the 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the Swedish Tourist Association along with creative agency INGO Stockholm, won a gold award in the mobile category for their creation of The Swedish Number, which allows people from other countries to call any Swede who has downloaded the Swedish Number App. In 1766, Sweden was the first country […]
WhatsGerman, a language course based on the already existing digital platform, WhatsApp, won the mobile category’s gold award at the 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. WhatsGerman is a language course that is delivered through the messaging platform WhatsApp, and is directed towards the large number of refugees that entered Germany in 2015. Germany […]