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The social winners of Cannes Lions 2018

June 26, 2018

With Cannes Lions ending for another year, Crimson Hexagon took a look back to see which brands and agencies generated the most buzz.

Cannes Film Winner: Tide spoofs Old Spice to take top award

June 25, 2018

A Super Bowl ad for washing powder brand Tide that spoofed other commercials won this year’s Film award at Cannes Lions 2018.

Cannes Lions PR Award: LADBible ‘Trash Isles’ highlights plastic pollution

June 25, 2018

LADBible and Plastic Oceans Foundation created a smart campaign to highlight plastic pollution in the North Pacific ocean with “Trash Isles”, winning this year’s Design and PR Cannes Lions award in the process.

Social and Influencer Lions Winner: Nike takes top prize with ‘Nothing Beats a Londoner’

June 25, 2018

The Cannes Lions award for best of influencer marketing went to a UK-focused Nike campaign that inspired confidence in the capital’s youth.

Cannes Lions highlights: The Power of Big Tech Platforms

June 22, 2018

Do tech giants support open societies or are they a threat to them? Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, chaired a big debate on the subject at this year’s Cannes Lions.

Right to reply: What Instagram’s IGTV means for consumers, brands and creators

June 22, 2018

Instagram’s new launching long form, vertical video platform IGTV is said to be “just like turning on the TV”. Neil Waller, co-founder of influencer marketing platform Whalar, looks at what does IGTV mean for brands, for content creators and for consumers themselves.

Cannes Lions Highlights: Keith Weed on “pioneering purposeful growth”

June 21, 2018

At this year’s Cannes Lions, Unilever CMO Keith Weed discussed how a ‘founder’s mindset’ is the secret to success.

Cannes Lions highlights: Accelerating Creativity in the Age of AI

June 21, 2018

At Cannes Lions 2018, Adobe hosted a panel with Jamie Myrold (Adobe VP of design), Mario Klingemann (artist and “Neurographer”), and Natasha Jen (partner at Pentagram) who discussed an important question to the festival’s audience: How are creative people in the advertising industry going to interact with AI in their work?

Cannes Lions 2018: Highlights from day 3

June 21, 2018

Day Three at Cannes Lions 2018 featured Unilever’s Keith Weed, R/GA’s Barry Wacksman, Apple’s Angela Ahrendts and Jane Wurwand, the founder of Dermalogica. View the video highlights reel below.

Instagram launches long-form video hub IGTV

June 21, 2018

Instagram has unveiled its long-form video hub under the name IGTV, offering a YouTube-like experience for vertical videos suited for mobile viewing.