{"id":11881,"date":"2019-07-28T17:55:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T11:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/?p=11881"},"modified":"2019-07-28T18:23:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T12:23:33","slug":"the-66th-cannes-lions-international-festival-of-creativity-takes-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/the-66th-cannes-lions-international-festival-of-creativity-takes-place","title":{"rendered":"THE 66TH CANNES LIONS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CREATIVITY TAKES PLACE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Art Directors, Strategic Planners, Copywriters \u2013 you name it! People working in the creative industry all across the globe hone their skills, create their masterpieces and work all day for this one particular event. The highly anticipated event of the year. The one that never seems to lose its charm. The congregation of creative minds from all parts of the globe \u2013 the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Ever since its inception in 1954, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has been bringing the creative communications industry together every year at its distinctive event in Cannes to network, learn and witness the spectacular power of creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">This year the event has witnessed its highest ever participation in its history. Over 100 brands were set to speak on the stage \u2013 an increase from 57 in 2017 and 85 in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Awards-night_smaller.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11890\" src=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Awards-night_smaller-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Awards-night_smaller.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Awards-night_smaller-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Awards-night_smaller-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>KEYNOTES AT CANNES LIONS 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Apart from all the dynamic brands snatching awards in multiple categories due to their brilliance, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity had even more to offer to the participants. Here is an insider\u2019s look into some of the various keynotes that were presented by the industry veterans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Looking into Where Entertainment is Headed<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">World-famous American actor Jeff Goldblum, known for his roles in Jurassic Park as well as Thor: Ragnarok, took us into a deep dive of Entertainment\u2019s future. He pointed out the fact that there might be countless challenges that the Entertainment industry will be facing; particularly due to issues stemming from user\u2019s affordability. However, he seems to end the keynote on a positive tone \u2013 highlighting the fact that the endless possibilities of the Entertainment industry are much more likely to take over the roadblocks and obstacles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Getting Old and Dealing with Creative Blocks<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u201cI think the more you show people how you are filled with youthful vigor, the higher are the chances of appreciation \u2013 not just from the elders but from the younger generation as well. It kind of gives youngsters a reason to believe in, a little sigh of relief in understanding the fact that getting old is\u2026fun!\u201d, said Maye Musk in her keynote speech. Elon Musk\u2019s mother went on to preach the audience that getting old is merely a bodily phenomenon and has little to do with creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>The Disappearance of Creativity among the Admen<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Forrester\u2019s Principal analyst Jay Pattisall expressed his concerns about the admen of today. \u201cWe\u2019re so obsessed being customer-centric marketers that can solve every little customer needs and wants with the ease of convenience and technology, that we\u2019ve forgotten a very important ingredient \u2013 creativity. We\u2019ve overfunded technology and underfunded creativity\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Apple Inc. Wins Cannes Lions\u2019 2019 Creative Marketer of the Year<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Walking into the footsteps of legendary brands like Google, Unilever, Coca Cola, etc., this year&#8217;s Cannes Lions\u2019 Creative Marketer of the Year award has been won by the late innovation maverick Steve Job\u2019s beloved Apple Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The jury has stated that the reason behind Apple Inc. winning the award is because the company \u201chas created a culture that drives marketing strategies ensuring its customers are true ambassadors for the Apple brands\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Apple\u2019s VP of Marketing Communications stated, \u201cWe are humbled to receive this prestigious award. Apple has always believed that creative, passionate people can change the world for the better. We make tools that are designed for those people.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>MAJOR TAKEAWAYS FROM CANNES LIONS 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>The Emergence of New Platforms<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Mature and newly emerging social media channels have already started to play their active roles in shaping the digital landscape. Gaming platform Twitch has already amassed more than 15 million unique daily visitors; spending an average of 95 minutes \u2013 while actively engaging with others. Tiktok has already taken over the world by storm by its funky features and ease of usability. It\u2019s going to be an exciting journey ahead \u2013 looking into how various brands will be integrating their stories with these platforms in a pursuit to delight their audiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Portraying \u2018Purpose\u2019 as a Theme<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Global communications firm Edelmen has released a special report during the festival named \u201cIn Brands we trust?\u201d which accumulated data in pointing out that people\u2019s \u2018trust\u2019 on a brand has a significant impact on affecting his\/her purchase decisions. Hence, messing around with a consumer\u2019s trust or deceiving them in some way might prove to be detrimental for a brand\u2019s long-term growth. The keywords \u2018trust\u2019 and \u2018purpose\u2019, as well as words revolving around similar themes, also result in turning a brand into a lovemark. The New York Times\u2019 \u201cThe Truth is Worth It\u201d is surely a perfect example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Making Brand Experiences Accessible<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Marketers and innovators have been on a constant purpose to make the entire brand experience accessible for the everyday customer, i.e. they strive to create a holistic process for the brand so that the customer not only uses its services\/products but rather become part of the brand\u2019s story. IKEA has garnered a lot of praise over the years for their comfortable furniture. Now they have gone beyond the norm and decided to create furniture for disabled people. By partnering up with 2 NGOs and creating a hackathon, the brand was able to identify the key issues that disabled people face while using their products. They put their product engineers to work and pretty soon, came up with a portfolio of furniture that seemed to be comfortable for anyone \u2013 under the platform named ThisAbles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>NOTABLE GRAND PRIX WINNERS AT CANNES LIONS 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Creative Strategy \u2013 Volvo (by Forsman &amp; Bodenfors)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Creative-Strategy-Volvo-EVA-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11896\" src=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Creative-Strategy-Volvo-EVA-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Creative-Strategy-Volvo-EVA-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Creative-Strategy-Volvo-EVA-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Revolving around the data that women are 71% more likely to be involved in a car crash and have 17% more chance to die when compared to their male counterparts, renowned automotive company Volvo has launched \u201cThe E.V.A. Initiative\u201d. With E.V.A. being the acronym for \u201cEqual Vehicles for All\u201d \u2013 Volvo has ventured out on a pursuit to make cars safe for all. The company\u2019s Accident Research Team has compiled real-world data dating back from as long as 1970 to analyse the pre and post scenarios of a car collision. Involving both male and female dummies during car testings, they have unearthed insights that allow their cars to be safe for both the male and female passengers. And the most noble part of this creative campaign is that they have unveiled their entire research for the mass; allowing people to look into how Volvo is not only creating state-of-the-art automobile solutions but are also playing an active role in making lives safer on the road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Direct \u2013 Burger King (by FCB New York)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Burger-King.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11897\" src=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Burger-King.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">If you are a marketing enthusiast, it\u2019s almost not necessary to inform you about the infamous rivalry between McDonald\u2019s and Burger King. The two fast food giants from the US have gone head to head quite a couple of times over the last few years, but this time \u2013 it\u2019s the King who has become the undisputed champion; and that too in such a hilarious fashion that it left a million consumers speechless. McDonald\u2019s clearly has the upper hand in terms of outlet numbers as they have almost twice as outlets in the US compared to Burger King. However, Burger King has notoriously used mobile technology to turn the entire phenomenon upside down. They have updated their Burger King app, which includes an order-ahead feature. However, the best part is that you can order a Whopper Sandwich for merely 1 cent only if you\u2019re within 600 feet of a McDonald\u2019s outlet. The campaign literally exploded as customers started ordering Whoppers standing near the vicinities of McDonald\u2019s outlets; often asking the irritated McDonald\u2019s attendant for the nearest Burger King outlet\u2019s location. Named as \u201cThe Whopper Detour\u201d \u2013 the campaign has managed to sum up incredible numbers for the brand \u2013 with the Burger King app being the most downloaded app in only 48 hours; jumping all the way to the top from 686. Burger King\u2019s internal data has confirmed that mobile sales have tripled during the campaign and is 40 times bigger than that of any other Burger King\u2019s digital campaigns. Most importantly, the sheer essence of mischief embedded at the core of the campaign while people heartily laughed away; while of course, gulping down their Whoppers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Design \u2013 Google<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Creatibility2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11904\" src=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Creatibility2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Creatibility2.jpg 762w, https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Creatibility2-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Technology giant Google snatched the award for the best design project thanks to their latest initiative \u2013 \u201cCreatability\u201d. It is a set of experiments made in collaboration with other teams of innovators that allow physically challenged people to play around with creative tools. With the help of machine learning and AI, these individuals can now draw, paint, create their own music, etc. The entire portal is filled with experiments that seem impossible at first, but has been brought to reality with the help of human-centred designs. So feel free to amaze yourself as you get to witness the \u2018unthinkables\u2019 \u2013 playing a keyboard with your face, making music just by moving your body or even expressing music visually! To make the platform even more accessible, Google has shared the open-source code and has thus allowed other talented programmers their own experiments as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Entertainment for Sport &#8211; Nike (by Wieden + Kennedy Portland)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Dream-Crazier.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11898\" src=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Dream-Crazier.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"387\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">This particular category has been newly introduced into the vast plethora of all other award categories and no other brand deserves the inaugural award more than Nike does for their \u2018Dream Crazy\u2019 campaign. The entire thing begins with Nike designing a campaign for their 30th anniversary. All things were perfect until the moment they associated the brand with Colin Kaepernick, an NFL athlete who refused to stand up during the American National Anthem as a sign of protest towards the country\u2019s widely growing police brutality. Within a few days\u2019 notice, people started to completely go against the brand; even showing extreme dissatisfaction by burning their own Nike apparels. But on the flipside, their reach and exposure grew like wildfire. The massive buzz on social media resulted in Nike in achieving $43 million worth in media exposure; whereas a Super Bowl ad spot in 2018 was worth $5.2 million. Thus, staying true to their brand enabled Nike to get the first-ever Grand Prix in the new category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>PR \u2013 The Female Company (by Scholz and Friends)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/The-Female-Company.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11899\" src=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/The-Female-Company-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/The-Female-Company.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/The-Female-Company-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/The-Female-Company-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The Female Company, known for their female hygiene brands, has won a Grand Prix in PR for its latest campaign \u201cThe Tampon Book: A Book Against Tax Discrimination\u201d. In order to portray the unfairness of tampons being labeled as \u2018luxury goods\u2019 and thus being taxed at 19% by German tax officials, the company came up with a line of books with tampons hidden between the pages in a secret compartment. While the idea already won hearts of many, the pages contained drawings, articles related to menstruation \u2013 thus serving as tokens of inspiration for all women out there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Print &amp; Publishing \u2013 An Nahar (by Impact BBDO Dubai)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">A blank edition of the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar earned the Grand Prix in Print and Publishing at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. In the campaign, the newspaper published a completely blank edition\u2014a response to the political gridlock that left Lebanon without a working government for several months. The thinking behind the campaign was that if the politicians aren&#8217;t working, why should anyone else?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">After the blank edition\u2019s release, the newspaper\u2019s editor-in-chief encouraged citizens to use it to write their own headlines and send messages to politicians, over social media. Ultimately, &#8220;The Blank Edition&#8221; went on to become the best-selling edition of the newspaper, earned global coverage in 100 publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and the BBC and achieved 5 million dollars worth of earned media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>GREY ADVERTISING BANGLADESH WINS THREE CANNES LIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">GREY Advertising Bangladesh Limited has bagged three Lions at this year\u2019s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The agency won all the three awards for their project UCB AgroBanking Powered by Shwapno.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The awards were: Silver Lion in Brand Experience &amp; Activation category, Silver Lion in Sustainable Development Goals category, and Bronze Lion in Mobile category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">This is indeed a remarkable event in the history of Bangladeshi advertisement industry. This is the second time any Bangladeshi campaign has won an award at the Cannes Lions. The first-ever award for a Bangladeshi campaign was for \u2018Zero Electricity Air Cooler\u2019 campaign in the year 2016, which was also executed by GREY Advertising Bangladesh. The project had won Gold Lion in the Product Design (Solution) category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/agro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11903\" src=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/agro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/agro.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/agro-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bbf.digital\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/agro-768x544.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The winning campaign of this year, UCB AgroBanking is the world\u2019s first initiative to transform fresh fruits and vegetables\u2014into bank accounts. AgroBanking allows farmers to open micro-savings accounts in exchange for their produce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">UCB partnered with the largest grocery chain in Bangladesh, Shwapno, to purchase such goods at fair prices. Through its massive farmer and distribution network, Shwapno can deliver the fresh fruits and vegetables to stores across Bangladesh, finally giving farmers the opportunity to join the formal economy, reduce inequality and help them grow their business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">According to GREY, in just one month since its execution, 750 new accounts were opened, 58 tons of produce were collected, 40+ media impressions were generated and 115 villages asked to join AgroBanking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">That was pretty much what this year\u2019s biggest festival of creativity had to offer. From global brands coming to showcase their extraordinary prowess in storytelling to the world\u2019s most talented marketers sharing their thoughts regarding the industry \u2013 the entire experience left the participants wanting for more. And this immense desire, this unquenchable thirst will never be fulfilled. Because, it is this uneasiness that makes the creative jump out from their beds at night, jot down ideas on notebooks and then go on to create amazing masterpieces. Ideas, Stories, and Creativity \u2013 all by the amazing French panorama. An event where creative rebels yearn to come back year after year. For ideas are evergreen; and so are the creative souls that harbor them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: open-sans; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">By Farhat Chowdhury<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art Directors, Strategic Planners, Copywriters \u2013 you name it! People working in the creative industry all across the globe hone their skills, create their masterpieces and work all day for this one particular event. The highly anticipated event of the year. The one that never seems to lose its charm. 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