Random stuff from the world of Mies Paties
Since my colleagues asked me to blog about my experiences @ Cannes Lions 2011 (yes, you know who you are!), here I am jotting down some first thoughts about what is officaly known as the "Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity". Mind that they dropped the word 'advertising' in that label this year.
Up untill now, it has been a pretty impressive experience. It sounds like such a big cliché, but I'm just going to use it anyway: the cream of the crop of the world's advertising is indeed here! The best in art direction, the best insights, the best ideas, the best of pretty much everything. Nearly all of them you wish you had come up with it yourself. It's pretty humbling, I must say. You feel like such a small, insignificant part of a very big community.
Attached some images from the Press Lions shortlist exhibition, which I found impressive either graphically or insightfully. You decide which one is which. More later!
PS: For up to the minute information (if the festivals Wifi allows me), follow me on Twitter or do a Twitter-search on #canneslions. I've also made a Twitter list of all Belgian people at Cannes Lions this year.
