Cannes Lions Monday Captured Infographic Style

SapientNitro has taken it upon itself to create an infographic to represent each of five days, Monday through Friday, in Cannes capturing all the goings on at Cannes Lions. Below is Monday's infographic which takes a lok at the history of Cannes Lions, seminar keywords that popped, a summary of the number of entrants and panels, the weather and other local demographics, influencial Cannes Twitter account (ahem, @adrants is on the list), top Foursquare check ins (Gutter Bar and Carlton Bar, of course), popular Instagram pictures, social buzz topics, popular Pinterest pins and, of course, the awards. Check it out.

Read more at: http://www.adrants.com/2012/06/cannes-lions-monday-captured-infographic.php

Gaming Industry Upheaval

In the U.K. the game industry is upset because of the new ads appearing in U.K. government's Change For Life campaign, let's just say it puts them in a negative light and the industry isn't too happy about it. The image of the board-looking child with a joystick in his hands and a headline that included the word death really ticked the industry off. The campaign was only intended to promote a healthier lifestyle not cause riots.

The video game industry's main complaint is that the ad pictured above implies that video games can cause a premature death. Now that certainly isn't true but they cause you to not have very many friends, not very well read, and many other things but not death in my opinion of course.

I have yet to discover who the ad agency behind the print ad above.

Best,
A.B.

A Laugh for the Day

I got this image from a buddy at work. I asked if he was the "Photoshopper" but he said that it wasn't his work. I honestly believe that the American auto-industry is laughing at us. I am almost positive this was some quick Photoshop work and its awesome. I truly appreciate the humor and it tells the auto-industry that consumers aren't stupid, we know what your doing.

Enjoy everyone.

Best,
A.B.