2019 Press Releases

More than a T-shirt: Notes from Creative LIAisons 2019 by Tess Evans

14 October 2019
 
 
 

What we learned from the judges

 
 
 
 

What we learned from the speakers

1. Be more Pum. Pum Lefebure is one of those people who inspires you without trying to, through her personality and work. In her gentle, genuine way you could see she loves what she does and won’t compromise on her vision. We’ve already ordered prints of her Hong Kong ballet work as a reminder to stay optimistic and find inspiration in everything. The new campaign video's fantastic too.

2. Find the opportunities already in your hands. Malcolm Poynton showed us there are no excuses, you can make an outstanding campaign for the clients you already have. He shared examples – including the Black Supermarket campaign for traditionally conservative French supermarket Carrefour – to illustrate what you can achieve if you dig deep into the clients you have and find a story or cause worth pursuing.

3. Put as much time into planning the presentation of your idea as you do into the idea itself. We are certainly guilty of not doing this…while moaning how hard it is to get great ideas through. So Matt MacDonald's talk on presenting your work was invaluable. Here’s a summary of the key things we’ll be implementing:
 

 
 
 

 What we learned from other creatives

1. If you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong. Nothing is as bonding as laughter, and it leads to great results too. In the Great Guns workshop, we were grouped with creatives we had never met from Canada, Austria and Germany and given four hours to create a 6 second video. It was undoubtedly a shared sense of humour that got us to this winning entry. That, and some pretty stellar fake vomit.

2. Don't get lazy. At the upper end of the ‘young creative’ age range, we met some people almost a decade younger. They are brilliant. As a borderline technophobe I'm already doing my homework to keep up. Mashable helps.

3. Copywriters en masse get nerdy fast (don’t get me started on the oxford comma). Art Directors en masse compare tattoos.

 

What we learned from Las Vegas

 

1. What happens there stays there. Mostly, it turns out, because it's impossible to describe. Vegas is a weird place.

2. Sleep is for the weak.

3. Roulette is not our game.

This only really scratches the surface of everything we experienced during Creative LIAisons 2019. We've come away with so much to implement in our work, a broader outlook of our industry and new friends around the world.