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USAToday sum up USAs results of Cannes Lions 2008. See videos and PDFs here: http://www.usatoday.com/

German ad agency Scholz & Friends won a bronze in Cyber Lions 2008 for the jobsintown.de screensaver. See how the osX Flurry screensaver really works!

http://www.avocada.de/2008/en/jobsintown/screensaver/

Apparently its for Nissan Pathfinder and seems to have won a Cannes Lion. Funny, but eh… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqhI1D4_lCk]

And found some more: “Jeep, Bouncy and fun”[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LG3XxidVxo]

And finally one from Toyota: “I Love Air Conditioning” (any surprise here that this one is from Latin America..?)[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHUUDHufeN8]

The Swedish mag has gathered 5 sites that are good for designers wanting to promote themselves online:
http://capdesign.idg.se/2.990/1.161853

the results are in:
http://www.dandad.org/awards08/index.asp

and these are the categories:
Ambient
Art Direction
Book Design
Branding
Broadcast Innovations
Digital Installations
Direct
Environmental Design
Gaming
Graphic Design
Juries I-P
Illustration
Integrated
Magazine & Newspaper Design
Mobile Marketing
Music Videos
Online Advertising
Packaging Design
Photography
Poster Advertising
Press Advertising
Juries P-W
Product Design
Radio
TV & Cinema Advertising
TV & Cinema Crafts
TV & Cinema Graphics
Typography
Viral
Websites
Writing for Advertising
Writing for Design

I particullary like the Yellow pencil winner for Writing for Advertising (TV & Cinema Advertising)
Title: Michael Madsen
Agency: Mother
Client: Orange

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcLjYggK6Q4]

One of my favourite ads, and really explaining how I feel right now…[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG54zkltpGQ]

Brandchannel:

The Brandjunkie survey results: http://www.brandchannel.com/features_effect.asp?pf_id=415

A concentrated dose of the Brandjunkies results http://brandchannel.com/features_effect.asp?pf_id=416

Check out the interview by the two founders, Javier Carrasco and Miguel Olivares. Not only are they really creative, they are really nice guys too! http://current.com/e/88859345

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go_VtqtxCHY]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRKIDdIaFyE]