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Boards and Boulder Digital Works create digital boot camp

Boards presents Boulder Digital Works is a series of educational workshops set to land in cities around the world to educate industry and agency executives in the digital realm, launching in Toronto in April. CONTINUE

People moves

Jon Kamen (pictured) to chair inaugural Cannes Lions Film Craft jury; Kevin Roddy to chair 2010 AICP Next Awards; People moves at Firstborn, MCBD and GSD&M Idea City CONTINUE

Super Bowl XLIV: The spots, the party, the tweets

Another Super Bowl Sunday has passed, which means another crop of commercials has landed in Boards' inbox. Favorites the Indianapolis Colts may have lost out to the New Orleans Saints in a nail-biting game, but how did the ads compare? Were the commercials during Super Bowl XLIV worth skipping a trip to the toilet for? Not really. But the ads are always worth a look on the Internet afterwards. CONTINUE

Why agencies need to make star quality routine

The Barbarian Group's Rick Webb ponders the tricky question of how agencies can create a lasting legacy once its founders have left. CONTINUE

Q&A: BBDO NY ECD/director of innovation Mathias Appelblad

BBDO, New York announced three new executive creative director hires this week, including Mathias Appelblad, a former interactive creative director at Forsman & Bodenfors, who will also take on the newly-created role of director of innovation. Boards caught up with Appelblad to discuss the new role, the predominance of Swedish creative in the interactive realm and what he hopes to achieve going forward. CONTINUE

People moves

Alex Bogusky (pictured) explains his new chief creative insurgent role at MDC Partners; BBDO, New York hires three new ECDs; Poke co-founder Iain Tait joins Wieden+Kennedy, Portland; Toy, New York to close; People moves at AKQA, Anomaly and Stink CONTINUE

DuckEye venture down the rabbit hole for "Alice & Lewis"

The world author Lewis Carroll conveys between the pages of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is extraordinary enough, but imagine what it would be like to get inside the author's imagination as he was writing the book. Directing duo DuckEye ventured to re-imagine Carroll's mindset in a new promo "Alice & Lewis" for French music collective The Fitzcarraldo Sessions featuring Moriarty. CONTINUE

Logorama, Blomkamp, Bigelow and Back score Oscar noms

Directors Neill Blomkamp and Joachim Back, French collective h5 and RSA Films-repped feature filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow are among the commercial talents up for Academy Awards this year. CONTINUE

FWA Hot Picks: Five great websites from January

FWA founder Rob Ford's five top websites from January include a UGC singalong from Starbucks and BBDO, fighting Japanese robots, Crispin Porter + Bogusky's doppelganger finder for Coke Zero and BBH, London's star-studded MySpace fan video. CONTINUE

People Moves

Epoch Films signs Jessica Sanders (pictured); The Art Directors Club unveils ADC Hybrid jury; AICE Awards add Design category; People moves and new signings at RSA Films, Saville Productions, Blinkart and droga5, Sydney. CONTINUE


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January/February 2010

In the January/February 2010 issue of Boards, we look back at the best network rebrands from the past 10 years, examine the emerging field of interactive sound design and profile a few 'fixers' that directors can't live without when shooting abroad.



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