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Young Guns in the House

SoniaB — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:38:03 +0000

The creative teams behind the Guide Dog Interviews and IKEA Holidays radio have picked up a couple of Bronze at Young Guns, which makes the rest of us feel kinda old. Nice work!

Acclaim for Add A Motor To It

SoniaB — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:52:05 +0000

Add A Motor To It has been named runner up in the latest round of the IAB Creative Showcase, an online award for creativity in digital advertising.

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Agency of the Year

SoniaB — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:01:59 +0000

We’ve just been named B&T Ad Agency of the Year for the second year running. We also picked up Campaign of the Year for The Ship Song Project for Sydney Opera House and our friends and collaborators at The House were named Marketing Team of the Year. Some people call it a trifecta, others might call it dumb luck.

Hedgehug: A Sharp Lesson in Love

SoniaB — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:59:47 +0000

Self-confessed prickly character, and talented copywriter, Benn Sutton, has released a children’s book called Hedgehug: A Sharp Lesson in Love. It’s the tale of Hedgehug, a lonely hedgehog, searching for someone to accept his heart on Valentines Day. Yep, it’s based on a true story and is as cute as it sounds. Buy one.

This is Benn’s first book, the second Hedgehug book will be out next year.

New Caxtons Chairman

SoniaB — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:21:01 +0000

Resident monkey, Justin Drape has been named the new Caxtons chairman. He takes over from Rob Belgiovane, who is stepping down from the role after four successful years.

Caxton Awards 2011

SoniaB — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:35:04 +0000

We picked up 2 Caxton Awards this year for our IKEA Great Indoors Awards campaign.

Monkeys’ Digital CD Jay Gelardi launches Twitter Swearbox for Charity

SoniaB — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:41:14 +0000

Resident Monkey, Jay Gelardi has has come up with a way to make swearing charitable – Twitter Swearbox.
How does it work? Log on to CharitySwearbox.com and the clever little app recognises all of your recently tweeted swear words and suggests a reasonable donation. If you’ve been good and not sworn at all, you can let rip with a swear-filled tweet right there in the app and select from a list of charities and donate via Paypal. Those who choose to connect their Twitter account will receive a monthly reminder with a tally of all their bad words, so the benevolence continues. Fucking marvellous.