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Three golds for Y&R Dubai as records tumble
This evening was all about Y&R Dubai as regional records tumbled at the Palais de Festivals in Cannes. During an unprecedented awards ceremony, Y&R won three golds, four silvers and four bronzes in the press and design categories, taking its total awards haul for the festival to 14, with three days still to go. With [...]
Agencies haul in two golds and six silvers
Two golds, six silvers and three bronzes were won by the region’s ad agencies at the Palais de Festivals last night. Y&R Dubai and JWT Cairo struck gold in the outdoor category, whilst Memac Ogilvy Label picked up four silvers across the outdoor, media and mobile categories for its ‘Mobilising the 12th man’ campaign for [...]
Press and outdoor provide regional boost at Cannes
Agencies across the Middle East and North Africa have notched up a collective 56 shortlists during the second day of the Cannes Lions festival. The shortlists for media, mobile, press and outdoor were released this morning, with Y&R Dubai leading the way thanks a strong showing in both press and outdoor. In total there are [...]
MENA region off to a slow start at Cannes
Promo & activation proved to be the most fruitful of the Cannes Lions shortlists released on the first day of the festival. Four nominations were received in the category yesterday, with DDB Dubai’s ‘Conversations’ for Al Manzil School, JWT Cairo’s ‘Fakka’ for Vodafone, JWT Dubai’s ‘Bookends’ for Kinokuniya, and Memac Ogilvy Label’s ‘Mobilising the 12th [...]
D&AD recognises handful of regional agencies
A handful of regional agencies have made a mark at this year’s D&AD Awards. TBWA\Raad, Y&R Dubai and Memac Ogilvy Dubai have all received ‘In Book’ accolades, although at the time of going to press no Middle East agency had received nominations in any category. Y&R Dubai’s ‘Pelicans’ will be included in the 50th D&AD [...]
Y&R Dubai crowned agency of the year for third year in a row
Y&R Dubai has won the Dubai Lynx agency of the year title for the third year in a row. The agency is now the most awarded in Dubai Lynx history in terms of major awards, with last night’s awards show seeing it win the design grand prix for Land Rover’s ‘Personal Extinction Prevention Book’ and [...]
Y&R leads in Dubai Lynx shortlists
The majority of shortlists for this Wednesday’s Dubai Lynx awards have been released, with Y&R, JWT, Leo Burnett and Memac Ogilvy clocking up the most nominations. Y&R Dubai has the highest number of shortlists in the print, print & poster craft, design, radio and direct categories, making it a front runner to retain its agency [...]
Leo Burnett Beirut and JWT take top honours at Cristals
Leo Burnett Beirut has been named agency of the year and JWT network of the year at the MENA Cristal Festival’s final awards night. The Beirut office of Leo Burnett was helped to its title by the integrated grand Cristal for Cafe Super Brasil’s ‘Read the country’s fortune’, while JWT built on last night’s performance [...]
Harvey Nichols – Autumn/winter 2012
Project Autumn/Winter 2012 Client Harvey Nichols Creative agency Y&R Dubai Creative directors Shahir Zag, Kalpesh Patankar Copywriter Shahir Zag Art director Kalpesh Patankar Planner/account manager Nazek Fawaz Production company Illusion CGI (Bangkok)
Interesting Times bags grand prix at the Effies
Beirut-based boutique agency Interesting Times has won the Gemas Effie grand prix for the second year in a row. The agency picked up the award for its ‘The Last Summer on Earth’ campaign (above and below) for Lebanese Brew, capitalising on its grand prix for the same client last year. It also won gold. In [...]


