by MarkLives. Ten years ago today, MarkLives debuted on the South African web. Our readers wish us a happy birthday.
Author archives: Herman Manson
#Campaigns: A father & son take the long view
by MarkLives. This week we highlight the “Father’s Share” campaign for Allan Gray by King James II.
#Campaigns: How Nando’s fixed 70k names for spellcheck
by MarkLives. We kick off our new feature by highlighting Nando’s “#rightmyname” by M&C Saatchi Abel, which launched in February 2018.
#DesignIndaba: Architecture & life after disaster
by Herman Manson. Chilean architect, Alejandro Aravena, recounted his experiences in helping to reconstruct the city of Constitución after an 8.8 earthquake and tsunami in 2010.
New MDs for Ogilvy Group, Ogilvy Cape Town
by MarkLives. Luca Gallarelli is now MD of the Ogilvy Group (South Africa); Vicki Buys is now Ogilvy CT MD; and Tassin Albertyn is now head of delivery.
Social media reacts to Absa’s new logo
by MarkLives. Absa has launched its new corporate identity, following its divorce from Barclays.
The kings, James & Al, on trebling agency in last decade
by Herman Manson. Over the course of 20 years, King James Group has established itself as one of the creative drivers in the South African agency market.
BREAKING: The Odd Number buys into Hoorah
by Herman Manson. The Odd Number has acquired a minority equity stake in Hoorah, the digital agency recently launched by Shaune Jordaan, Jay Thomson, Tasmin Kingma and Neil Pursey.
#CannesLions: The 40-year-old Cannes Virgins report
by Jeff Harvey & Glenn Jeffery. We two 40-year old Cannes Lions virgins from Grey SA have teamed up with MarkLives to provide a wide-eyed, slightly sweaty and not-entirely innocent take on Cannes Lions 2018.
#CannesLions: View all the Grand Prix winning work
by MarkLives. With Cannes Lions 2018 done and dusted, we take a look at all the Grand Prix-winning work for this year.