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BITE LIVE 2018: From Insight to Action

By Kara Melchers

Adventurers, authors, activists, and of course advertising. The stage was set for BITE LIVE 2018 to be a mind-opener. The day promised a look at the industry through different eyes.

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Get me to the polls!

By Izzy Ashton

Although brands have been involved in encouraging voters in the past, the US midterm elections seem to mark the largest push by companies doing what they can to assist the democratic process.

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Demystifying Male Grooming

By Stuart Wood

As a result of the selfie generation’s interest in personal appearance, or simply an overall increased interest in wellness, the male grooming category is booming. But for most guys, it’s still a bit of a mystery.

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Disrupt Ageing

By Izzy Ashton

Advertising needs to focus on the process of ageing, on the person who is ageing, turning their lives into a journey of celebration rather than a sequence of ages to be ticked off.

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Dodging the pitfalls of personalisation

By Sarah Daniel

Long before the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke, people were starting to find the pervasiveness of personalised ads a little unsettling. The public are wary and brands need to take that on board.

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Perfect podcast partnerships

By Kara Melchers

Listening to a podcast is an intimate experience. So, unsurprisingly this attention has made it an increasingly attractive proposition to advertisers.

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Right to fight

By David Sanger

Some brands are shirking the ordinary, the expected and the safe to move in the direction they believe is right.

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Dedicated follower of fashion

By Izzy Ashton

The face of fashion is changing. Whether it’s through diverse casting in ads, technological advancements or retail shifts, the industry is moving to reflect today’s world, our world.

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Not all engagement is equal

By Alex Michael

Meaningful connections break through clutter and give people something to share and talk about, in a space that was originally designed for this to happen.

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The Reality of Loneliness

By David Sanger

Being a loner – or to dispense with the romanticism, lonely – is no longer something celebrated, but something portrayed in its complexity.

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Driving societal change through communications

By Alexandra Marsh

In 2017, global feminine hygiene brand Libresse (known as Bodyform in the UK) recognised a huge issue: women’s periods are largely absent from popular culture.

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Designing for an inclusive world

By Izzy Ashton

The goal is that one day diverse representation and accessible design won’t have to be greeted with surprise. It will simply be reflected in products, systems and amongst designers themselves.

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In love with animation

By Kara Melchers

Whether it’s Disney, Pixar or Studio Ghibli, animation is storytelling unbound by time or reality, that transcends all ages and cultures. Time to abandon the restraints of reality.

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Feeling Nostalgic

By Izzy Ashton

We often look back to the past, to our own pasts and childhoods specifically, to reminisce on those good old days and to attempt to dispel anxiety about our future.

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