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Future Lions 2025 Celebrates Bold Thinking and Visionary Talent

Stuart Mitchell

Future Lions, the global competition founded by AKQA in partnership with the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, announced its 2025 winners today. Supported by media partner The Wall Street Journal, Future Lions continues to champion young innovators using technology and creativity to solve pressing global challenges. Now in its 20th year, Future Lions celebrates bold ideas that wouldn’t have been possible just three years ago; transforming visionary thinking into real-world impact. This year’s open brief invited young creatives to choose any brand and explore how technology can help shape…

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Future Lions 2025 Calls on Young Innovators to Shape the Future with Bold Ideas

Stuart Mitchell

Entries are now open for Future Lions 2025, AKQA’s global competition celebrating young creative talent, in collaboration with the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.  Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Future Lions 2025 is proudly supported by The Wall Street Journal as its official media partner. This year’s competition is a bold call for young creatives to unleash their Lion Within, pushing boundaries to imagine innovative solutions that connect audiences to brands in ways that were unimaginable just three years ago Future Lions challenges participants to address issues that matter most to them and their…

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AKQA and Spotify honour Global Innovators at Future Lions 2024

Stuart Mitchell

Future Lions, the annual global competition in partnership with AKQA and the Cannes Lions,  has announced the Grand Prix and winners on the Spotify Beach. This year’s Grand Prix winner is “Break the Sound Barrier.” The winning team will collaborate with Spotify and AKQA to explore ways to bring their idea to life. Future Lions has become one of the most coveted honours for emerging design, creative, and advertising talent. The year’s competition, now in its 19th year, together with partners Spotify and The Wall Street Journal, encourages young innovators…

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AKQA Future Lions launches Tom Bedecarré School of the Year Award

Stuart Mitchell

AKQA Future Lions has launched the Tom Bedecarré School of the Year Award in honour of Tom Bedecarré, AKQA’s Chairman Emeritus. Ajaz Ahmed, CEO of AKQA, said: “Tom Bedecarré’s incredible career is defined by his ability to nurture, guide and develop the next generation of leaders and innovators. Tom has made a unique and lasting contribution to AKQA, for which I will always be immensely grateful. Through his relentless dedication to entrepreneurship and inclusivity, Tom is a brilliant leader who has mentored creators and students to reach the highest peaks…

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Future Lions 2023 Roars for a Safer Planet

Stuart Mitchell

Future Lions, AKQA and Cannes Lion’s annual global competition which celebrates young people’s bold and progressive ideas, is now open for entries. This year’s Future Lions theme is a call for young people to protect what is most important about our home planet – life itself. Celebrating its 17th year, AKQA is proud to announce Volvo Cars as the official client partner and Forbes CMO Network as the media partner for Future Lions 2023. Feeling safe is about much more than physical safety. The rise in awareness of mental health…

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