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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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Rebuild the world with the LEGO Group

Stuart Mitchell

The LEGO Group has partnered with Future Lions, as the first client to set a new brief. Young people are encouraged to use the power of imagination and technology to create a campaign, product, or solution that will help shape the future. Celebrating its 15th year of the competition, AKQA is proud to announce LEGO Group and WIRED as official partners for Future Lions 2021. This year’s theme is a call to action for young people to showcase how creativity is an essential skill set to ‘Rebuild The World.’ The…

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Future Lions 2019: Call for Entries

Stuart Mitchell

Future Lions, AKQA’s global student competition to unearth the next generation of talent, is now open for entries. An undergraduate competition and showcase for inspirational thinking, Future Lions, is run in collaboration with the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. This year’s Future Lions theme is a call to action for students all over the world to reject their inner barriers and ‘Break Through’. Ego, self-doubt and fear of failure kill creativity, but these limits only exist in the mind. Students are encouraged to venture out into the unknown which…

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