Ship’s log.

The Albion blog. This is where we talk about our news, our people, and what we’ve been working on. It’s more for the PR-ish side of things, so if you’re looking for the sillier, funnier side of Albion, you’ll want our Twitter and Pinterest.

Marketing Society Awards for Excellence 2011

Tuesday 7th June 2011
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Here at Albion HQ, we are extremely pleased to announce not one, but two wins at the annual Marketing Society Awards! giffgaff picked up the award for ‘New Brand’ with Absolute Radio following closely behind... read more

Introducing… Albion Athletic

Thursday 12th May 2011
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This year at Albion, winning pitches won’t be confined to the boardrooms. Introducing Albion Athletic; a crack squad of finely-honed pitching, batting and fielding superstars, focused on taking the London Advertising Softball League by storm.... read more

Unlocking your phone is legal

Wednesday 11th May 2011
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giffgaff don’t sell handsets so members have to re-use handsets or buy new ones that are locked to their “original” network. To highlight that unlocking your mobile phone is not illegal, we created the giffgaff... read more

Albion Society – ‘Hacking Advertising’

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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Today saw our first Digital Shoreditch event take place….The Albion Society! We had a fantastic morning with a great turn out, so thanks to everyone who came along. We kicked off with Mads Holmen (Planning... read more

We’ve Won a Webby!

Wednesday 4th May 2011
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We are very pleased to announce that our work for Air New Zealand has won us a Webby Award! ‘Forget Everything You Know About Flying‘ has scooped the best banner campaign, and we would like... read more

Geek Off: A Tech Pub Quiz

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Digital Shoreditch is right around the corner and if you haven’t heard we’re holding a tech pub quiz on Wednesday along with Latitude. Essentially it will be like any other pub quiz but with questions... read more

Albion Society – ‘Hacking Advertising’ Have you reserved your place?

Wednesday 20th April 2011
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Much has been written about how the music and newspaper industries have been broken and reconstructed by the internet. Less has been written about how the advertising business has been through the same upheaval. Largely... read more

Let Ye Be #dandad2011 Judged

Thursday 14th April 2011
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After a weekend in a conference hall, while the sun shone down from the heavens, I then spent a sunny Tuesday in Olympia judging two briefs for Student D&AD Awards. But I didn’t mind. It... read more

Kapowed

Wednesday 13th April 2011
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Last weekend I went to the launch of Kapow. To ka-what? Kapow. A comic con at – wait, wait don’t click that back button – London’s Business Design Centre in Angel, that plans to be an... read more

Albion Society – ‘The Revolution is Mobilised’ Video

Friday 8th April 2011
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In March, the Albion Society held another breakfast meet up in London. This time, on the topic of Mobile. (Click here for a refresher). We wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who... read more