026 - 2017: Hold my beer.

Jacky Winter Gives You The Business

For us here at JW, 2017 was the year that we developed a pavlovian auto-anxiety response to the New York Time push news alert. Is it too much to ask to not use the same system to notify me that North Korea has launched a missile test with the same one that tells me their annual gift guide is released?

While 2017 has seen its fair share of bullshit to say the least, there were some pretty amazing things happening as well - not to mention the fact that the advertising and design worlds continued to somehow exist and stay relevant, and not get decimated by our new AI overlords.

So to help celebrate the year that was, and what is to come, we thought we’d check in with each other to go over everything from our favourite projects and pop culture obsessions here at JW, all the way to our predictions for the new year and narkiest anonymous comments.

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Intro Links! : Negotiations with bullies and other unreasonable people / The Secret Life of 'Um' / Maker vs. Manager: How Your Schedule Can Make or Break You / How to control your emotions

2017 Wrap Up! (Not a comprehensive list, but most things discussed are outlined here!)

Favourite campaign?
-Spotify
-More Spotify
-Chobani Rebrand
-Awful Recruitment Videos
-State Street Global Advisors, “Fearless Girl”
-KFC Launches an online shop

Favourite Jacky Winter project we worked on?
-Freedom Calendar
-Say Yes to Love
-Oxfam 40 Hour Famine

Favourite new tool or hack you implemented this year?
-The Great Suspender
-Airtable

What happened in 2017 that you feel had the most significant impact on the industry/has the potential to impact the industry?
-Rise of the Consultancies

What were the biggest trends of the year?
-Fauxsaics
-If You High

Favourite pop culture moment?
-Judd Foundation
-James Turrell at Mass Moca
-John McCraken at David Zwirner
-Diddy Crop
-Diddy Stairs

Favourite new artist discovery?
-Concrete Jellyfish
-Tom Blachford
-Austin Maynard Architects
-Nightingale Village

Favourite industry-related event/conference you attended?
-Chandelier Creative Monthly Lectures
-Open Tabs
-Looking Glass
-Creative Mornings Melbourne
-Rare Sydney

Favourite Campaign Brief comment?
-So This Happened in Our Comments Section Today

Biggest industry controversy?
-Pepsi/Kendall Jenner Tone Deaf Ad
-Apparition Media in Newtown

Song/album that had the most airplay in the office?
-Anastacia - I'm Outta Love
-Weyes Blood - Diary
-Alvvays - Antisocialites

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