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NewBay Media Acquires Broadcasting Cable, Multichannel News



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The Art of Fashion: Installing Allusions (Part 1)

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The exhibition at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam investigates the borders between fashion and art. Today’s fashion designers use installations and performances, and their designs are often more sculptural than wearable. Five of them have been commissioned to make new work specifically for the exhibition continue

Titan Outdoor to close Irish operation

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The Big Issue names Dragons’ Den star James Caan as chairman

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Behavioural targeting still a niche offering for publishers

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Urban Abstract

Un superbe voyage à travers l’espace urbain et grâce à un parcours de 40 clips de 5 secondes visible sur le site web. Une pièce d’art numérique basée sur la collaboration entre le directeur artistique Jopsu Ramu de l’agence Musuta et Shun Kawakami d’Artless Inc.



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Advertising Agency: Grabarz & Partner, Hamburg, Germany
Creative Director: Ralf Heuel
Art Directors: Fedja Kehl, Petra Delitsch
Copywriter: Paul von Muehlendahl
Production Company: Optix Digital Pictures
Film Director: Andreas Pohl, Marcus Geerts
Production Company Producers: Steffi Beck, Tobias Ziegler, Andreas Rothenaicher
Agency Producer: Anne Hoffmann
Computeranimation: Markus Geerts, Michael Gottschalk, Florian Weyh, Marc Goecke
Musikkomposition: Supreme Music
Sound-Design: Supreme Music
Sound engineer: Florian Lakenmacher, Felix Mu?ller, Maximilian Olowinsky
Visuelle Effects: Marcel Lemme, Daniel Brylka, Marina Henzel

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