BC Business
Lotus Awards Vancouver Convention Centre November 9, 2012 The Lotus Awards were established more than 20 years ago as an advertising event to highlight the outstanding creative work of individuals, companies and agencies in B.C. Today, it has expanded into recognizing design, interactive, social media and now a new student category.
Team from Rethink, from left: Sofia Pona, art director/designer; Rob Tarry, partner and associate creative director; and Nicolas Quintal, creative director of Rethink Communications. Rethink won in several other categories. Last year, they won 21 awards.
From left: Paul and Catherine Runnels of Brand Live Group, with Matt Watson of Cineplex. Brand Live Group produced the Lotus Awards 2012 event.
David Brodie (l), VP Western Canada at Citizen Optimum PR, with John Hall, SVP of Strategy at Dare. Dare is a U.K.-based agency which Cossette acquired in 2007. Dare won Best Newspaper Single and Best Design Miscellaneous at the 2012 Lotus Awards.
From left: Garnet Nelson, principal at Score Marketing Inc.; Cameron Kusch of BC Place, and Andrew Grant of Vizeum Canada.
Noise Digital’s designer Cheery Hung (l), and associate creative director Brian Krenzer.
Designers Chloe Lan (l) and Shannon Craver of Karacters/DDB Canada.
From left: Steph Santiago, account director at TAXI; Andrew Passas, design and direction at TAXI; and Kailey Spooner, marketing communications at Telus.
Falen Dunne (l), assistant strategist at OMD, withTonia Mattu, national account manager at Metro News and the Toronto Star.
Gunther Sturhahn (l), VP at Spicers Western Canada, with Scott Gray, VP Branding at Metropolitan Fine Printers.
From left: Stuart Ince, partner and client services director at i2i Advertising & Marketing Ltd.; Chris Bedford, president and CEO of Karo Group; Bob Faulkner, owner of Metropolitan Fine Printers; and wife, Tina Faulkner.
Team from TAXI, from left: Emily Oliphant, Andrea Dieleman, Ariel Laakso and Lori York.
From left: Henry Slaughter of BMO Nesbitt Burns, Alexis Young and Megan Lynch of Capilano University’s IDEA program. The Lotus Awards recently introduced a category for students.
The Lotus Awards were established more than 20 years ago as an advertising event to highlight the outstanding creative work of individuals, companies and agencies in B.C. Today, it has expanded into recognizing design, interactive, social media and now a new student category.
These awards have evolved as much as advertising itself, and is a reflection of what captures our interest as a society, how we communicate and how we share information. Congratulations to Cossette, Advertiser of the Year, and to all of the other winners and nominees.