AKQA

I've been Cheryl-ed! The tan, the teeth, the nails - it's not just Cheryl Cole's hair extensions that are fake. So could ANYONE look like her if they had the money? We asked Flic Everett to find out...(Features; Femail)
The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/3/2009; 2196 words; ...plucking, and the wrong colour for my hair, a source of great distress to eyebrow threading guru Nina Asgar, at the Cobella Akqa salon in Kensington. 'We should tint them black,' she decides. I have a vision of myself looking like a ventriloquist...

It Pays to Play: Ohio Resident Wins Limited-Edition Volkswagen GTI MkVI by Playing Real Racing GTI Mobile App.
Marketing Weekly News; 11/28/2009; 1202 words; ...short time frame." The Real Racing GTI App, created by leading developer, Firemint, in conjunction with digital agency, AKQA, marks a departure from traditional vehicle introductions by utilizing a gaming app as the sole medium for the launch. By introducing...

MOVES: Saint@RKCR/Y&R.(appoints Jerome Courtial as strategy director, Paul O'Neill as senior strategist, Jamie Woodington as senior art director )(Brief article)
New Media Age; 11/19/2009; 640 words; ...Fox as senior copywriter. Courtial was senior planner at Wieden & Kennedy Amsterdam while O'Neill was strategic planner at AKQA. Woodington and Fox previously held the same positions at Agency.com. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Are U.K. shops losing their touch in the digital world? Droga, Henry: British industry must step up, adopt new skills, mindset.(NEWS)(advertising)
Advertising Age; 11/16/2009; 1792 words; ...agencies were from the U.K. (The Viral Factory at No. 6, AKQA at 8 and BBH at 9), and three were from the U.S (Goodby...at 4). Daniel Bonner, a European chief creative officer at AKQA, said he believes that a new generation of U.K. creatives...

Does the industry need big digital agencies anymore? Production shops go directly to clients in a threat to middlemen.(NEWS)
Advertising Age; 11/16/2009; 1953 words; ...this increasingly complex world, said Tom Bedecarre, CEO of AKQA, a 750-person independent digital agency with six offices...thinkers. It's a fundamental difference. To some extent, AKQA's Mr. Bedecarre agrees. Wrigley's category, he said...