We wish you a Merry Christmas!

It's Christmas and the team at M&a are celebrating with a bit of festive cheer! The decorations are up and the cheer is spreading round the office! The M&a offices will be closed for our annual Christmas break from Monday 24th December re-opening on Monday 7th January. We wish you all a safe and happy holiday and look forward to a successful 2013!

DCN The Next Phase

After the long anticipated and very exciting launch of the Dental Care Network's new brand, website and supporting comms, created by the team at M&a - This week saw the launch of the supporting media campaign.

The campaigns intention is to raise the brand awareness of  DCN and to provide a strong offer to loyal patients. The TVC - Airing today across Australia can be viewed here:

But the fun doesn't end here! we have a Facebook page - that you can check out and 'Like' by clicking here and in the coming weeks we have print Ads and online supporting editorials, banners skins and thought leadership pieces to entice and entertain. It is a campaign set to launch and complement a world class website developed by the team at M&a.

Fuji Xerox 'Mobility Solutions'

A big congratulations to Danielle and her team for their hard work on the Fuji Xerox 'Mobility Solutions' campaign. 

Watch the video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/idRbL_w3RLo

More M&a Birthdays

While everyone in our M&a offices are still working hard, we can't forget that it's nearing the end of the year and there are many celebrations to enjoy. Danielle, Aaron and Sherin from our Singapore office have just turned 18 - meaning they can finally enjoy an alcoholic beverage. Cheers to that!

Karen was in Singapore this week so the team celebrated by enjoying some Salted Egg Yolk Pork Ribs, Crab Meat Omelette and Wasabi Prawns. Any excuse to celebrate!

F5 Agility Forum 2012

The M&a events team travelled to Palmer Coolum Resort on the Sunshine Coast this week to manage F5 Agility Forum 2012.

Over 240 customers and partners attended the event and were treated to a White Party, an Around The World Gala Dinner and a Golf day as well as various technical training sessions. 

A dreamsphere performer wowed guests at the White Party on the opening night.

Delegates enjoying the White Party.

Read more about F5 Agility Forum: 

http://www.arnnet.com.au/slideshow/440575/f5_agility_forum_2012_f5_roadmap_focus_telco_channel_security_mid-market_27_photos_/?image=11

Congratulations to Sara, Shonna and Stephanie for another successful event!

60 Seconds With...

60 Seconds With is the new initiative of our Singapore VP Phil. We will be posting regular interviews with our staff across both our Sydney and Singapore offices so you can get to know us a bit better. 

This week we begin with Celeste, the 'Director of First Impressions' in our Singapore office.

M&a's Creative Department Heads to Melbourne

Last Friday Sydney's creative team (Richie, Mark, Catherine, Luke and Nick) attended the Create Awards Ceremony in Melbourne.

The Awards showcased some of Australia's leading design talent with categories for Print, Interactive, Illustration, Motion, Packaging, Typography, Website, Photography and Identity Design.

The overall winner was an Identity Design for an art installation event in Melbourne called 'Kubik'.  

Kubik: http://kubikmelbourne.com/

M&a Creative loved some of the animation, especially the pieces for Fox Classics that used bold, minimalist graphics to communicate classic films. 

See some for yourself here: Link to Fox Classics: https://vimeo.com/33951933

They were also struck by some of the typographic work - Josip Kelava's 'Metropolis 1920' was particularly beautiful and won the Award for Typography.

The team was impressed by some great design work but it would have been nice to have a little more background on the work we saw or to know the Single Minded Proposition (SMP).

Over the weekend the team had time to wander Melbourne's graffitied laneways, eat delicious Japanese food, visit the Australian Centre for The Moving Image and peruse the shops of Brunswick Street. Melbourne charmed and inspired us with her culture, food, shopping, great bars and chilled-out vibe.