How a Year Without Awards Offered Fresh Perspective and Also Showed Their Necessity
Though it was a nice break, it’s great to have it be over

When Publicis Groupe announced they would take a year off from festivals, there were a lot of fears. Many of them didn't become reality.
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I’ll admit it, I really love winning awards. I’ll also admit, I really don’t love work that was only created to win awards.