Creative agency Ben & Libby has picked the National Rural Fire Authority account after a creative pitch understood to have involved two other agencies. PLUS: Bernie, the mascot, faces an uncertain future.
Conveniently enough, there are more than a few creative types who tend to believe the best ideas happen outside of work. Ben Crawford, past The Block NZ winner, co-owner of ad agency Libby & Ben, Herald design columnist and committed coffee drinker is one of them, so he decided to write a book—Built for Caffeine—that tells the design stories behind 20 of New Zealand’s coolest cafes.
Soon after brother and sister pair Libby and Ben Crawford won the first instalment of The Block NZ, they opened their own eponymous creative agency, Libby & Ben. So how’s that working out for them?