(TORONTO & LONDON, March 27, 2008) ihaveanidea, Advertising's Intellectual Archive, proudly announces the addition of D&AD to its growing roster of global industry sponsors.

In support of ihaveanidea's mission to globally promote and nurture the advertising industry, D&AD will be part of ihaveanidea's events and educational initiatives for the coming year.

"We've been big fans of our friends across the pond for a while now so we are very excited to have D&AD on board as an on-going global partner. We look forward to showcasing to North America and the rest of the world all the amazing work and effort they put into maintaining the standard for excellence not only when it comes to making ads but for the industry as a whole." says Ignacio Oreamuno, President, ihaveanidea.

UK-based and not-for-profit, D&AD represents the international design, advertising and creative communities. With its iconic Yellow Pencil award, D&AD sets industry standards and celebrates creative excellence. It educates and inspires the next generation through its student award and education programmes.

“Over the last few years we’ve been making more and more of our content available to anyone with a passion for creativity. Aside from The Annual, we post our lectures online, and our first D&AD Awards exhibition in Japan opened this month,’ said Dara Lynch, Acting D&AD Chief Executive. “We are looking forward to working with ihaveanidea to continue to inspire creatives and students globally.”

About D&AD

D&AD is a not-for-profit organisation that represents the international design, advertising and creative communities. More than any other organisation, D&AD sets industry standards, educates and inspires the next generation and promotes the importance of creativity, innovation and ideas within the business community. Visit D&AD for further information.

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About ihaveanidea

ihaveanidea is Advertising's Intellectual Archive. It is a project with the mission of serving the advertising industry as a centre of self-analysis, intellectual growth and communications portal.

The foundations of the project are based on the idea that disseminating and sharing creative knowledge will benefit all in the industry.

Thousands of creatives from around the world visit the project each month.

ihaveanidea was founded and created by Ignacio Oreamuno, a former art director from Ogilvy& Mather. Several creatives help make the project a reality.

ihaveanidea is sponsored by The Clio Awards , the globe’s most recognized international advertising awards competition; Black Bag, North America’s creative talent attraction consultancy – with practice areas in talent attraction consulting, creative recruitment and strategic career planning and coaching; Future Marketing, which celebrates a wide range of non-traditional marketing and advertising techniques, Human Locator, an interactive visual system developed by Freeset and designed expressly for advertising; Adweek which has the inside stories on: creativity, client/agency relationships, successful global advertising strategies; Beam.TV, a global distribution network that specializes in the immediate digital delivery of advertising across different platforms and countries; Technicolor, the most powerful post-production house for the commercial market; Fuel Industries, North America's leader in advergame development; Eloda an independent third party provider of TV advertising occurrence verification services and VCU Adcenter, a two-year graduate program providing an intensive, real-world education for future advertising leaders in Richmond, Virginia.

For further information, please contact:
Mimi Martinoski
Communications Director
ihaveanidea
Tel: 416.827.0537
mimi@ihaveanidea.org