Travis O'Neill

For years, Cannes Lions has been the highlight of my creative and branding calendar, alongside Forward Festival and Off. Cannes always signals the next wave, the trends the whole industry ends up borrowing from for the next twelve months. This year signalled something entirely different again. 20,050 entries this

This is a part of Symbio's Cannes Lions 2026 wrap-up. Last in this run, and the one that took the top prize of the whole festival. TL;DR for strategists * Suncorp Insurance won the Titanium Grand Prix for Haven, a free digital resilience platform built by Leo

This is a part of Symbio's Cannes Lions 2026 wrap-up. Next in the series, and the biggest partnership win of the festival. TL;DR for strategists * Adidas and Oasis won the Double Grand Prix in Entertainment and Music for Original Forever, a music video marking the band&

This is a part of Symbio's Cannes Lions 2026 wrap-up. Another winner that's stuck with me since the Croisette, this time from the Film Grand Prix. TL;DR for strategists * Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant, won the Film Grand Prix for two dark-comedic