TBWAMedia Arts Lab has promoted executive creative director Duncan Milner to chief creative officer, a position previously held by Lee Clow, who maintains his role as chairman of the TBWAMedia Arts Lab.
Milner joined TBWAChiatDay in 1990 and during the 18 years that he has been a part of the agency he’s worked in six offices (San Francisco, Toronto, St. Louis, New York, Chiat/Los Angeles, and most recently at Media Arts Lab).
Before taking over the creative lead on Apple, Milner had previously worked across many of Chiat’s most award-winning accounts including Nissan, Infiniti, Canadian Airlines, Frutopia, as well as Levi’s and Pedigree. While in Toronto he helped the office twice win Agency of the Year honors in Canada. In 2000, Duncan returned to Los Angeles as creative director on Apple and has since then been leading the creative teams.
Clow, chairman/global director of Media Arts and chief creative officer at TBWA Worldwide, described Milner as “a great talent” and said that “his contribution to Chiat/Day over the last 18 years has been a role model for any creative person here. I couldn’t think of anyone I’d feel more comfortable passing this role on to. He’s truly earned it.”
TBWAMedia Arts Lab, part of TBWA Worldwide, was founded in 2006 and has grown to more than 200 people in four offices (Los Angeles, London, Tokyo and Beijing). Media Arts Lab was created as a unique solution for Apple in order to help connect the brand and its audiences in innovative ways. Media Arts Lab is built with media, digital, and production under one roof, puts media at the center of every idea, and has a way of working which tries to focus on what actually make ideas better. Media Arts Lab also operates as a “lab” for the TBWA Network, sharing its lessons and insights.
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The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
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