November EMBA module comes to a close in London

Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, our recent EMBA module featured perhaps the most fireworks of any module yet. The John Hunt Presidents' Lecture is already online, and we'll soon post the equally fascinating lecture from Filip Nilsson.

There was a day spent at the Falling Falls conference that included Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, and some of the participants scored tickets to see U2s historic show in front of the Brandenburg Gate. There were visits to Freemantle and the BBC in London, plus a fun PechaKucha night in Berlin where we all learned from Saadi that the white donkey is a symbol of Damascus.

Godfathers Seymour Stein and John Gough shared time with the group, and thanks to Professors Osman, Greenwald, Seebacher and Tabatoni for their hard work in the classroom.

The next module comes at the end of January in the USA, and we're already excited about what's in store.

Stefan Sagmeister collects Lucky Strike Design Award

It's not every day that music artist Lou Reed delivers a laudatio, but that's what Creative Faculty Member Stefan Sagmeister received this week in Berlin. Stefan, who will be meeting our EMBA participants in New York during the upcoming USA module, collected the prestigious Lucky Strike Design Award for his work and was introduced by Reed, for whom Stefan designed album covers.

Image: Stefan speaks at the awards presentation.

The award is given by the Raymond Loewry Foundation, named in honor of the father of American industrial design.

Mark Tutssel to lead Cannes Jury

Congratulations to Creative Faculty member Mark Tutssel, the Chief Creative Officer of Leo Burnett Wordwide, for being named President of the 2010 Cannes Lions Film and Press Juries.

Mark has led Leo Burnett to creative excellence again in 2009, being the third-most awarded agency network at Cannes. We're especially proud of Mark's accolade for Agency of the Year at the Golden Drum Festival, which was earned partly by recent Berlin School graduate Bechara's big sweep.