Through the International Festival of Creativity, Cannes' YouTube page, we bring to you a series of ‘Cannes Learnings’ from 2012.
Here we feature snapshots from MTV president Stephen Friedman and Twitter CEO Dick Costolo’s sessions at last year’s Festival.
In conversation with singer and actress Selena Gomez and American film director Jon Chu, Friedman explained what defines Generation Y. Noting that this generation called itself creative and self-expressive, he also said that the generation born after 1980 wanted brands to listen to them and include them.
This video shows Costolo comparing an artist’s Sunflower Seeds installation to Tweets about Arab Spring. Through this, he elaborated on how Twitter as a platform shows highly personalised views of users.
The Pinterest Predicts 2026 report shows Gen Z using the platform to trade viral chaos for slower, highly curated lives. This means that making pen pals, maximalist brooches, and outdoorsy, explorer-coded fashion is back in again.
In a world inundated with travel imagery, where every scroll reveals another sunset, skyline, or stamp-worthy escape, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi and Pickyourtrail manage to carve out a distinct space with Smash the Ordinary.