MRM//McCann launches LAB13 innovation lab in the UK

“We are committed to expanding our innovation offerings across our network, and this latest LAB13 is an important part of that growth,” said Kate MacNevin, MRM//McCann's global CEO. “MRM//McCann was one of the first agencies to intertwine the process of thinking and making at this level, enabling us to offer our clients unprecedented products and services and even further elevating us above our competition.”

This is the fourth LAB13 to open across the MRM//McCann global network, with others already up and running in Detroit, New York, Tokyo and Frankfurt.

The UK LAB13 will specialise in augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality experiences, prototypes and story creation. Its offerings will include innovation consulting, rapid prototyping, user research, tooltime education, content studio and CGI. It includes a collaboration space, innovation workshop and a hands-on tech area where clients can experience the latest in AR, VR, mixed reality and mobile handsets.

The UK LAB13 will also feature MRM//McCann’s HumanTech innovation offering, where agency, client and outside experts work together to rapidly generate ideas for tech-based solutions to help solve specific business challenges, building prototypes and testing them through a design engineering process.

Mark Lund, chief executive UK at McCann Worldgroup, said, “We believe innovation sits at the intersection of human, brand, and technology. We identify the human needs that we can serve meaningfully and then apply our understanding of technology to create a revelatory solution. In this way, we help our brands earn their meaningful role via innovations that deliver. We call this Meaningful Innovation.”

UK LAB13 will be available for all new and existing clients of MRM//McCann, McCann Worldgroup and IPG.