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05/09/2012

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The New Club: An Open Letter to the Industry

The New Club: An Open Letter to the Industry

I just finished reading the Steve Jobs biography, and the one thing I picked up from him is that sometimes organizations have to believe in something that is not proven and gamble it all. It is my feeling that the members of the Art Directors Club want a resource that forces them to become better creative professionals. As the new Executive Director of the Club, I will be betting all my chips on the future—studying, learning, exposing and embracing the changes we face now, and will face in the years to come.

For 92 years (which is older than most of your grandparents), the Art Directors Club has been at the center of the advertising, design and visual communications industries. Huddled around this core, have been agencies and creative professionals that came to the Club for two main reasons: to network and to celebrate the best work created by their peers. It was an easy formula for the members, and an easy matter for the Club to implement year after year.

The social, technological, and interactive environments have instigated substantial change in the industry and in our lives, and this change has forced everything and everybody to evolve. Some of us resisted, some embraced, and some of us are still trying to come to grips with it.

Moving forward, The Art Directors Club is going to be different. We are not going to keep on doing what we have done in the past, rather we are going to throw ourselves headfirst into the uncertainty of change—and revitalize our mission to Connect, Provoke and Elevate. It’s easy to see where the industry is going to be tomorrow, but can you see a year into its future? Three? Five? The role of the new Club will be to start focusing on predicting the things that will come tomorrow, and to empower and educate our members to face these changes.

In an industry that doesn’t really believe in career education or training (ask most creative directors if they have taken management or technical training courses lately), the Club will become more than just a meeting place. It will become the place for our members to learn—and be exposed to topics, technologies and thinking that they won’t find in their day-to-day work experience. The Club will become your part-time University. Whether you drop in for a drink at one of our many events, or visit the websites to read an article or watch a video, I will make sure you come out a changed person and a better professional.

Sometimes you will come out with answers to your questions, sometimes you’ll come out with more questions, but I promise you won’t come out the same. It’s our obligation to you, and it is the challenge I have set for the Club.

Before online social networking came along, people actually used to meet face to face. Those were the days of ‘Humanbook.’ Call me old school, but I plan on bringing that back big time. Most people change jobs like a frog jumping lily pads in a storm, and I have discovered that the best business contacts throughout my life were always the ones that came through unexpectedly at events where I wasn’t expecting to meet anyone.

Our industry is changing so fast that you can’t even buy or write a book about it, because by the time it is published, it’s old news (imagine buying a book on social networks a year ago). The only way to pick up the freshest, latest know-how is to get it straight from the source of the river. The fact that this is usually done over drinks at the Club can’t hurt! Anybody want another cocktail alongside your web 2.0 know-how? I’m in!

You will notice that the Art Directors Club will be focusing a lot of energy on creating new content for the industry. Most advertising associations, non-profits and award shows tend to steer clear of controversial issues. But topics like racial discrimination, the role of women in our business, the debate of comp and agency pitch work, crowdsourcing and the role of award shows should be topics that are dealt with directly, openly and perhaps even harshly. The Club should be the neutral stomping ground where these debates take place, and I plan on facilitating that for all of us to talk, debate and learn from each other. Like Ken Blanchard, a world-renowned speaker said, “None of us is as smart as all of us.”

I know all our members understand that change is here, and instead of shielding you from it, we are going to hold hands together and step forward in unison like an unstoppable force towards it.

I hope you’ll join me.

Ignacio Oreamuno
Executive Director


ADC Board members Rei Inamoto, Robert Wong, Brian Collins and Board President Benjamin Palmer speak about ADC's new direction and leader.

OFFICIAL PRESS STATEMENT

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04/10/2012

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Art Directors Club Announces Global Winners for ADC 91st Annual Awards!!!

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For Immediate Release

Art Directors Club Announces Global Winners
for ADC 91st Annual Awards

Creative Artists Agency takes four Golds for Chipotle “Back to the Start”,
BETC Paris wins three Golds for CANAL+ “The Bear;
Designism and cumulative award winners to be named at May 8 gala during Creative Week in New York.

NEW YORK, April 10, 2012 – The Art Directors Club (www.adcglobal.org), the premier organization for creatives in integrated media and the first global creative collective of its kind, announces the international winners of the prestigious ADC 91st Annual Awards.

In a break from past years, the top ADC Gold Cube winner was not a traditional advertising or design agency: Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Los Angeles landed four Golds and two Silvers in Advertising, Interactive and Motion categories for Chipotle’s“Back to the Start”.  The spot also garnered a Gold in sound design for Duotone Audio Group, New York.  “The Bear” television commercial for CANAL+ was also highly recognized, winning three Advertising Golds and a Silver for BETC Euro RSCG, Paris and a Silver for MJZ, Los Angeles.

Other significant overall winners included School of Visual Arts with nine ADC Cubes, The New York Times Magazine with six (including a pair of Golds, one each in Design and Photography), Heimat Berlin with five (three Silver and two Bronze in Interactive and Integrated), BBDO New York and MJZ, Los Angeles with four, and Google Creative Labs, Leo Burnett Toronto, Leo Burnett Sydney and Pentagram Design with three Cubes each.  This year’s winners represented 24 countries, reflecting the program’s global stature.

The awards will be celebrated during Creative Week at the ADC 91st Annual Awards Gala on May 8, 2012 at Espace (http://www.espaceny.com) in New York.  At the awards gala, the club will announce the  winner of its second-annual ADC Designism Award honoring work for a nonprofit that drives social or political change.  In addition, recipients of this year’s Agency of the Year, Network of the Year, Design Team of the Year and School of the Year honors, based upon a cumulative points system, will be revealed.  The exhibition of winning work opens May 9 at the ADC Gallery with a happy hour cocktail reception, 4:00-7:00 pm, and runs through May 24.

ADC Gold Cube winners in all categories are listed below.

Advertising: 37 ADC Cubes (10 Gold, 12 Silver, 15 Bronze, 14 Merit)

• BBH New York/Google Creative Labs, New York, NY, USA, for Google, “The Web Is What You Make Of It”, Advertising, TV/Film Television Commercial
• BETC Euro RSCG, Paris, France, for CANAL+, “The Bear”, Advertising, TV/Film Television Commercial
• BETC Euro RSCG, Paris, France, for CANAL+, “The Bear”, Advertising, TV/Film Cinema Commercial
• BETC Euro RSCG, Paris, France for CANAL+, “The Bear”, Advertising, Broadcast Craft, Direction
• Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles, CA, USA, for Chipotle, “Back to the Start “, Advertising, Broadcast Craft, Animation
• Duotone Audio Group, New York, NY, USA, for Chipotle, “Back to the Start “, Advertising, Broadcast Craft, Television Music/Sound Design
• Jung von Matt AG, Hamburg, Germany, for Anders Sundt Jensen, Damir Maric, “The Invisible Drive”, Advertising, Ambient/Environmental Stunts/Guerrilla
• JWT Shanghai, Shanghai, China, for Samsonite, “Heaven and Hell”, Advertising, Press Craft, Art Direction
• LOWE/SSP3, Bogota, Colombia, for Ministry of Defense, “Operation Christmas”, Advertising, Ambient/Environmental Stunts/Guerrilla
• Young & Rubicam, New York, NY, USA, for Land Rover, “Pathological Liar “, Advertising, Broadcast Craft, Copywriting

Interactive: 26 ADC Cubes (6 Gold, 12 Silver, 8 Bronze, 4 Merit)

• BBDO Germany GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany, for Daimler AG, “smart eball”, Interactive, Physical Innovation
• Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles, CA, USA, for Chipotle, “Back to the Start“, Interactive, Online Content Original Web Commercials
• DDB Paris, Paris, France, for MINI France, “MINI Maps “, Interactive, Social Online Game
• kempertrautmann gmbh, Hamburg, Germany for edding International GmbH, “Wall of Fame”, Interactive, Website Campaign Site
• Mirada, Los Angeles, CA, USA, for IBM, “Think”, Interactive, Physical Installation
• MUH·TAY·ZIK | HOF·FER, San Francisco, CA, USA, for Call and Response, “Slavery Footprint”, Interactive, Website Campaign Site (micro-site)

Integrated: 12 ADC Cubes (2 Gold, 5 Silver, 5 Bronze, 3 Merit)

• Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, CA, USA, for Sprint, “All Together Now”, Integrated
• Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners, New York, NY, USA, for BMW North America, “BMW ActiveE - A Social Experiment Shaping the Future of Mobility”, Integrated

Design: 47 ADC Cubes (6 Gold, 11 Silver, 30 Bronze, 15 Merit)

• ART+COM, Berlin, Germany, for Deutsche Bank AG, “Anamorphic Mirror”, Design, Environmental Design, Retail/Restaurant/Office/Outdoor or Vehicle
• ayrcreative, Tokyo, Japan, for Daichinomi, “Handmade 2011 Calendar” Design, Corporate/Promotional Design Calendar or Appointment Book
• Happy F&B, Gothenburg, Sweden, for Göteborgstryckeriet, “Lost & Found”, Design, Corporate/Promotional Design, Booklet/Brochure
• Iyama Design, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, for Kamoi Kakoshi Co., Ltd., “mt train, mt expo, mt ex Hiroshima”, Design, Environmental Design, Retail/Restaurant/Office/Outdoor or Vehicle
• The New York Times Magazine, New York, NY, USA, in-house, “What Happened to Air France Flight 447?”, Design, Editorial Design: Magazine Cover
• Serviceplan Gruppe fur Innovative Kommunikation, gmbh & co. kg, Munich, Germany, for Austria Solar, “The Solar Annual Report”, Corporate/Promotional Design, Annual Report

Motion: 15 ADC Cubes (3 Gold, 5 Silver, 7 Bronze, 2 Merit)

• Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles, CA, USA, for Chipotle, “Back to the Start “, Design, Motion Animation
• Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles, CA, USA, for Chipotle, “Back to the Start “, Design, Motion Direction
• Psyop, Los Angeles, CA, USA for Fage, “Plain”, Design, Motion Cinematography

Photography: 18 ADC Cubes (4 Gold, 7 Silver, 7 Bronze, 6 Merit)

• EDG, Condé Nast, New York, NY, USA for Abstract Partners, “POWER Platon”, Photography, Magazine Editorial Miscellaneous
• Harper’s Bazaar, New York, NY, USA, in-house, “The Real Lady Gaga”, Photography, Magazine Editorial Fashion
• The New York Times Magazine, New York, NY, USA, in-house, “On Earth As It Is In Heaven”, Photography, Magazine Editorial Miscellaneous
• TIME Magazine, New York, NY, USA, in-house, “Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience “, Photography, Magazine Editorial Miscellaneous

Illustration: 9 ADC Cubes (1 Gold, 4 Silver, 4 Bronze, 8 Merit)

• Laurence King Publishing, London, UK, in-house, “Let’s Make Some Great Art”, Illustration, General Book (Commercially Published)

Student: 19 ADC Cubes (6 Gold, 7 Silver, 6 Bronze, 7 Merit)

• Art College of Design, Pasadena, CA, USA, drug abuse PSA, "Get the Message", Design, Motion Motion Graphics
• Filmacademy Baden-Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany, for Dirt Devil, “Exorcist”, Advertising, Broadcast Craft, Art Direction
• Miami Ad School, San Francisco, CA, USA, for Homeless Youth Alliance, “Keep the Meter Running”, Advertising, Ambient/Environmental Stunts/Guerrilla
• School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA, in-house, “SVA Portfolio Screening 2011”, Design, Motion/TV Identities/Openings/Teasers
• University of the Arts, Bremen, Germany, for Das Magazin, “Der Schöne Mann”, Design,  Editorial Design/Magazine/Full Issue
• University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA, for Pandora Radio, “Poster Series”, Advertising, Poster or Billboard Promotional

Art Directors Club Creative Week events

ADC 91st Annual Awards Gala:
Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 6:30 pm cocktails, 8:00 pm awards presentation
Espace, 630 West 42nd St. between 11th-12th Ave, New York http://www.espaceny.com
Attire: creative black tie
To purchase tickets, please visit http://www.adcglobal.org/adc/events/calendar/#328.

ADC 91st Annual Awards Exhibition
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 opening, cocktail reception 4:00-7:00 pm
Exhibition runs May 10-24, 2012, Monday-Friday, 10:00 am-6:00 pm, free admission, open to the public
ADC Gallery, 106 West 29th St., New York

The complete list of ADC 91st Annual Awards Gold, Silver, Bronze and Merit winners will be posted shortly.  To view the list, please visit http://www.adcawards.org/winners/.

Keep fighting the good fight.

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03/12/2012

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Sneak peek into the final judging round with the Advertising Jury

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Keep fighting the good fight.


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02/22/2012

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Sneak peek into the judging process with the Photography and Illustration juries

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Keep fighting the good fight.


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12/08/2011

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FULL LEWIS BLACK RANT

Audio NSFW. Keep fighting the good fight. Featuring Lewis Black. Enter now.



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