LOS ANGELES – The New York Times and Los Angeles Times have announced hundreds of job cuts as the West Coast paper named its head of digital, Russ Stanton, as the paper’s new editor, the fourth in three years.
ESC – Enter Spanish Creativity, edited by CLA-SE (Amazon USA UK).
Been lazy with the book reviews this month so i’m slowing going back to business with an easy one.
Publishers Actar says: Every system needs an escape valve, a decompression mechanism. In professional graphic design, this escape device is more than the ‘escape’ (esc) on a keyboard; it is the visual seduction by new and experimental formulas. This is the defining concept of emergent Spanish design today. Spain has become an international laboratory where creators from all over the planet retro-nourish and influence one another.
Works by Basedesign, Ipsum Planet, Enric JardÃ, Paco Bascuñán, among many others.
I love Spain. They make my favourite food (tortilla de patatas), the most wonderful landscapes, some of my favourite activists (list is too long) and architects (or both as in the case of Santiago Cirugeda), some of the smartest blogs in my rss readers (again, way too long but you can try this one), etc. As my Italian (and slightly annoyed) boyfriend would tell you i could go on for hours.
Design from the latest collection of José Miró (Pasarela Cibeles)
Maybe the most appealing characteristic of Spain is that while visiting it you keep on switching from the utterly ridiculold-fashioned to the very edgy. ESC has a lot of the latter and nothing of the former.
The design studios selected in ESC are ordered alphabetically. Each designer showcases up to 4 works and has a little bubble space to explain what the work is about and leave their website url for more if affinities. Easy, fuss-free, fast and delightful. Most of the designers are based in Barcelona though, does that catalano-centrism really reflect the state of graphic design in Spain?
Here’s my pick:
max-o-matic. I have spent what? 40? 60 minutes? on his website, going from one image to the other and doing it a second time just for the pleasure.
Un mundo feliz for the 5th anniversary of Guantanamo detention camp (almost as great as those Agent Provocateur Fair Trial My Arse pants):
Spy. For their “Interventions” and re-use of street furniture.
Street Wars
Gregori Saavedra. I still have to master the art of navigating his b&w website but whatever…
Pop-up wedding invitations hand-made by Fundición Gráfica:
Oh! Look! i made a little trailer for you:
A last one that made me happy. Twopoints (who designed the very swanky book Super Holland Design) made a poster explaining how to cook a real “Tortilla de patata”.
LONDON – Diageo has denied targeting young drinkers, despite putting ads on websites such as YouTube and MySpace, which have large teenage audiences.
Advertising Agency: O’Leary and Partners, USA
Creative Directors: Deidre Mcquaide, Eric Spiegler
Copywriter: Matt McNelis
Aired: November 2007
LONDON – The big four supermarkets could possibly face fines as a new regulator to judge disputes between retailers and their suppliers looks likely to get the go ahead from the Competition Commission.
LONDON – Yahoo! has told shareholders that its current management and strategy will create value in the face of Microsoft’s bid, while Microsoft is now believed to be considering other acquisitions such as Facebook.
The ads were banned from the Superbowl when Peta tried to submit them to Fox. The network turned down $4.2 million from Norfolk-based PETA, which sought to broadcast two ads targeting Kentucky Fried Chicken. The spots were to air during Super Bowl XLII, which had its biggest audience ever with nearly 100 million viewers.
Advertising Agency: The Cricket Clubâ„¢, New York, USA
Creative Directors: Roald van Wyk, David Ekholm
Art Director: Roald van Wyk
Copywriter: David Ekholm
Director: Scott Corbett
Aired: February 2008
The ads were banned from the Superbowl when Peta tried to submit them to Fox. The network turned down $4.2 million from Norfolk-based PETA, which sought to broadcast two ads targeting Kentucky Fried Chicken. The spots were to air during Super Bowl XLII, which had its biggest audience ever with nearly 100 million viewers.
Advertising Agency: The Cricket Clubâ„¢, New York, USA
Creative Directors: Roald van Wyk, David Ekholm
Art Director: Roald van Wyk
Copywriter: David Ekholm
Director: Scott Corbett
Aired: February 2008
LONDON – Walt Disney Studios has shortlisted four agencies to pitch for its £100m pan-European media planning and buying account, currently held by Aegis network Carat.
The ads were banned from the Superbowl when Peta tried to submit them to Fox. The network turned down $4.2 million from Norfolk-based PETA, which sought to broadcast two ads targeting Kentucky Fried Chicken. The spots were to air during Super Bowl XLII, which had its biggest audience ever with nearly 100 million viewers.
Advertising Agency: The Cricket Clubâ„¢, New York, USA
Creative Directors: Roald van Wyk, David Ekholm
Art Director: Roald van Wyk
Copywriter: David Ekholm
Director: Scott Corbett
Aired: February 2008
TOKYO – Interpublic agency Initiative Media is due to fold its presence into McCann Worldgroup in Tokyo in March.
SHANGHAI – Carrefour China has handed its digital marketing account to Euro RSCG 4D following a multi-agency pitch.
MANILA – Jocelyn Domingo (pictured), the president of Carat Philippines, is stepping down from her post after five years in the role, and the search is underway for her replacement.
HONG KONG – After 11 years with the agency, Asia-Pacific managing director Mary Devereux (pictured) is departing Burson-Marsteller.
SINGAPORE – StarHub has awarded its estimated S$34 million (US$22 million) media planning and buying business to incumbent Zenith.
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