Awards

We’ll offer a quick breather from the post-Super Bowl deluge and let you know that former Saatchi + Saatchi worldwide creative director Bob Isherwood, who left said agency at the end of 2008, will take on the role of dean of the Cannes fest’s new Young Lions Creative Academy. The “school” will host 35 creatives age 28 and under in a week-long program during this year’s Cannes Lions event where they will play audience to presentations from creative “thinkers,” get guided access to jury rooms to learn about the judging process and have full access to the Young Lions party among other things.

In a statement regarding the Academy, Isherwood, who we haven’t heard much from since he departed from Saatchi after a 12-year stint, says, “It’s such a unique opportunity to help young upcoming stars to further develop their creativity, as well as opening them up to some of the skill sets they will need as they continue to grow. I don’t think anything quite like this Creative Academy exists in the industry today on an annual basis. At least not the special experience we have planned in our heads anyway.”

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It seems like only yesterday we were busy posting AICP Show promotional videos created by the students at the VCU Brandcenter. Alas, it’s already been a year since the school taught us surprising lessons about advertising history’s most famous artistic endeavors. Did you know that Leonardo da Vinci was the Richard Simmons of his time? What about the fact that the Eiffel Tower was actually constructed to represent a giant, metal dong? If these tales didn’t inspire us to “change the world” as advertisers, at least they doubled as awkward icebreakers at an industry networking event.

This time around, the AICP Show is once again calling that those clever scamps at the Brandcenter to continue the “All Art is Advertising” campaign, a nod to that fact that all award honorees get their independently produced commercials into the Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Film Collection. Above, we see how creativity has (or hasn’t) changed through history, from the Egyptians to the present day art director and copywriter duo. AICP also announced that the chairperson for the 21st installment of the awards show is Jackie Kelman Bisbee, founding partner and co-owner of  the venerable production company, Park Pictures.

Those interested in submitting their work can do so on AICP’s Show and Next Awards website from now through March 2. One more short, entry categories, and credits follow after the jump.

 

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With the season of self-congratulation gearing up, it’s time to start rehearsing that awards acceptance speech. But, as you practice bursting into tears while holding your CLIO triumphantly above your head and thanking your intern for doubling as a designated driver, it’s only natural to wish that your moment in the spotlight lasted a little longer. Hey, the Emmys, Oscars and Golden Globes all get televised, and every MTV awards show gets repeated at least 50 times after its initial airing. Don’t you wish you could let everyone (who wasn’t in attendance) know that you won something? Better yet, would you like a portable validation of your braggadocio?

Luckily, we now have Awards Candy, the “essential creative resource app for anyone in the ad industry.” Claiming to be the “world’s first app designed for the ad industry” in the above iMovie-produced intro video, Awards Candy not only compiles lists of award-winners. It also displays the award-winning spots on your iPad or iPhone, convenient for boasting about your accolades wherever a 3G connection exists.

Of note is Award Candy’s creator, Wallace Seggie, and his arduous journey in bringing the app to life. As he says in his email to us, “I invested (when I say invested, I mean flushed down the toilet) the little money that I had into the idea. Three months later the developer sent me the final version of the app and my heart sank… It wasn’t what I had envisioned. With no one to turn to, no money and my second child on the way, I knew that if the idea was ever going to be realised, I would have to do it on my own. I taught myself how to design, build and publish apps. Error after error I pushed on.” Should you feel compelled to reward Seggie for his hard work, you can purchase Awards Candy for £1.99 ($2.59 USD) from the App Store.

OK, we know you might be tired of the awards show coverage, but since the Oscar nominations rolled out this week, guess we’re just feeling in the spirit of things (though we’re not really looking forward to Billy Crystal). Anyhow, thought we’d add to the mix and let you know that the 37th Annual One Show Awards as well as the Interactive and Design events will be taking place during Creative Week in NYC from May 7-13. If you’d still like to enter the One Club’s annual affair, you have a week to do so here. If you’re interested in who will be judging your work as well, which could perhaps be important, you can do so after the jump.As for the One Show Entertainment, you’ll have to until next month for the announce.

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We promise to keep this short, but since you were all clamoring for it, we might as well give you the rundown of the Advertising and Integrated juries for the 91st Annual ADC Awards. You have already received notice that Natalie Lam and 72andSunny’s John Boiler were jury chairs for Interactive and Advertising, respectively, but after the jump, you can check out the full jury roster for the latter category as well as Integrated. We’re sure there are some names you might recognize (Ian & Scott–ok, we’ve now been told that the former of the dynamic duo is not able to participate, Faris, etc.)

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Seven months after taking on an ECD post at McCann NY, Natalie Lam gets some kudos gets some nods from the Art Directors Club by being named jury chair. The Interactive ACD prize will be judged by these folks:

Natalie Lam (jury chair), executive creative director, McCann Erickson, New York, NY, USA
Miguel Calderon, chief executive officer, Grupo W, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Belen Coca, chief creative officer, La Despensa, Madrid, Spain
Jacob Cohen, founder, Stackhouse, New York, NY, USA
Wade Convay, executive creative director, R/GA, New York, NY, USA
Marta Cutler, partner, writer, Blok Design, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Daniele Fiandaca, head of innovation, Cheil London, UK
Naoki Ito, chief creative officer, Party, Tokyo, Japan
Mehera O’Brien, director, Miami Ad School, New York, NY, USA
Karin Onsager-Birch, associate reative director, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, CA, USA
Karyn Pascoe, executive creative director, Organic, New York, NY, USA
Steve Persico, copywriter, Leo Burnett Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Malcolm Poynton, chief creative officer, Sapient, London, UK
Jens Schmidt, creative director, Moccu GMBH, Berlin, Germany
Kristina Slade, creative director, AKQA, San Francisco, CA, USA
James Widegren, partner, executive creative director, Your Majesty, New York, NY, USA

 

 

 

 

In case you didn’t hear, Y&R global CCO Tony Granger and his crew got some love from the 12-year award outfit that is YoungGuns International (not to be confused with ADC Young Guns), which has bestowed the “2011 Digital Agency of the Year” honors upon the WPP operation. The agency says that its New York office’s “Airwalk Popup Store” collaboration with GoldRun (watch Venice Beach, CA version above) played a major part in helping the YoungGuns crew come to its decision.

From what we’ve been told, YoungGuns will be coming to New York later this month/early February to throw a party and celebrate the honor. So, how do we get on the guest list? FYI, here’s a link to 2011 YG winners and finalists here (be warned: PDF files abound).

As Cannes Lions 2012 fast approaches, the organizers behind the annual French Riviera bacchanal (and awards show) continue filling out jury duties, this time appointing Ogilvy worldwide creative director Tham Khai Meng as president of the Film and Press juries.

The 12-year O&M vet, who moved to NYC from the Asia-Pacific region in 2009 to assume his current title (as well as that of chairman of Ogilvy’s Worldwide Creative Council), is no stranger to Cannes, having chaired and served on juries ranging from Press and Outdoor to Titanium and Integrated over the last decade. As if you needed a reminder, but we’ll tell you anyways that this year’s Cannes Lions event will run from June 17-23.

When it’s not giving us online scavenger hunts, “cheat sheets” for digital creatives and such, The Barbarian Group has found the time to concoct an app that promotes the 91st Art Directors Club Awards. It was DDB New York and Finnish illustrator Rami Niemi that laid the foundation for the campaign (starring Lewis Black), but the Barbarians took it one step further by creating an e-card app that lets you provide a caption for one of the call-for-entries.

You can colorize, customize and choose a scene then share with friends. By the way, deadline for ADC Interactive, Design, Motion Graphics, Photography and Illustration entries is Jan. 20, Student is Jan. 27 and Advertising and Integrated submissions are due by Feb. 10.

 

Back in April, Facebook unveiled the Evolution Bureau-built “Facebook Studio,” a digital space where creative marketing types could showcase and archive their work and comment on the work of others.

At the time of its launch, you probably thought Facebook Studio sounded like a neat idea and something you would submit your agencies’ campaign work to once you had a free minute to upload a case study. Then, as you were reading this, you thought, “Oh yeah, that Facebook ad thing I forgot to do,” and visited Facebook Studio’s site to see if other creatives were making use of the portal.

As it turns out, a lot of agencies have been using Facebook Studio, specifically for the purpose of drawing some attention to social media-specific campaigns and pretty custom tabs. And, perhaps to inspire you to post even more work to the FB space, EVB has now rolled out a series of print ads that urge advertising pros to enter the Facebook Studio Awards, which was announced a couple of months back and is yet another opportunity for self-congratulation among those in the industry who like trophies.

 

To refresh your memory, the deadline for submission is December 31, and entries will be judged based on the following criteria:

• Is the campaign social? Are people and social interactions at the core of the idea? Does it motivate people to share?

• Does it make full use of Facebook marketing products? Does the campaign take advantage of Facebook’s full potential?

• Does it integrate with other media? Is the Facebook idea part of a larger multimedia campaign?

• Does it scale? Is it easy for people to interact with and share your content.

Interested competitors can submit their work here. Check out one more ad and credits from EVB after the jump.

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