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Tuesday Morning Stir

-For the third consecutive year, Philly-based Red Tettemer + Partners and Under Armour have teamed up to launch the latter’s “Ultimate Intern” program, in which two undergrads will land a summer gig with the brand. Apply here.

-Tribal DDB Toronto hired JUXT Interactive alum Tommy Perez as a creative director. link

-In case you missed Louisville top Michigan in last night’s National Championship game (a great game, too), here’s a new Joe Pytka-directed spot from Ogilvy Chicago that aired during the broadcast for Arrow Electronics (above). link

-The Cannes Lions folks have announced the full jury lists for a handful of notable categories including Cyber, Branded Content & Entertainment, Outdoor and PR. link

-Here’s all the recap you need from last night’s Shorty Awards. link

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Wednesday Odds and Ends

-Ladies and gents, meet your 16 Cannes Lions 2013 jury presidents including Bob Greenberg, David Droga, Rei Inamoto and director Joe Pytka. link

-In case you missed it, Mashable has a nice profile on Dave Adams, an ad industry vet who last served as a lead creative at Digitas before leaving the biz altogether to start the “Acoustic Guitar Project, which might pique the interests of both established and aspiring singer-songwriters.

-Former Draftfcb NY EVP/group management director Kim Corrigan has joined Publicis Groupe-owned Rosetta as a partner in the agency’s healthcare vertical.

-Amsterdam/Barcelona-based agency Code d’Azur launched a new social media campaign for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines dubbed “Must See Map,” which lets you create printable, personalized city maps filled with the tips from friends (above). link

-Taco Bell has hit up Vine to promote the March 7 launch of its Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos. link

-FYI, the Clio Awards 2013 deadline is this Friday. link

-Here are your five finalists in the Porsche review. link

-Production house Brink Studio has opened its doors in Toronto and with it comes a self-promo that gives a little nod to 2001: A Space Odyssey. Watch it here.

-You can expect to see ads from the likes of JCPenney, AmEx, Stella Artois and Coca-Cola during ABC’s Oscars broadcast on Feb. 24. link

Wednesday Odds and Ends

-Ignacio Oreamuno , formerly CEO at the Tomorrow Awards, joined the Art Directors Club as executive director.

-Gaston Serpenti joined Anomaly’s Amsterdam offcie as digital creative director.

-McCann Erickson NY gives us a taste of the “Fountain of Electrolytenment” for Nestle Waters (above).

-So, who wants to hear Joe Pytka talk? link

-Well, One Show Design already picked its winners. link

-AOL will give all proceeds “directly back to shareholders.” link

-LightSquared alum Frank Boulben joined up with RIM as CMO. link

Guess Who’s Being Inducted into the One Club Creative Hall of Fame

The folks at the One Club have announced their list of those who will be inducted into their Creative Hall of Fame come Jan. 17 at a black-tie event to be held in NYC. Topping the list is a name familiar to us all, Steve Jobs, the recently deceased Apple chief who led a company that’s been honored alongside its longtime agency Chiat\Day (and now, TBWA\MAL) over 100 times by the One Show since 1984.

We have to wonder, though, was a Jobs nod planned all along or was it changed spur of the moment as a tribute following his passing? Anyhow, as the picture above tells you, joining the late, turtlenecked one on the 2012 One Club Creative HOF roster is director Joe Pytka, who already garnered ADC Hall honors and a CLIOs Lifetime Achievement Award earlier this year, as well as DDB alum and Avis “We Try Harder” campaign creator Paula Green.

Wednesday Odds and Ends

-Manhattan-based indie agency Gardner Nelson + Partners hired creative duo Jeremy Chin (CW) and Marcio Kelmanson (AD), aka “Jeremarcio” (get it?).

-twofifteenmccann introduces us to a life-changing hypnotist in a new Nescafe Mexico ad (above).

-W+K’s John C. Jay and director Joe Pytka are speaking at the ADC Gallery tonight. link

-Actor/director Eric Stoltz signed with Los Angeles prodco Department of the 4th Dimension for TV spot and branded content work.

-VFX/digital studio MPC hired Justin Lane as managing director of its NYC office. link

-Car and Driver‘s internal design team developed a new, HTML5-optimized site for the trade. link

-SF copywriter/mashup enthusiast Gino Click and his art directing partner Sam Bruehl pay a quick tribute to the late, great Heavy D (above). link

-Consumerist wants to spoil Best Buy’s Super Bowl advertising surprise yet again. link

-As expected, first-day sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 are being called the “largest in history.” link

 

 

 

Huh? CLIOs Shortlist Snubs Old Spice, W+K?

Maybe Kiran and I are just going crazy, but we were scanning through the recently announced 2011 CLIO Shortlist and noticed one glaring omission – Old Spice. “No freaking way,” we said in unison, he in New York and I in Chicago, reaching for our nearest bottles of liquor and highest-powered magnifying glasses (which come stock with every mediabistro.com job).

Where could it be? Where could W+K’s shining gem of 21st century advertising perfection be hiding? It didn’t make the cut in the “Innovative” or “Integrated” categories. Apparently, “Questions” only seems to get acknowledgement in the Film direction category, right alongside Dos Equis’ “Most Interesting Man in the World” and Allstate’s “Mayhem,” but that’s only a nod for prodco MJZ. But zilch for W+K, you say?  Dan Wieden, are you going to stand for this?

Anyway, the CLIOS will take place on May 19 in New York, and Y&R, BBDO, Leo Burnett and Ogilvy lead the shortlist with the most nominations. Also, we’ll see the Lifetime Achievement Award go to the prolific Joe Pytka, best known for his work on McDonald’s “Nothing But Net,” Nike’s “Bo Knows” and that silly “This is Your Brain on Drugs” spot. Check out more show info here.

Update: Looks like commenter Crispincat hit it on the nose. From the CLIOs official Twitter account: “W&K did not enter the Old Spice campaign this year.”

ADC Announces 2011 Hall of Fame Class

The Art Directors Club inducted four new members into its Hall of Fame, which already counts the likes of Andy Warhol, Leo Burnett, Jay Chiat, Walt Disney and Milton Glaser.

The 2011 HOF class includes W+K partner/ECD John C. Jay (pictured), who took his talents from Bloomingdale’s to Portland back in 1993 and subsequently helped establish the agency’s offices in Shanghai, Tokyo and Delhi. Other inductees include Joe Pytka, director of over 5,000 commercials who recently helmed what were essentially reboots of his old spots including one for PepsiMax and another for McDonald’s. The final two in the ADC 2011 HOF class are art director/designer Ruth Ansel and painter/illustrator/SVA chairman Marshall Arisman.

ADC board members and associates including AKQA’s Rei Inamoto and Taxi chairman Paul Lavoie selected the Hall of Famers, who will be inducted at a black-tie benefit gala in NYC on Nov. 10.

Ogilvy Takes Us on a Century’s Journey Through IBM

With IBM turning 100 this year, the brand with help of its agency Ogilvy has decided to put together a series of small documentaries that chronicle the ways in which the company has changed the world through scientific/technological achievements. The testimonials are provided by the people (former IBMers) who were there to actually see and experience it with their own eyes.

Commercial director Joe Pytka does what we feel is an outstanding job on the first piece dubbed “100 x 100,” featuring one hundred people who describe an IBM achievement that took place the year they were born which goes all the way back to 1911.

IBM’s VP, brand expression and global advertising, Ann Rubin says in a statement, “We are a company with a rich heritage of creative and forward thinkers who have made a profound impact on the world. While each centennial film has a specific purpose, each one represents a way for us to celebrate the people who have made IBM great, and speaks to IBM’s legacy of innovation.”

It’s shown very briefly but let’s not forget Mr. Paul Rand, who revamped the logo in ’56, which was then revamped again in ’72 to the striped logo we all know today.

Finally a Hallmark Commercial that Makes Me Laugh Instead of Cry

I’m sure that I’m like most of you in the regards that I don’t really watch that many commercials at home on television, since I spend most of the day watching them at work. Thank heaven for tivo. But I do love trolling online for good ones. I just saw the new Hallmark spot done by Leo Burnett on Creativity Online. It was directed by Joe Pytka (who I think is a brilliant director). Maybe it reminds me of my brief, unrealized, dream of writing greeting cards. Or maybe it reminds me of all the embarassing speeches I’ve given. Either way, I like their approach. Hallmark commercials have always been about giving you the right words in the moments that you at a loss, but this spot speaks to giving the right words in the moments when it’s best that you keep quiet. Good stuff.