The Best of 2010

According to Creativity, these are the top viewed and shared campaigns from this year. And guess what? #1 is the campaign created by the team coming to Casa Bonita in February - join us, won't you, for an evening of mirth, merriment, and inspiration!

Here's the link to register for the "Old Spice Guys" event.

Facebook vs. Twitter

Very interesting.

Business Card Design Inspiration

Much awesomeness here.

There are a couple cards in the list from Rethink in Canada. We had a judge from that shop for the ADCD Annual Show a couple years back.

ripcord Holiday Card - sometimes it pays to post

Denver agency, ripcord, has developed a Holiday card that crosses different media and leads to a wealth of sharing.

Recipients of the card are able to scan it with their QR reader, or simply head to the ripcord site for a link to the ripcord Facebook page, where they are invited to share a favorite holiday memory, gift, recipe or whatever. One lucky post will be rewarded with a $100 Visa Gift Card, just for participating.

Could you be the one? Follow the links and share some good times!

New Site for BKW & Co.

Rich in eye candy and great work, these guys have a new site.
Link to it from here

4TH ANNUAL CB HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE AND ART SHOW

This Weekend: Saturday, December 11th from 3-7pm and Sunday, December 12th from 10am-6pm
Colorado Budokan - 3547 S. Monaco Pkwy. Denver, CO 80237 (In the Southmoor Park Shopping Center at Monaco and Hampden)

Contemporary Art, Award Winning Pottery, Embroidered items, Handcrafted Cards and Decorations, Artisan Jewelry, Hand Crocheted & Knitted wearables, Baked goods, Nutritional Supplements, Martial Arts Supplies, Sanbon Apparel, Gift Certificates, and Much More!

A portion of all sales benefit the CB Athlete Scholarship Fund.

Tonight :: 11th Annual Print Sale and Party at Matter

11TH PRINT SALE AND PARTY AT MATTER
This Friday, December 10th at 8pm

MATTER Graphic Design - 2134 Market St, Denver, CO 80205

MATTER swings the doors open for the annual PrintSale and Party. New Products, prints, and a small ocean of mojitos. Major shit. Nothing smells better than ink, truth and typography. Denver's Fav DJs will kick it and HOT WHITE will play at MIDNIGHT. Catered by FoodieCall, Dessert by The Shoppe. Black Friday is overrated just like Justin Bieber; Save your money and shop local if you shop at all.

Pantone Speaks, We Listen.

How "HoneySuckle Pink" was chosen to be everywhere.

Target - New Holiday Songs

New holiday soundtrack from Target. Get the album here.

Student Show Correction!

CSU will be accepting entries until Dec. 10th, instead of Dec. 3rd. We repeat, more time to turn your work in! :)

7th Annual Art Bus - SOLD OUT!

One Club - Best in Digital Ads from the Last Decade

The top 10 groundbreakers are here, along with interviews and back stories from the creative teams.
DIGITAL DECADE

Brave and Depraved

New for Orangina.

Digital Death

For World AIDS Day (today) celebrities are "killing" their Twitter and Facebook accounts in order to raise money for real lives affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India. Stunning idea really.
BUY LIFE

Come one come all! The Art Directors Club of Denver is already bursting at the seams and ready to take on a whole new group of designers for the 7th Annual Paper Fashion Show.  Keep your eyes open for the Call for Entries, end of December - beginning of January.


All proceeds from the event will be donated to Downtown Aurora Visual Arts (DAVA)

DAVA has actively involved thousands of young people in free arts education since 1994, working toward a vision of community arts that includes youth in community cultural development. DAVA supports urban youth by providing free on-site art programs, creative opportunities, and art-based job training, as well as intergenerational outreach through Family Arts and Portable Art school programs.


Xpedx, once again has graciously offered to donate the paper supply to this year's paper fashion as well.  If you or your company are interested in donating to this amazing event, please email info@adcd.com


In the mean time, make sure to sign up for ADCD's monthly newsletter, so you don't miss out on any of the upcoming events and information! http://adcdgraffiti.blogspot.com/

FAC @ Eye Candy was a rollicking good time

Thanks to Augie and the rest of the Eye Candy folks for graciously opening their shop to all the interested (and interesting) creative types who came down last Friday. We were treated to plenty of food and libations, giveaways and cool art. I love this Club!
And here's photos to go with it. Photos by Alex Polesovsky

Friday Afternoon Creative

Meet Eye Candy Graphics and Augart Design. They are a team of talented designers, printers, artists and fabricators, specialize in large format output and design with an innovative edge.

Their clients are set apart by designs, graphics and signage which range from crisp, clean and formal to zany, funky and mind-blowing (if that's your style). They have a very personal approach to problem-solving, and offer amazing customer service. They also are opening up their facility to ADCD and AIGA's Friday Afternoon Creative on November 19th.

So come. Stop by. And enjoy some delicious digital stylings, oh there will be real food and drinks too. Along with a raffle for tickets to the Art Directors Club of Denver's 7th Annual Paper Fashion Show, a showcase of wearable art. (Have to be present to win!)

Eye Candy Graphics
2244 Broadway, Denver, CO 80205
Friday, November 19, 2010
5:00 - 7:30 p.m.

New Martini and Rossi spot

From David & Goliath

Colorado Alliance of Illustrators Holiday Art Show

Friday November 19 through Wednesday December 1st
At the Iris Gregg Studio and Gallery. Artwork makes the perfect gift, and you can find pieces for everyone on your list at this show.
Also check out the CAI website for info.

Treble Red in Denver has a new site

Nicely done. Take a look here.

Mercedes Benz Sculptures

Mercedes Benz has a new initiative for it's designers - sleeker, sexier, younger, inspired. Read the full story here @ Notcot and check out the amazing sculptures!

New Site for Mondo Robot

Mondo Robot Demo Reel 2010 from Mondo Robot on Vimeo.

Nice! Check it out here.

Pictoplasma @ Parsons

via The Daily Heller:
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proclaimed Illustration Week in New York City. As part of the festivities, Parsons The New School for Design will present Pictoplasma NYC, a conference celebrating the artistic creation of character design, on Saturday, November 13 from 3-10 p.m.

Featured will be lectures, panel discussions, and short film screenings that showcase the best in international character design and art. The conference will be held at Tishman Auditorium, The New School, 66 West 12th Street, New York. Admission is free, but registration is requested via email to pictoplasmaparsons@gmail.com. The conference was organized by Pictoplasma founders and curators Lars Denicke and Peter Thaler, and Steven Guarnaccia, chair of Illustration at Parsons.

Participants include Ice Age character designer Peter de Seve, who will discuss the process of creating iconic characters. In addition, Guarnaccia will moderate a panel discussion on how creative skills developed in art school can translate into work-life projects and careers, featuring animation director Aaron Stewart, artist Motomichi Nakamura, and ornamental painter Andy Kehoe. In addition, two members of the Australian design collective Rinzen, known for its video and audio remix project, RMX andNew York-based designer Craig Redman will be on hand.

Speight's Summit: Man Like Natural

Invisible Pop Up Store from Airwalk

Here's a cool way to utilize mobile and the trend of pop-up stores together. Anyone know if Legwork was involved with this one?
See more here.

TDA and Webroot - Social Media Sobriety Test

Come on, we've all done this. Now here's a way to not look like a douche to your friends.

Check out the site here.

Big Spaceship Lands Lucasfilms

Indie Shop to Handle Social Media, Mobile for 'Star Wars' Production Company

IPad Marvels

IPad Opens World to a Disabled Boy

OOOH, good stuff

Made of Meaner Stuff - by Fallon for Skoda. Watch it.

New work from Legwork for Sims

Sims - Steve Fisher Rider Collaboration from LEGWORK on Vimeo.

Sims Snowboards came to us to help tell the story of the 2010/2011 Steve Fisher pro-model, the story behind the graphic, and the process with Sims art director Gabe Re. We shot and directed the interviews and behind the scenes footage, cooked up some stop-motion animations and stiched it all together for this informational short. Pretty gnarly shred-stick if you ask us!
Check out Legwork here.

Meet the New ADCD Board

These are the people behind (and sometimes in front of) the scenes @ our beloved Club. Hats off to all of 'em. If you're interested in volunteering for the Board or to become a Board member, please contact us!
Photography by Mark Stevens.

And the Winner is...

You are looking at the finalist of this years Brief.  From top to bottom:

First place - "Fill the Frame"
Andrew Castillo, Paul Babbel, Nikole Bigley, Jose Barrientos, John Lindmark, Kira Slaght, Daniel Wilber (not pictured) Margot Mcfaul, Shannon Middleton, Caylon Headrick, Danielle Alvarado

Mentor: Randall Erkelens, Creative Director, Section 45/Philosophy

Runner Up - "Connect the Dots"
Sam Vogel, Jennifer Johnson, Melissa Kelly, Danielle Speager, Jamie Sieb, Alana Sullivan

Mentor: Mike Herberger, Creative Director, Monigle Associates

Runner Up - "Tie-ing"
Courtney Conrad, Stephanie Corder, Corey Doney, Retta Draper, David Bourassa

Mentor: Jarrod Weaton, Sr. Art Director and Freelance Digital Artist

Congratulations to everyone to participated! If you would like to see more pictures from the event, please visit our Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/adcd/sets/72157625089786451/

Kronenburg: Slow The Pace

This is a pretty cool idea - for it's latest campaign from BBH London, Kronenburg Beer is tapping different artists to re-work their iconic songs to fit into a slower paced format. The first of which is (a personal favorite) Motorhead doing Ace of Spades. The song is available for download here. Rock on.

A great way to kick off Halloween weekend

Annual TAXI Halloween Bash for you late night creatures

The kids trick-or-treat street will run from 5-7 and will be based in the TAXI2 common area with Fuel Café snacks, games, photo booth and more. Kids are encouraged to roam the halls of TAXI 2 where participating shops will have a pumpkin by the door to let the kids know it’s cool to stop there. In the meantime, TAXI1 will be transformed into a Nascar/Monster Truck/Dukes of Hazzard/Moonshine lovin’ den of trashiness!

The adult party will go from 11-???. Look for a dirt bike racing game on the big screen in Mersive and a genuine trailer park special in the Westphal studio. Our bartenders will have most of their teeth, and will be slangin’ moonshine and Granpappy’s cough syrup all night long. So bust out yer best Nascar racin’ outfit and get your motor runnin’!

Stay tuned to the TAXI Blog and Facebook pages for more info.

Also, be sure to take advantage of our great partnership with Metro Cab before and after the party.

The Brief

The Brief is a student design competition simulating a late night at an ad agency.  A design brief will be developed by Jay Roth, a Sr. Copywriter and ADCD Chairman, for our beneficiary client DAVA, a local arts-education non-profit focused on serving underprivileged youth.  Intercollegiate teams of four students (a Senior, Juniors and a Sophomore or Freshman) will be directed by senior creatives from the local design and advertising community through three hours of pencil and paper concepting and digital execution culminating in a client presentation.

The Brief is open to Design and Advertising students at all levels. Each team will have minimum one laptop (not required to participate) but the focus will be on traditional concepting – thumbnail-sketches and mind-maps followed by digital roughs. In addition to receiving valuable real world experience, and networking opportunities with local Professionals and with each other, student winners will receive scholarship money.

To sign up for the event, please visit the Black Tie Link:

http://www.blacktie-colorado.com/calendar/event-detail.cfm?id=20844

Good Times

Cadbury Fingers - Good Times

Crispin Porter article via AdAge

Headline "With Bogusky Gone, Crispin Creatives Hightail It Back to Miami"
Too soon to panic for sure. Sounds like a good amount of creative will be retained in Boulder.

TBWA new site

TBWA launches a new site and a new interface. Here's the site.
Here's the interface.

Windows Phone

Funny (and true) but how can a phone save us from our phone obsession?
Created by Crispin Porter + Bogusky

Banksy intro for The Simpsons

Bwah-ha-ha! Dark and gloomy and deliciously funny.

Adobe Museum of Digital Media

Created by Goodby, Silverstein and Unit9, the virtual museum was created to showcase all forms of digital media.
We think it's a pretty cool way to get energized and inspired.
Adobe Museum of Digital Media

Cheeto Fantastico

If this doesn't keep you throughly entertained for 2 minutes and 28 seconds, we don't know what will.  Cheeto Art to keep you Coco fans at ease until November 8.

826

I'm a huge fan of what 826 does nationally for kids, but an even bigger fan of their storefronts where all proceeds go to support local chapters. I just stumbled upon this site for a store based in Ann Arbor, MI and had to share. Robot Supply and Repair, indeed!

Want to help the Briefies out?

It's not too late to sponsor the extraordinary event, The Brief. On October 21st, students will be facing a design brief for our beneficiary client DAVA, a local arts-education non-profit focused on serving underprivileged youth.

ADCD is dedicated to helping our students and community. Partnering with us supports up and coming talent through real world experience, scholarships, and social networking.

Please contact Lindsay at lindsaypaiz@yahoo.com for further information.

Virgin Atlantic

New spot for Virgin Atlantic by Traktor. Models set against a surreal backdrop, very enticing.

Evolve

From Grey, Madrid for Pilot.

Kafka on Ice

If you've been to Buntport Theater lately you know that they are trying to raise money in order to bring Kafka on Ice back to the stage.  Perhaps you've already donated to this cause.  If so, they thank you!  If you haven't donated or would like to ask friends and family to pitch in, here is the sob story:

In 2004 the production Kafka on Ice was created.  It was a success (the Westword wrote "It's safe to say that no one--anywhere--is doing theater like this.") and they always wanted to remount it.  However, several years later, a trailer containing all of their props, costumes, and synthetic ice was stolen.  Very sad.  Now in our Tenth Season in Denver, they are raising the money to bring Kafka back!  So far, they have managed to raise $9,428 of the $14,000.  For the month of October, you can donate on ChipIn through this link:


http://buntport.chipin.com/buntport-theaters-kafka-on-ice

Anything will help, even $10.  After all, this is their tenth season...and it's the tenth month of 2010!  Help them get closer to their total goal!

Thank you so much for supporting original work in Denver! 

New Gap logo

Lot's of buzz around the re-styling of the Gap logo (most of it not so good). Through all the hub-bub, Gap is staying pretty quiet about the whole thing. Your thoughts?

Beautiful Titles

Got this from Creativity. It is gorgeous and mesmerizing. Created by Nando Costa for Flash on the Beach using "macro motion photography and magnetic properties." Do you have any motion titles you'd like to share? Send them our way!

The Monetization of Twitter

Interesting insights from CEO Dick Costolo about advertising on Twitter.
via AdAge

the Colour of Sound

For Canon's Pixma line of printers.

AIGA Bordo Bello, Tonight!

Boards, Beers, and Artists. What more can you ask for?  Tonight, AIGA Colorado will be hosting Bordo Bello, a skateboard art charity fundraiser, in which all proceeds from the auction will fund their mentorship programs and other local non-profits.


Tickets are $20 dollars at the door and the event goes from 6 - 10 at Artwork Network, 9th and Santa Fe.  So come and enjoy the work of local and national artists. You could even end up walking away with a few raffle winnings..  See you there.

Scam Alert: Designers & Developers

Our firm was recently asked to design & develop a website for an NGO working in Africa for the relief of Malaria. They agreed to our terms: 50% advance, 50% prior to launch. They sent website content (text & photos) and payment in full including hosting/maintenance for a year, though it was not specified in our contract for payment in full in advance.

I was out of town but my admin deposited the advance (an overnight money order which in 4-days bounced). The client called the day the check arrived but I was unavailable. I'm assuming this was a typical Nigerian ploy to write-back a check for the 50% of funds that were mistakenly paid. No work had begun on the project and to date I have not heard back from them.

In the event you're next, here's their information. They found us through our website's form mail: Raymond Winston Grey: Email: leroy3k@yahoo.com Phone: 002348063810464

And the Winners are..

Bronze, Silver, and Gold are nice, but the 2010 Annual Show's Category Winners stole the show Friday night.  From Print, to Multimedia and Interactive Websites, these 15 designs deserve a round of applause.

Design Identity 

 Genesis, Inc.

Steelcase

"Meyer May House Logo"

Print Advertising 

Vermilion

Izze Beverage Company

"You'll Love What's Inside Campaign"

Design Broadcast 

Mrs. K

Best Buy

 "Best Buy IDs"

Illustration

Ink Lounge

"2010 Calendars"

Interactive Website 

Vermilion

Izze Beverage Company

"Izze Sparkle Generator"

Design: 3-Dimensional

Barnhart

Wyoming Dept. of Health/Youth Science Prevention

 "Let it Out" Poster and Skateboard

Broadcast Advertising

!mpossible Pictures

Genghis Khan

"Genghis Khan"

Social Media

Denver Museum of Nature and Science

"Genghis Khan's Twitter"

Printing Excellence 

Ink Lounge

HOW

"HOW Design Conference Denver"

Photography

Bryce Boyer Photography

Westward Magazine

"Pirate Signal"

Design Printed Materials

Studio JenVenn

University of Wyoming MFA Creative Writing Dept.

"InProfile"

Design Poster

Cactus

Denver Center Theatre Company

"New Season Campaign Posters"

Mixed Media Campaign

Genesis, Inc.

Steelcase

"Meyer May House Campaign"

Public Service

Genesis, Inc. 

Colorado Symphony Orchestra

"Colorado Symphony Poster Series"

Self Promotion

Ripcord

Self Promotion