The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Nike founder and chairman Phil Knight has been attending English classes at Stanford. Knight graduated from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1962 and has given over $100 million to the school since then. One of the tidbits in the article I found particularly interesting is the way he reads The Sun Also Rises. One of Mr. Knight's homework assignments suggested he had a …
On Freelance…
Tangerine Toad recently posted a meditation on freelancing, how the practice has changed and what it all means for an industry in flux. Despite dropping day rates and a rapidly contracting pool of agencies to work for, the freelance road is still the career path of choice for many of the top talents in our business. They’ve realized how easy it is to work for themselves, to feed off the big agency trough without ever …
We’re A Sensitive Lot
This dude is so over it. I fucking hate it when people say, "That ad had a brilliant idea in it." Penicillin was a good idea. Not Sony balls. …
Granger Makes Another Move On His Mad Ave Chessboard
Tony Granger, an avid art collector, came to the U.S. in 2001 from South Africa and helped inject life into Bozell, a New York agency with a sleepy reputation. He's now chief creative officer of the New York office of Saatchi and about to leave that firm for Y&R. This according to today's Wall Street Journal. Here's how the Journal frames to situation: During his tenure at Saatchi, the New York office became …
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Goodby Guys To Wed For Fame And Money
Never say Goodby doesn't understand the interwebs and modern culture. Adages points to 2 Husbands, a web-based reality series where people compete to wed one of two guys who work at Goodby. That's all the proof we need. Zach Canfield, a creative recruiter, and Tanner Shea, a designer, are the guys. Canfield has had some experience with this kind of stunt: last year, he went online and raised $10,000 to take British …
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Meditate On This, Mr. Focus Group Man
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Creative Use of Seersucker
Adweek spoke with Richard Kirshenbaum, 46, about his agency and other pertinent matters. On why he's Cheif Creative Officer and Co-Chair: I developed something called the Baskin-Robbins approach to creative directing. Instead of one cd who is expected to oversee everything, I have a number of senior-level cd's who are different flavors. It's a much more entrepreneurial model. Someone working on a beauty business …
Schematic Kicks Ass And Takes Names
Do you know Schematic's Trevor Kaufman? AT&T does. They awarded their $2 billion dollar account to WPP based upon his pitch, according to The Wall Street Journal. AT&T spokesman Michael Coe says the telecom company was impressed by the Internet capabilities of the WPP team. "That's an important channel for us." WPP aims to sell Schematic's expertise in video and entertainment to its existing clients, which include …
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