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After seeing Art & Copy Monday night, I felt the sudden urge to look up a lot of the ad campaigns that were shown (you will have to watch the movie to see them all). One in particular that is near and dear to my athletic soul, Nike, who does a lot for the female athlete. See above images, which are one of their latest for Spring 2009 by design studio, Jager Di Paola Kemp Design, with creative director, copy writer, and super talented (seriously, check out her site) Kimberly Harrington, at the helm.
Jeff Goodby of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Rich Silverstein of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
David Kennedy & Dan Wieden of Wieden & Kennedy
Mary Wells, considered the "First Woman of Advertising"
Lee Clow of TBWA Worldwide Chiat Day
What can I say about a movie that inspires? I don't know if any words can really do justice to a piece of film that makes you leave feeling, well, really grateful that you ARE a creative, ready to take on any project and makes you WANT to take on anything and really accomplish & create something wonderful, smart, beautiful and creative. Films like this are rare (Helvetica was another in which I left the IFC feeling the same) and the previous statements are not ones I make lightly. If you are a right-brainer like myself who possibly needs some inspiration in their lives then let me recommend to you Art & Copy, a film about creative advertising which features some fantastically talented, enlightening and humorous people (shown above..images from Art & Copy website). Three characteristics that truly make a creative professional skyrocket to the top of the business world.
I bought a bike last weekend and life has changed – I have 2 wheels! It's awesome. I can't believe I haven't had one since high school (and THAT was pink & seafoam green. And a Huffy.). I guess I thought that spin classes at the New York Sports Club was enough for the past 6 years but now? Spin class will take a backseat to being able to do laps in the park in the great outdoors. And since Matt also got a bike, I love that we can go "ride bikes" together. It's so simple and sweet and was a wonderful way for us to spend a Saturday afternoon together exploring Brooklyn in a different way than we usually do.
Sari has been chronicling her own bike adventures here and I am sure she is going to love this sweet print I found from artist Jessica at Vol. 25 (above).
One of my favorite movies of all time is Amélie, about a quirky and lovable girl in France played by Audrey Tautou (famous in France but not as much here in America, though she did play Tom Hanks co-star in The DaVinci Code). Her whole demeanor is that of a sweet girl and yet in her next role she will be playing Coco Chanel who, supposedly, was the anti-Amélie in terms of personality. She was tough and rough but at the same time a trailblazer for fashion and businesswomen. After reading this article about the new movie, Coco Before Chanel, I am pretty intrigued about this woman I know not too much about but whose name comes up in almost every discussion of "the best and most timeless brands of all time".
Yes, that's the official title of a most fabulous-sounding French/New York foodie event taking place in none other than Long Island City's PS 1 art museum (that's just east of midtown across the East River, dear readers who don't live in this fair city of New York). I am sure that tickets to Le Fooding will be extremely hard to come by but a gal can dream, right? Not only that, but proceeds go to Action Against Hunger. Eating for a cause with some fabulous sponsors and the best chefs in New York? Again, I am signing up as soon as possible. Plus, the illustrations for each chef or sponsor are quite delicious themselves (see above some of my favorites). A great summation of the event as the website states:
"12 chefs, three mixologists, two butchers, one ice-cream maker, two DJs, 15 graphic designers, a select vintner, a fine Champagne, some fromages and a mystery guest, to feast your senses and do some conscious good."
