6.28.2007
6.22.2007
impressive
you know, apparently i really underestimate my cats. i just noticed that they actually got on the computer and placed some comments to some of my posts. the latest being on 6/05. huh.
zach's spot in cannes
Grocery Store
Posted Jan 18, 2007Cornered, a man uses fine dining as his Las vegas alibi.
the "grocery store" spot that zach concepted for the las vegas visitors authority has made it in the "short list" of the Cannes Lions Awards.
The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival (IAF) is generally regarded as the most prestigious international advertising festival. The five to seven day festival is held annually in the city of Cannes, France, usually in the third week of June, with 2007 marking the 54th occasion the festival has been held. Although the festival also features seminars, workshops and social events for people in the advertising industry, the primary purpose of the festival is to present the Lion awards for the advertisements and advertising campaigns adjudged the best of the year. Although the award ceremony is held in France, the company that conducts the festival is British.
Lions are awarded in a number of categories, including cinema/television, print marketing, outdoor advertising and direct marketing. The festival introduced an award category for online media in 1998, known as the "Cyber Lion". Curiously, the festival only created a category for radio advertising in 2005. In 2006 "Promo Lions" were added and in 2007 "Integrated Lions" will be added.
The festival also has categories for overall advertising campaigns and for technical achievement. In each case a Gold Lion is awarded to the top entrant in that category. A final "Grand Prix" for best advertisement of the year will then be awarded to one of the Gold Lion winners. Additionally, Lions are awarded in various subcategories, such as for specific market segments (eg. charities) or for specific attributes of the advertising (e.g. "Best Use of Music".) The festival also awards an annual "Palme d'Or" to the top agency for the year.
Advertisements are generally entered by the agencies that created them, although technically anyone can enter any advertising creation. Judging is then conducted by juries composed of advertising creative directors from around the world, and the jurors are instructed to reward the advertising that is most creative both in idea and execution. Each jury is headed by a jury president. Recent jury presidents in the film category include Bob Isherwood (Saatchi & Saatchi) and Dan Wieden (Wieden + Kennedy). Jurors are disqualified from voting on entries from their own country.
6.14.2007
6.08.2007
fun plates
http://www.mrfrench.com/results.asp?txtkeys1=plates
designed by chuck anderson - a supercool designer i interviewed with in minneapolis. csadesign.com
designed by chuck anderson - a supercool designer i interviewed with in minneapolis. csadesign.com
6.07.2007
6.06.2007
dad and garth
they look REALLY excited about dad's new guitar. apparently it is an 18:1 geared ebony button tuner. whatever-the-heck that means.
one of my clients
is the Four Seasons Ocean Residences. The New York Post has this to say:
By Chris Bunting with David Landsel
Live the good life at sea onboard Four Seasons’ new Ocean
June 5, 2007 -- LIVE LARGE
Rumored for years to actually be happening, Toronto-based Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts has finally reached an agreement with the developers of a 13-deck, 719-foot luxury liner with just 112 fully owned residences.
That’s right: Come home to the Four Seasons. At sea. The concept’s not new, but both existing product and what’s out there in the ether isn’t nearly as exciting.
Officially called the Four Seasons Ocean Residences, the ship is set for launch in 2010. Residences range from 797 square feet (not half bad) to 7,860 (we didn’t know a boat like this had that much space to begin with!). Some will come complete with butlers, while all units will have terraces. The ship will navigate the entirety of the globe in its first year (and likely do much the same thereafter), spending over 250 days between the poles hitting all major ports of call.
A whole slew of boutiques, restaurants and typical cruise ship fun stuff, like a driving range and spa, will be on hand, while a crew of 220 will maintain order. Units range from $3.75 to $39 mil
By Chris Bunting with David Landsel
Live the good life at sea onboard Four Seasons’ new Ocean
June 5, 2007 -- LIVE LARGE
Rumored for years to actually be happening, Toronto-based Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts has finally reached an agreement with the developers of a 13-deck, 719-foot luxury liner with just 112 fully owned residences.
That’s right: Come home to the Four Seasons. At sea. The concept’s not new, but both existing product and what’s out there in the ether isn’t nearly as exciting.
Officially called the Four Seasons Ocean Residences, the ship is set for launch in 2010. Residences range from 797 square feet (not half bad) to 7,860 (we didn’t know a boat like this had that much space to begin with!). Some will come complete with butlers, while all units will have terraces. The ship will navigate the entirety of the globe in its first year (and likely do much the same thereafter), spending over 250 days between the poles hitting all major ports of call.
A whole slew of boutiques, restaurants and typical cruise ship fun stuff, like a driving range and spa, will be on hand, while a crew of 220 will maintain order. Units range from $3.75 to $39 mil
6.05.2007
stink-finder praise
so when we opened a christmas gift from zach's mom last holiday, finding it to be a "stink-finder" with a key code on the side of the box explaining which shape of stain is which stink, we found it a bit odd. but, man, that stink finder just came in handy BIG time. i walked into our closet when i got home from work today and was hit with the unfortunately familiar stench of stinker's(yes, it is stinker, not sadie) pee. walking all around the closet, sniffing here. sniffing there. impossible to find the source, but knowing for sure pee was lurking. somewhere. then, eureka. the stinkfinder i thought i would never use. we turned off the light, turned on the S.F. and started scanning the property. nothing. nothing. nothing. BINGO!!! 3 huge spots of flourescent shining urine. spots completely invisible to the naked eye. brilliant. you will be happy to know, that along with the stink finder is a bottle of de-stinker. i promptly dispersed the entire bottle between the three spots. take that stinker. yes, the cat's name happens to be stinker. now the secret is out. we live with disgusting animals.
per lauren's request, you can purchase this "life-saving" device at:
http://www.stinkfree.com/a-so1.html
per lauren's request, you can purchase this "life-saving" device at:
http://www.stinkfree.com/a-so1.html
wow.
are they kidding? this is awful!!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/6718243.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/6718243.stm
6.03.2007
what is wrong with people?
unfortunately i often find myself asking this question. again. and again.
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