•ADC NAMES SEVEN HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES> Crispin Porter + Bogusky co-chairman Alex Bogusky, BBH worldwide CD and chairman John Hegarty and designer/architect Ray Eames are among this year's inductees into The Art Directors Club's Hall of Fame. This year's list of seven honorees will be feted at a black tie gala on Nov. 6 at the ADC Gallery in New York. The Hall of Fame was established in 1971 to honor the best minds in visual arts and communications. Illustrator Maria Kalman, Rhode Island School of Design president John Maeda, design professor R. Roger Remington and fashion photographer Bruce Weber round out the list of 2008 inductees.
http://www.adcglobal.org

•MOTHER'S DOGMATIC: FROM CART TO RESTO> Dogmatic, a Bleecker Street Park gourmet hot dog cart created by Mother's New York office is now a full-fledged gourmet sausage restaurant. Former Burger King CEO Brad Blum of BLUM Enterprises bought majority stake in the company and hopes to roll out its progressive sausage concept nationally. The first Dogmatic Gourmet Sausage System opened on East 17th Street in Manhattan on October 13. It serves five types of handcrafted sausages (grass-fed beef, free-range chicken, pork, turkey and lamb), as well as locally-sourced asparagus spears and gourmet sauces. Mother remains involved as a financial and creative partner overseeing the restaurant's design, branding and marketing.

•FORTISSIMO/PSYOP MERGER FAILS> Fortissimo Acquisition Corp.'s stockholders voted down a proposal to take over New York VFX/animation outfit Psyop last week, effectively scuttling the company's plan to merge with London-based prodco Stink. Fortissimo, an Israel-based special purpose acquisition company, announced its intent to acquire $29.4 million worth of Psyop's equity back in January. In explaining Psyop's expansion plan to Boards last month, EP Justin Booth-Clibborn said, "We would form a media and content creation holding company which would own the brands underneath the Psyop and Stink umbrellas. We've worked with Stink for the last two years. [The proposed merger] is really an extension of the production partner idea."

•D&AD ANNOUNCES 2009 JURY FOREMEN> Organizers at D&AD have announced the jury foremen for its 2009 awards. Mother, London's Mark Waites will head the TV and cinema advertising jury; Double G Studios' Grant Gilbert will head the TV and cinema communications jury; Academy Films' Liz Gower will head up the music videos jury; Big Spaceship's Michael Lebowitz will head up the viral jury and Big Man's Mauricio Mazzariol will head up the websites jury. For the full list of jury foreman, head to D&AD's website.

Energy BBDO Chicago has promoted Frank Dattalo and Mike Roe to group creative directors to oversee the Wrigley Jr. brands.
http://www.bbdo.com

BBH, New York has promoted Matt Ian to creative director.
http://www.bartleboglehegarty.com

London's Coy! Communications has signed French animation duo Zurich 29 for UK representation.
http://www.coy-com.com

TAXI, Toronto has hired creative directors Darren Clarke and Gary Westgate, ACD Peter Gomes and senior writers Jono Holmes and Chris Davies.
http://www.taxi.ca

Bill Sandwick, former Sandwick Films founder and EP of Sandwick Films has partnered with LA's Crossroads to form the satellite, Sandwick. The roster includes directors Jeff Gorman, Ruben Fleischer, Roenberg, Camp David, Nick Rafter, N Thomas Sigel, Christoffer Von Reis and Nic and Sune.
http://www.crossroadsfilms.com

Madison Park Pictures in New York has signed directors Michael Sucsy, Vincent Jerome, and Lucas Blank.
http://www.madisonparkpictures.com

New York's Northern Lights has hired executive producer Robin Hall.
http://www.nlpedit.com

New York-based design and effects studio Click 3X has added editing, motion design and VFX compositing artist JD Yepes to its roster.
http://click3x.com

Bicoastal 89 Edit has hired editor Susan Munro to its Los Angeles team.
http://www.89edit.com

Serious Pictures, London has signed director Jonathan Dennis, formerly of Red Bee Media.
http://www.seriouspictures.com

Workhorse Media has signed documentary director Maro Chermayeff for exclusive US spot representation.
http://www.workhorsemedia.net

VFX artist/editor Ralph Scaglione has launched FLYfx in New York, an effects and finishing company to be housed in post house thePound@SoundHound.
http://www.flyfx.net

Animation company Loose Moose Productions Ltd. has re-launched in London, headed up by EP Glenn Holberton. The roster includes Ange Palethorpe, Seed Animation Studio, Andy de Emmony, Barry Purves and Sandy Johnson.
http://www.loosemoose.net

South African director Oscar Strauss and director Guillaume de Fontenay have joined Wilfrid Park in Toronto for Canadian spot rep.
http://www.wilfridpark.com

Cossette Communication Group in Montreal has appointed Gregor Angus as COO across the group within the UK.
http://www.cossette.com

Promax|BDA is launching a new half-day "refresher course" for creative and strategic marketing, promotion and design execs called C4 Creative Clinic. The inaugural event will take place in Toronto on Nov. 19.
http://www.promaxbda.org

Amsterdam-based creative ad agency S-W-H has named Sarah Taylor as manager of PR and new business.
http://www.s-w-h.com

Encino, CA-based AvatarLabs has hired producer Ricky Kovac.
http://www.avatarlabs.com

Audioengine, New York has hired mixer Rob DiFondi and operations manager Jennifer Hunt.
http://www.audioengine.net

New York's Washington Square Films has signed tabletop director Santiago Suarez.
http://www.wsfilms.com