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SHYNOLA'S GIDEON BAWS PASSES AWAY AT 33> Gideon Baws, founding member of top directing collective Shynola, passed away suddenly this past Saturday in Los Angeles where he was attending a friend's wedding. He was 33 years old. Known for their hugely varied and innovative output, Shynola was founded in 1994 after Baws teamed up with Chris Harding, Richard Kenworthy and Jason Groves at Kent Institute of Art and Design. They came to prominence with Kenworthy's graduation film The Little Robo and their Guns Blazing film, which UNKLE's James Lavelle used as his acceptance speech at the NME Brat awards in 1999. Read more •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. •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. |
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