The Albertson's LLC team recently wrapped production on a new collateral piece for perspective pharmacy students. Easy to transport for Albertson's recruiting teams and unique in the category for graduates, the piece is already receiving lots of positive feedback. The team at Albertson's provided us with fantastic leadership and we're all excited that the piece is now in market and making the rounds. As far as the inspiration and details of the piece, please click on the above graphic. Hats off to Jennie, Sean, Mona and Karma.

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"This video shows the winner of "Ukraine’s Got Talent", Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch. The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about £75,000. She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated. It is replaced by a woman’s face crying, but then a baby arrives and the woman smiles again. Once again war returns and Miss Simonova throws the sand into chaos from which a young woman’s face appears. She quickly becomes an old widow, her face wrinkled and sad, before the image turns into a monument to an Unknown Soldier. This outdoor scene becomes framed by a window as if the viewer is looking out on the monument from within a house. In the final scene, a mother and child appear inside and a man standing outside, with his hands pressed against the glass, saying goodbye. The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, resulted in one in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million. Kseniya Simonova says: "I find it difficult enough to create art using paper and pencils or paintbrushes, but using sand and fingers is beyond me. The art, especially when the war is used as the subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears. And there’s surely no bigger compliment."

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vOhf3OvRXKg

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Interesting to see some classic cartoon characters take on a fresh new look and update their brands for the next generation... I especially dig the new Strawberry Shortcake, but some of the others I have seen aren't so impressive. Here are a few more:
http://tinyurl.com/ydk8jju

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Drake Cooper is excited to announce that we'll be bringing Art & Copy to Boise on Thursday March 18th and the screening will be downtown at the Egyptian Theatre!

Here is a quick synopsis for anyone who's unfamiliar:

ART & COPY is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, SCRATCH, HYPE!), it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time -- people who've profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry. Exploding forth from advertising's "creative revolution" of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation: George Lois, Mary Wells, Dan Wieden, Lee Clow, Hal Riney and others featured in ART & COPY were responsible for "Just Do It," "I Love NY," "Where's the Beef?," "Got Milk," "Think Different," and brilliant campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. They managed to grab the attention of millions and truly move them. Visually interwoven with their stories, TV satellites are launched, billboards are erected, and the social and cultural impact of their ads are brought to light in this dynamic exploration of art, commerce, and human emotion.

In short this film is a must see for anyone who's in advertising, design or any creative field for that matter. We're currently working out the rest of the details so keep checking back to find out more as we get closer to the date of the screening. One thing's for sure though...it will be a crazy kick-ass event to gather all of the talented creative types in Boise! For more on the film see the link below.

http://artandcopyfilm.com/

Cheers!