Art Directors Club 85th call for entries
Posted by caffeinegoddess on 15. November 2005 - 16:47
Desire a shiny ADC Cube? The Art Director's Club has opened their call for entries for the 85th annual awards. A call for entry poster was created by Ernest Lupinacci and J.P. Richardson of Anomaly, NY and photographed by James Bareham.


Lupinacci was asked by print critic about the theme of the poster.
"Around the time we took this brief," he explains, "it was reported that McDonald's was negotiating with rappers to name-check the Big Mac in their songs. This resonated with us, since it was clearly an example of a very mainstream marketer attempting to solve their brand's problems in a very nontraditional way. In a sense, they were figuratively asking, in the spirit of Pimp My Ride, for someone to help 'pimp my brand' — to not just burnish its image but to completely take it to another level. In addition, the fact that the client wasn't asking their agency to help was also relevant. More and more, it seems that clients are asking for solutions that they don't think their traditional marketing partners can provide. So the image of the most recognized corporate spokesman in the world, tweaked superficially and stereotypically in an effort to make him seem hipper, is meant to be a commentary about the intense demands and pressures put on clients as they strive to communicate with and stay relevant to their audience — and the pitfalls of what can happen when you don't get it right."
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- Holy guy cave Batman, I am
10 min 3 sec ago - Ooh, you know what he's doing
2 hours 44 min ago - The ASCII doesn't work quite
3 hours 4 min ago - .............................
3 hours 8 min ago - Definitely feel the pain of
3 hours 27 min ago - No one cares if you closed
5 hours 58 min ago - I haven't seen that since my
6 hours 16 min ago - And please don't waste your
6 hours 33 min ago - There's no argument to take
6 hours 39 min ago - What a terrifically
8 hours 5 min ago


Master of Ceremonies Donald looks peeved.
ive puked better concepts than this...
ive shitted better art direction
Auuugh my eyes!
I get it, it's pimpy, but oi is it also quite busy indeedy.
So...this is meant to be satire? By dropping to this level, albiet in mockery, aren't you still putting this crap out there? How many that see this are actually going to think this is a statement about the shallow stereotypes agencies use to reach "diverse" demos? Or the bandwagons jumped a little late? It's sad, but because of so many similar camapigns meant to be taken seriously, I nearly missed the irony.
makes me want to squint when looking at it - bit naff overrall, old ronald mcdonald's missing a great big chunky blingin' medallion of a hamburger around his neck, no?!!
Jesus Christ that looks fucking ridiculous.
Related link: Exploiting Stereotypes: When Bad Is Not Good
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