The creative team of Fabian Berglund and Ida Gronblom has joined Wieden+Kennedy, New York. The duo comes over from R/GA New York, where they have been since 2010. Previously Berglund and Gronblom spent five years at Wieden+Kennedy London.
While at R/GA, Berglund and Gronblom worked on campaigns for Nike and a number of successful new business pitches, including a campaign for Giorgio Armani Fragrances to support The UNICEF Tap Project during World Water Week 2011.
Berglund and Gronblom will work as a senior creative team on all brands across the Wieden+Kennedy New York client roster, which includes the recently added Heineken USA business, as well as ESPN, Delta Air Lines, Nike, Jordan Brand, ABC Network Television, Disney XD, and ABC Family.
The duo met at Berghs School of Communication in Stockholm, Sweden, teaming up in 2005 after winning a D&AD Student Award. They briefly worked for Tequila/TBWA before starting at W+K, where they worked on Nokia Global, Honda, Nike, The Guardian, Pizza Hut, EA Games and Save the Children.
Gronblom, originally from Finland, holds a bachelor of arts in fashion design from the Helsinki University of Art & Design (TAIK). Berglund, who was born and raised in Sweden, studied screen, TV and video production at the KvB Institute of Technology.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
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