The Art Directors Club today announced its class of 2012 for induction into the ADC Hall of Fame: Illustrator Barry Blitt; David Droga, creative chairman, droga5; photographer Mary Ellen Mark; Deborah Sussman, principal and founder, Sussman/Prejza; and winner of the Educator Award, Kevin O’Callaghan, School of Visual Arts (SVA) 3D design chair.
The new group of laureates, representing advertising, design, filmmaking, illustration, photography and education, will be inducted at a creative black-tie benefit gala held for the first time during Advertising Week in New York–on the evening of Friday, October 5.
In celebration of the new inductees–the ADC will be hosting the Festival of Fame, a series of events this fall at their gallery in New York, which will include an exhibition of inductees’ work, designed and curated by the laureates themselves, and a series of speaker events.
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Hall of Fame Selection Committee members talked about the class of 2012 and the rationale for their inclusion among a group of luminaries that over the years includes the likes of Walt Disney, Annie Liebovitz, Andy Warhol, Lee Clow, Dan Wieden, Jay Chiat and Alex Bogusky.
Committee member and lauded director Bob Giraldi, owner of Giraldi Media and chair of the Live Action Short Film Graduate Department of the School of Visual Arts, said of Droga, “In the long history of ad agency brilliance–successful writers and outrageously distinctive art directors have ruled the land. And now, add the name David Droga to that list as this truly independent and innovative agency thinker takes his place as one of the creative geniuses of the modern marketing world.”
Ivan Chermayeff, founding partner, Chermayeff & Geismar, related, “Consistency counts, making Barry Blitt a master of incisive, penetrating insights into the foibles of the characters of our times. He delivers with clarity in his own original style over and over again. The wonder is how he moves so fast to be so to the point so often.”
Janet Froelich, creative director, Real Simple, and ADC Hall of Fame laureate, said, “Mary Ellen Mark occupies a rare position in the world of photography — one of a handful of photographers equally known for incisive, groundbreaking photojournalism, and iconic, emotionally charged portraiture. She is considered a master of visual storytelling and her richly saturated images have become icons in the history of magazine design.”
Richard Wilde, ADC advisory board member, ADC Hall of Fame laureate and chair, Advertising and Graphic Design Department, School of Visual Arts, shared, “In the history of three-dimensional-design education, Kevin O’Callaghan has taken his vision to unimaginable heights inspiring students to achieve a professional level of excellence far beyond expectations.”
Louise Fili, president, Louise Fili Ltd. and Hall of Fame co-chair, noted, “Deborah Sussman’s induction into the Hall of Fame is long overdue. As one of the original students of the American Bauhaus and a designer at the studio of Charles and Ray Eames, she emerged as a pioneer of modern graphic design, as well as a role model for generations of young women.”
In addition to Giraldi, Chermayeff, Froelich, Wilde and Fili, the 2012 Hall of Fame Selection Committee includes: Anthony P. Rhodes, executive VP, School of Visual Arts, Hall of Fame Co-chair; Gail Anderson, faculty, School of Visual Arts; Doug Jaeger, partner, JaegerSloan Inc., ADC second VP, ADC Advisory Board president; Benjamin Palmer, co-founder and CEO, the barbarian group, ADC Board president; Richard Wilde, Design and Advertising Department, School of Visual Arts; and George Lois, art director, ADC past president.
Next month’s benefit gala will be emceed by Cindy Gallop, with all proceeds feeding the wide range of ADC educational programs.
ADC established the Hall of Fame in 1971 as a cross-disciplinary acknowledgement of the most renowned professionals in visual arts and communications. Past inductees represent a diverse group of luminaries in those fields, for the complete list, click here.
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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