Andreas Dahlqvist, who’s served as executive creative director/managing partner at DDB Stockholm since 2004, is joining McCann New York as vice chairman, executive creative director, a new post at the agency.
At DDB Stockholm, which recently was named the Gunn Report’s Digital Agency of the Year, Dahlqvist was responsible for the agency’s creative and strategic product and drove such highly lauded work as the “Fun Theory” campaign for Volkswagen and print and integrated work for McDonald’s, as well as a ground-breaking digital campaign for Swedish Armed Forces. Other creatively high profile clients, spanning multiple categories, include Telia, Adidas, Skoda, The Royal Opera, RSA’s Trygg-Hansa/Codan (insurance companies), Microsoft, Tropicana and international creative work for Vattenfalls, the Swedish energy company.
Earlier, Dahlqvist was creative director of DDB’s predecessor agency in Sweden, Paradiset, and from 1999-2003 he was creative director and founder of The Bearded Lady, a hybrid, interactive agency with a client roster that included Royal Mail, Spendrups beer, Telia, JC, Brothers and Stockholm Records. He began his career as an art director in his native Sweden.
Dahlqvist’s creative honors include 10 Cannes Lions, six One Show Pencils, 14 Clios, four London International Awards, as well as over 70 other top international and local festival award show honors.
Linus Karlsson, chairman/chief creative officer of McCann New York and London, said that Dahlqvist “will be responsible for hands-on oversight of the creative work for all New York agency clients and for leading the transformation of McCann’s N.Y. flagship agency into a creatively driven organization.”
“A Complete Unknown,” “The Brutalist,” “Gladiator II,” “Wicked” Among ADG Excellence in Production Design Award Nominees
The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) has unveiled the nominees for its 29th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. The ceremony, hosted by actress and comedian Rachael Harris, will take place on Feb. 15, at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.
Among the motion picture nominees are the production designers on A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist, Gladiator II, Nosferatu and Saturday Night in the Period Feature Film category; and Alien: Romulus, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Dune: Part Two, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Wicked in the Fantasy Feature Film category.
Television nominations span the likes of Bridgerton, Fallout, House of the Dragon, The Lord of the Rings: Pachinko, Rings of Power, Ripley and Shogun.
The ADG Awards celebrate excellence in production design across theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos, and animated feature films. The 2025 Cinematic Imagery Award will be presented to Academy Award®-nominated director and filmmaker Jason Reitman, whose body of work includes Juno, Up in the Air and Saturday Night.
“This year’s nominees showcase the incredible artistry and vision that define our craft and our industry. We’re thrilled to bring the Guild together to celebrate the achievements of these incredible production designers and their art departments,” shared award show producers Michael Allen Glover, ADG, and Megan Elizabeth Bell, ADG, in a joint statement.
In addition, the ADG will honor Lisa Frazza, Barbara Mesney, Dan Sweetman, and J. Dennis Washington with Lifetime Achievement Awards. Legendary production designer Carl Jules Weyl will be inducted into the ADG Hall of Fame as part of the... Read More