The Art Directors Club ((www.adcglobal.org)), the premier organization for creatives in integrated media and the first global creative collective of its kind, announced a pair of speaker events as part of its 2010 “Festival of Fame”.
The speaker series, taking place at the ADC Gallery, 106 West 29th St, NYC from 6:00pm-8:00pm, is as follows:
โข Wednesday, November 3, conversation with 2010 ADC Hall of Fame laureate Dan Wieden, co-founder, Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, OR, and David Kennedy, W+K co-founder, moderated by Jeff Goodby, co-chairman, creative director, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, CA.
โข Tuesday, November 9, conversation with 2010 ADC Hall of Fame laureates Christoph Niemann, illustrator, and Matthew Carter, typographer, moderated by Nicholas Blechman, art director, The New York Times Book Review, and member of the ADC Hall of Fame selection committee.
These three honorees, as well as other 2010 laureates Fabien Baron, creative director; currently editorial director, Interview magazine; William Drenttel and Jessica Helfand, founders, Winterhouse; Philip Hays (posthumous), illustrator and educator; Brigitte Lacombe, photographer; and George Nelson (posthumous), designer and author, will be inducted into the ADC Hall of Fame at a creative black-tie benefit dinner on Thursday, November 4, 2010, 7:00pm at the ADC Gallery in New York, with proceeds going toward ADC scholarship programs.
For the second ADC Hall of Fame in a row, master of ceremonies at the induction dinner and awards presentation will be Emmy and Peabody Award winning journalist John Hockenberry. An exhibition of work by these latest ADC Hall of Fame laureates will be on display and open to the public, free of charge, at the ADC Gallery from November 8-23, 2010.
2010 ADC Festival of Fame event tickets info
2010 ADC Festival of Fame Speaker Series
Dan Wieden and David Kennedy, moderated by Jeff Goodby
Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 6:00pm-8:00pm
ADC Gallery, 106 West 29th Street, NYC, drinks and light fare served
ADC Members: Free
Non-Members: $35
Student (w/ valid ID): $15 (two tickets maximum per RSVP)
To RSVP and purchase tickets, please visit http://(www.adcglobal.org)/adc/events/calendar/#216
2010 ADC Festival of Fame Speaker Series
Christoph Niemann and Matthew Carter, moderated by Nicholas Blechman
Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 6:00pm-8:00pm
ADC Gallery, 106 West 29th Street, NYC, drinks and light fare served
ADC Members: Free
Non-Members: $35
Student (w/ valid ID): $15 (two tickets maximum per RSVP)
To RSVP and purchase tickets, please visit http://(www.adcglobal.org)/adc/events/calendar/#217
2010 ADC Hall of Fame Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony
Thursday, November 4, 2010
7:00pm Champagne reception and exhibition preview, 8:00pm dinner and presentation
ADC Gallery, 106 West 29th Street, NYC
Attire: Festive Black Tie
ADC members: $300
Non-members: $400
Proceeds go toward ADC scholarship programs
To RSVP and purchase tickets, please visit http://(www.adcglobal.org)/adc/events/calendar/#207
ADC established the ADC 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, including Richard Avedon, Saul Bass, Leo Burnett, Jay Chiat, Walt Disney, Charles and Ray Eames, Milton Glaser, Annie Leibovitz, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Paul Rand, Andy Warhol and others (for the complete list, please visit (www.adcglobal.org)/archive/hof/).
The ADC Hall of Fame Selection Committee was co-chaired by ADC board members Chee Pearlman, principal, Chee Company, and Janet Froelich, creative director, Real Simple (ADC Hall of Fame laureate 2006). The full selection committee included Nicholas Blechman, art director, The New York Times Book Review; Rob Feakins, ADC board member and chief creative officer/president, Publicis New York; Louise Fili, founder, Louise Fili Ltd (ADC Hall of Fame laureate 2004); Doug Jaeger, ADC board president, president and partner, Jaeger+Sloan, Inc.; Lisa Naftolin, executive creative director, creative brand development, Nars Cosmetics; Paula Scher, partner, Pentagram (ADC Hall of Fame laureate 1998); Massimo Vignelli, co-founder, Vignelli Associates (ADC Hall of Fame laureate 1982) and Jeffrey Zeldman, founder/executive creative director, Happy Cog.
The Art Directors Club ((www.adcglobal.org)) is the premier organization for integrated media and the first international creative collective of its kind. Founded in New York in 1920, the ADC is a self-funded, not-for-profit global membership organization whose mission is to connect creative communications professionals around the globe, and to provoke and elevate world-changing ideas. It focuses on the highest standards of excellence in communications for the industry, and encourages students and young professionals entering the field. ADC provides a forum for creatives in Advertising, Design, Interactive Media and Communications to explore the direction of these rapidly converging industries. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
