The Old Spice Guys go to Casa Bonita!

Wieden+Kennedy creatives Craig Allen & Eric Kallman bring ideas, insights, and a tasty reel of work for Skittles, Careerbuilder.com, and yes, the infamous "I'm on a horse" spot for Old Spice that has swept every major award show, has millions of followers on YouTube, and a slew of parodies. They just have one request. Being big South Park fans, they want to go to Casa Bonita. Wanna go with them?

Come hear them at RMCAD Thursday, February 17th at 6PM. We'll then hold drawings for Casa Bonita vouches so you may go to dinner on ADCD with Eric and Craig. Just think. You'll get to talk to the winners of the 2010 Cannes Grand Prix for Television AND enter the diabolical Black Bart's Cave—all in one night! Wow!

Buy your tickets here!

New HD Work from Boulder's Victors and Spoils

The new ad in the campaign promoting Build Your Bike, customized and personalized bikes from Harley Davidson, built just for you.
Crowdsourced concept from Whit Hiller, a Kentucky native, described by V&S' chief creative officer as "a passionate amateur."

Your thoughts?

More here @ AdAge.com

Sapporo - Great Beer Commercial

Not one of the Super Bowl ads!

Imported from Detroit

Gotta say, this one really rocked me...

You Can Win Tickets To The Casa Bonita After Party

Attention ladies, men, food trucks, aliens currently inhabiting squirrel carcasses, migrating Californians and that very welcoming blue horse with the pretty eyes at DIA:

ADCD has an announcement of such magnitude that I would use ALL CAPS to announce it but it would be really annoying and make all the lowercase letters feel really bad about themselves.

So here goes:

ADCD, here to fore, at this point, would like to announce that we will be giving seven, yes seven, ADCD Super Fans exclusive access to the life-changing diabolical caves, crystalline waterfalls, and yes, the immense pleasure of sitting next to Eric and Craig, the masterminds behind the infamous Old Spice Commercials, at (drum roll please) CASA BONITA on Feb 17th.

During this magical evening, these ADCD Superfans will be dancing a sweet Mexican tango while sipping margaritas the size of a small sombrero and licking the honey off their fingers from the delicious sopapillas.

So how do said ADCD Super Fans BECOME ADCD Super Fans? Just get on your computer, your mom's computer or your boss's computer and post the most exciting, life altering, Old Spice Commercial parody to our facebook fan page.

OR if you're one of the creative ones with nothing to do on a Friday night, create your own delicious parody to share with all the people who actually had plans.

The video with the most "likes" will ensure your access to this wondrous and special evening courtesy of ADCD.

Special consideration will be given to the created videos, unless they suck.

Good luck and you're welcome.

BMA Gold Key Awards

From time to time we like to help support other local creative orgs, such as our friends over at the BMA.

This year's theme is based around Displaying the Best - talent and work. Entry to the judging is online and easy.
You've got one more week to show your Best!

ADMIN SWITCHEROO

Hi everyone. We're glad that there's a lot of chatter about Paper Fashion Show, Old Spice Guys, and other going-ons in ADCDland.

We are in the process of switching admins and getting to e-mails may take a little time. So please be patient and we'll get to you as quick as we can.

Thanks for understanding.

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Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!

The Student Show Results Upset because you did not make it to The Student Show / The Once Show on January 20th?  Although we cannot recap the spectacular night for you minute - by - minute, we can give you a list of the students who received Best of Show, Judge's Choice, and Best of Category, incase you wanted to give them a nice pat on the back or possibly memorize their name for recognition. Check out more images by Shauna Intelisano and Randall Bellows III on our Flickr. Best of Category Photography // Diane Perry // Community College of Denver // Abandon - Light Room Poster - Public // Kevin Davis // Metropolitan State College of Denver // Responsible Gun Use Print Advertising // Joshua Dick and Marton Wessel // University of Colorado // Google Voice Campaign Graphic Design // Greg Jesse // Metropolitan State College of Denver // I've Got Wood Packaging // Sergey Grigoryan // Fort Hays State University // Vitale Dog Food Video and Sound // Trey Wayne R. Morgan III /// Fort Hays State University // Cognitive Distortion Judges Choice Vitale Dog Food // Sergey Grigoryan I've Got Wood // Greg Jesse Cognitive Distortion // Try Wayne R. Morgan III Best of Show Vitale Dog Food // Sergey Grigoryan

Another wins free Paper Fashion Show Tickets!

Congrats to Paul Babbel from Fort Hays State University for winning 2 free tickets to this years Paper Fashion Show! Come to Old Spice Guys on February 17th for your next change to win!

https://www.blacktie-colorado.com/online_sales/rsvp_ticket_purchase.cfm?rsvpid=5273

The One Show Comes To Denver

The One Show is a tradition of recognizing true creative concepts across all media - print, TV, design and interactive advertising. The Gold, Silver and Bronze Pencils awarded went to some of the top national and international brands, proving once again that good creative is good for business. Kevin Swanepoel (New York, New York) will be presenting the nation's top award-winning print and video work from this past year to the Denver community. Click here to purchase tickets.

Attention Paper Fashion Show Designers!

If you tried applying on Blacktie and it said we were at max capacity, please disregard and try again. We are sorry for the inconvenience! There is still plenty of room for your team and your wonderful designs.

This is insightful

Via Ad Age:
How to Win at Facebook Without a Social Media 'Guru'
Click here for the full article and slideshow.

Attention Students!

If your work was selected for The Annual Student Show, you will be receiving an email in the next few days, reminding you to attend The One Show to preview your work and see if you won Best of Show!  Remember, if you entered a piece into the Student Show, you get into The One Show for free!  If you would like to invite guests, make sure to have them buy their ticket here.


Unselected work will not be available at the Student Show. All work not hung will be available from 3:30 to 5:30 Thus, Jan 20th, the day of the show, on the Auraria Campus, Administration Building at 1201 5th Street, suite 250. Please consider having someone pick up and return all the unselected work from your school. If work is not picked up by the evening of the show, or if no arrangements are made with Peter Bergman <pregenol@mscd.edu> prior to the show, it will be donated to charity or recycled. The Administration Building is number 13 on the Auraria Campus map: http://www.ahec.edu/campusmaps/AHEC3D.pdf


Thanks everyone! And we will see you January 20th at The Mayan!

Intel New Campaign

7th Annual Paper Fashion Show, Call for Entries!

Do you want to be part of a unique runway fashion show that's wildly creative? The Art Directors Club of Denver's is now accepting entries for this year's 7th Annual Paper Fashion Show!  

To register, please visit
https://www.blacktie-colorado.com/online_sales/rsvp_ticket_purchase.cfm?rsvpid=5268

And for further information, please contact Delana Reilly  | paperfashion@adcd.com.

The Best of 2010

According to Creativity, these are the top viewed and shared campaigns from this year. And guess what? #1 is the campaign created by the team coming to Casa Bonita in February - join us, won't you, for an evening of mirth, merriment, and inspiration!

Here's the link to register for the "Old Spice Guys" event.

Facebook vs. Twitter

Very interesting.

Business Card Design Inspiration

Much awesomeness here.

There are a couple cards in the list from Rethink in Canada. We had a judge from that shop for the ADCD Annual Show a couple years back.

ripcord Holiday Card - sometimes it pays to post

Denver agency, ripcord, has developed a Holiday card that crosses different media and leads to a wealth of sharing.

Recipients of the card are able to scan it with their QR reader, or simply head to the ripcord site for a link to the ripcord Facebook page, where they are invited to share a favorite holiday memory, gift, recipe or whatever. One lucky post will be rewarded with a $100 Visa Gift Card, just for participating.

Could you be the one? Follow the links and share some good times!

New Site for BKW & Co.

Rich in eye candy and great work, these guys have a new site.
Link to it from here