The new Apple campaign

No, not really but I found these Shuffle Ads and had to share.

Belt Tightening

As I mentioned before I really admire Fallon's work (Citibank Identity, Brawny Man, Sony Bravia) but there seems to be a migration. Paul Silburn has been fired from his position as Executive Creative Director. In a strongly worded statement released today, agency founder Pat Fallon says, "Paul is a brilliant creative, international talent, and a great guy, but I am not satisfied with our progress. I needed to make a change and that change called for decisiveness." Also exiting is creative director Mark Taylor.

As Fallon searches for a new ECD, group creative heads will spearhead creative activity for their clients. This departure isn't the only one in recent months—Fallon's New York office closed in May with the exit of Ari Merkin and Anne Bologna, and the agency has parted with clients BMW, Dyson, Lee and Sony, as well as creative director Bruce Bildsten since then.

Spike Jonze, does it again.

CPB and Director Spike Jonze have done it again. The new Gap ad that shows customers "redesigning" the stores.

Change ME!

No it's not another makeover show. It's a nifty little project that Getty Images is running. Professional and amateur photographers submit photos that inspire you and use it to express an idea that will affect or touch the viewer.

There are the usual third world nation pictures, many clichéd images of change and a few shameless self-promotion photos but there are also some that are unexpectedly beautiful or haunting. It's a great pick-me-up during grey winter days. Proceeds go to One: Campaign To Make Poverty History.

Who cares about the Golden Globes?

Ad Rag is hosting a battle of the ad blogs. Take a peek to discover some new talent and cast a vote for your fave. I especially enjoyed the ViralMeister, Industrial Brand Creative,Creative Post ,Design goddess and the blogs with international perspective.

Paula Scher-Artist Extraordinaire

The New York Times wrote today that Pentagram partner and Icongrad member, Paula Scher is having a solo show at a Chelsea gallery. Exhibit closes 1/21/06.

update: Here's an excellent review from Ricardo Cordoba at Typographica:

"Over the past few years, graphic designer Paula Scher has been painting giant, colorful maps filled with densely packed letterforms that spell out names of cities, states, ZIP codes, and, in some cases, voting statistics. These are intricate and expressive paintings, and she showed slides of them during her opening presentation at last year’s TypeCon. Now, happily, these paintings can be seen up close at the Maya Stendhal Gallery, in New York City’s Chelsea district. The show has been extended through January 21, and the gallery’s website features images of the paintings and of “The Daily News,” a series on paper that she did for Print magazine. The site also includes links to a Hillman Curtis film on Paula Scher, an essay about her paintings, and an excerpt from her book “Make It Bigger”."