A prolific designer, illustrator, and artist, Ivan has created memorable, iconic images for literally hundreds of clients. As a founding partner of the powerhouse graphic design firm Chermayeff & Geismar with Tom Geismar, he has played a significant role in establishing the firm’s worldwide reputation. His trademarks, posters, publications and art installations for contemporary buildings are widely recognized and have received nearly every award bestowed by the profession. He received the Yale Arts Medal, the President’s Fellow Award from the Rhode Island School of Design, and the Industrial Art Medal from the American Institute of Architects. A past president of the AIGA and elected to the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, he also served for two decades as a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art. Ivan is a living legend, a friend of the industry, and a longtime member and friend of ADC. We caught up with Ivan at the end of the summer and learned about what they have cooking over at Chermayeff & Geismar. Interview by Regan Murphy, regan@adcglobal.org.

IC: Over the years I’ve always had a lot respect for the Art Directors Club. I’ve had good friends that have been very involved with the club, including Henry Wolf, a past President of ADC. I’ve been on your jury a number of times. I remember when ADC was located on Park Ave. Your new space now is very nice. When I was the President of AIGA there was lots of mutual admiration.

IC: Ten times better. We do what we want to do. We turn out work instead of hustling around to meetings. We spend more time designing and less time in meetings.

IC: We are well known and we are well established around the world. I have no intention of retiring and neither does Tom. Sagi Haviv has been with us for five years and is now a principal partner. He is really great, and may stay on after Tom and I are gone. Work is coming from all over so we’re looking to the future and not slowing down.

IC: We are probably going to publish an up to date version of TM, which came out in 2000. We will have 10 years of identity work from all over the world to showcase. Instead of making the book longer we’ll take out and add in.

IC: Two great identities we recently completed are for the Library of Congress and the fashion brand Armani Exchange. The new logo for the Library of Congress takes the form of a waving American flag, a design that only the National Library can claim. For Armani Exchange we revised the famous A|X logo and made it into a bold icon without any loss of brand equity. The revised A|X logo can now take a front seat in their advertising, which can currently be seen in magazine ads, billboards and phone booths worldwide.

IC: You know, I can’t help it. I love toys, and primitive things, and things done by do it yourself designers… the list goes on. There is more life in an item, and it is more honest, if it is primitive.

IC: It was a good summer. I was in Italy, England, Japan and Korea. That was quite enough! I took a little time to go up to Cape Cod with my wife on holiday in August. But now there is plenty going on.

IC: There are many exciting projects in the pipeline, some of which we cannot talk about yet. The others include new identities for the MacArthur Foundation, Conservation International, and a new worldwide environmental campaign that will have a lot of advertising and celebrities attached to it. We are also currently working on big projects in Korea, India, Turkey and Dubai.

IC: Tom, Sagi and I are preparing to teach a course at SVA this Spring. Being a small office our time is some what limited but it is very important to stay connected.

Places you have been:
-Japan
-New Zealand
-Costa Rica

Places you want to visit:
-Alaska
-Argentina
-China

Films:
-The Lady from Shanghai
-Beat the Devil
-Casablanca

What to eat for lunch:
-Bangers and mash
-Shrimp toast
-Zucchini flowers

Streets to walk:
-Canal Street
-5th Avenue
-The High Line

ADC unveils the fifty winners of the ADC Young Guns 7 competition! Their winning work in advertising, design, illustration and photography will grace the gallery walls, and winners will claim the iconic ADC Young Guns Cube. The ADC Young Guns 7 book, published by Moleskine, will be released at the event.

The three winners of ADC Young Guns Moleskine® Grants will also be announced. Based on jury scores in the competition, Moleskine® will award $1,000 to the top-ranked winner, and $250 to the next two runners-up.

DJ: Luke and Zach Go Boating
Color photo booth will be on hand at the event, generously provided by Photo Illusion, LLC.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
7-10 PM
@ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street, NYC

ADC Members FREE
Non-Members $25

Please RSVP EARLY; this event sells out quickly.

RSVP / BUY TICKETS.

Come see the work of this year\'s outstanding ADC Young Guns 7 winners.

Exhibition runs Thursday, October 22 - Friday, November 6, 2009.
@ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street, NYC
Gallery open Mon-Fri, 10am - 6pm.

Opening reception: Wednesday, October 21, 7-10 PM. Get your tickets here.

On the fourth Monday of every month, select ADC Young Guns winners present their work at the Apple Store in SoHo. October\'s speaker: Julien Vallée.

Based in Montréal, Canada, graphic designer Julien Vallée marries handcraft and digital technology to produce awe-inspiring work in both print and motion. From art installations to videos for the music industry, Julien\'s work has been published worldwide in international graphic books and magazines. In 2008 he was part of the YCN Live 2008 event where he exhibited work in Sydney and at the Bloomberg YCN showroom in London. His client list includes Computer Arts, Swatch, MTV-One and the New York Times Magazine. Julien was part of the ADC Young Guns 6 class of winners, honored in 2008.

Monday, October 26, 2009
6:30 - 8 PM
Apple Store SoHo
103 Prince Street, NYC

Free, no reservation required.

FIVE ADC Young Guns 7 judges pick FIVE of this year\'s incredible winners. All TEN present their work, Pecha Kucha-style – 20 slides, 20 seconds each. 400 seconds to tell their story.

Scheduled Speakers:
Robin Bilardello, ADC Young Guns 5
Bridget De Socio, ADC Young Guns 1
dress code, ADC Young Guns 5
Nicholas Felton, ADC Young Guns 6
Greg Brunkalla, ADC Young Guns 6

+ their five picks from the ADC Young Guns 7 winning class!


Moderated by Connor Swegle of Click 3X Entertainment.

Drinks to follow, providing an opportunity to speak with the presenters. Every attendee who fills out a questionnaire is eligible to win a copy of Adobe CS4!

Before the speaker presentation, take advantage of an optional training session from Adobe, taught by Greg Rewis, Group Manager, Creative Solutions Evangelism at Adobe Systems. The session will cover two topics, "Mastering CSS and Web Design" and "Flash Bootcamp: Actionscript for Designers."

Thursday, October 29, 2009
5:00-7:00 Adobe Training Session
7:00-8:30 Speaker Presentations
ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street, NYC

ADC Members FREE
Non-Members $20 online, $25 at the door

RSVP / BUY TICKETS.

Sponsored by Adobe.

The ADC 88th Annual Awards Traveling Exhibition made a stop in Buenos Aires from September 21-28, 2009 at Centro Cultural Recoleta.

Founded on the basis of the original exhibition in 1920, the ADC Annual Awards is among the most prestigious in visual communications, honoring the best work of the year from around the world in advertising, design, interactive media, photography and illustration. Today the 88th exhibition is comprised of Gold, Silver and Bronze winners, selected by international juries from thousands of entries received worldwide. Categories of distinction include advertising, broadcast, design, photography, illustration, and interactive, as well as the new ADC Hybrid and ADC Design Sphere.

The Art Directors Club 88th Annual Awards Traveling Exhibition will be making its next stop at:

Taiwan School of Design
November 1-7
3F No. 6, Lance 5 Cingtian St.
Da-an District
Taipei 106, Taiwan

A Conversation with Industry Peers on the Hottest topics of Digital Marketing

This dynamic unConference will feature an afternoon of knowledge exchange and networking that you don\'t want to miss. The great conversations will continue during the evening networking Mixer from 6pm to 8pm and will feature an array of hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. You may register for the full-day or for the Mixer only but this is an intimate event so seating is limited.

Who will be there? Agency Managers and CEOs, Creative and Art Directors, Copy Writers, Digital Artists, Media Planners, Social Network Strategists, Futurists, and more.

Unlike a traditional conference, where organizers set topics and speakers, unConference participants create the agenda themselves and are able to interact with one another in a fun, thought provoking manner. Participants are encouraged to move from one presentation to another, engaging with their colleagues in a format that favors dialogue and discussion over talking head presentations.

Please share your ideas for topics here.

SoDA unConfernece
November 3, 2009
@ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street, NYC
All Day (unConference & Mixer ) 2-5pm, $125.00
Mixer Only 6-8pm, $45.00

Ticket discount for ADC Members!
Enter these discount codes when buying your ticket:
Just the mixer, $35: adcmember_mixer
The full day, $99: adcmember_uncon

Register here. Limited seating for the unConference!

The Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA) is the voice of interactive professionals with a mission to advance the industry through best practices, education, and advocacy. To get in touch with SoDA please email communications@sodaspeaks.com.

Sappi Fine Paper invites you to an entertaining look at 40 years of narrative design, through the eyes of Kit Hinrichs, Principal of Studio Hinrichs, San Francisco. The presentation will feature a series of case studies demonstrating the power of visual storytelling.

The event will continue with an exploration of the new Sappi Standard #3: Varnish and Coating Techniques, presented by Kit Hinrichs and Daniel Dejan, National Print & Creative Specialist for Sappi Fine Paper.

November 5, 2009
@ ADC Gallery
106 West 29th St, NYC
6:00–7:00pm Reception
7:00–8:15pm Presentation
8:15–9:00pm Q&A, Ending Reception

Free Admission with an RSVP.

Please RSVP by November 3.

Sponsored by

This workshop will be led by Catharine P. Taylor. Catharine started covering digital media and advertising in the mid-1990s for Adweek, and went onto found the magazine\'s AdFreak blog. Currently she writes the “Social Media Insider” column for Mediapost, is a daily contributor to the BNET Media blog and has her own blog, Adverganza. Catharine was the moderator for ADC\'s Reboot:Advertising event which took place last June. ADC is very excited to have Catharine return to ADC\'s stage and share her expertise.

The hands-on workshop will show you how to blog, and use other social networking platforms to further your personal brand. The event will conclude with one hour of networking and complimentary cocktails.

November 9, 2009
@ ADC Gallery
106 West 29th St, NYC
5:00–7:30pm Workshop
7:30–8:30pm Networking Hour

Mark your calendars! Tickets will be available starting Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Check in with ADC\'s online calendar for more details.

The annual ADC Forum exploring the responsibility and experiences of designers and creatives to drive social and political change through their work and career focus.

This year we explore business models that drive social change - effectively providing careers and incomes while changing the world featuring:

Blake Mycoskie, CEO, Toms Shoes
Bill Drenttel, Partner, Winterhouse Studio and Design Observer
Paula Scher, Partner, Pentagram
Mark Randall, Principal, World Studio

Moderated by Helen Walters, Business Week Innovation & Design Channel and contributing editor to Creative Review.

An online auction will take place before Designism 4.0 to fund ADC Scholarships. You will be able to bid on a pair of "Walk the Walk" Toms Shoes created by your favorite designer. All proceeds go directly to the ADC Scholarship Fund.

Final bids for "Walk the Walk" Auction will be taken during Designism 4.0 and winners announced at the end of this event!

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
@ ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street, NYC

ADC Members FREE
Non-Members $25 online, $35 at the door
Students $10 online, $15 at the door

Sponsored by Sappi.

RSVP / BUY TICKETS.

Selected from the personal photography portfolios of some of the world\'s most innovative graphic designers including big international names such as Ed Fella, Jeri Heiden, and Marian Bantjes the images in The Graphic Eye offer a glimpse into the working methods and obsessions of this unique class of visual creatives. Detail-oriented and aesthetically demanding, graphic designers have a special way of looking at the world, and the photographic images they create for their own reference and enjoyment from micro details to monumental cityscapes, funny vignettes to found fashion are as unconventional as they are inspirational.

In his latest book graphic designer and art director Stefan G. Bucher, a member of the class of ADC Young Guns 4, collects 500 photographs by 120 graphic designers in one very impressive volume. Bucher selected the photographs from thousands of submissions and places them in an evocative sequence. Congrats to Stefan!

This past September, Flora Moir joined the Art Directors Club to take on the role of Education Coordinator. She is excited to carry on the outstanding programs her predecessor, Isabel Johnson, has headed in the past. She will also be working to expand the ADC’s Scholarship Program so that we can continue to support aspiring, young creatives.

This month ADC will be kicking off the Fall Saturday Career Workshop series! We are excited to announce our partnership with Design Ignites Change as we incorporate their Create! Don’t Hate program into our workshops. High school students will be working with instructors to create powerful, design-driven projects that address the theme of tolerance in compelling and thought-provoking ways. We look forward to showcasing students’ work, as the program is under way! For more information about this and other ADC Education programs, please contact Flora at flora@adcglobal.org.

CALL FOR ENTRIES opens shortly! Please let your colleagues and friends know that they can sign up to be placed on ADC\'s Annual Awards mailing list by visiting ADC\'s Annual Awards website and submitting their e-mail address.

Watch for the return of the ADC Black Cube, ADC Hybrid, ADC Design Sphere and Cumulative Best Awards. And, introducing this year, the addition of School of the Year!

Calling all students!

New this year, students are invited to enter ADC’s Student Creative Brief competition sponsored by Nissan CUBE. Go here for details. Of course, students are also invited to submit published or unpublished work in any category except the ADC Hybrid, ADC Design Sphere and Playground categories.

Stay tuned to WWW.ADCAWARDS.ORG for up-to-date info.

The International Fine Print Dealers Association is pleased to invite you to be a guest at the Opening Night Preview for the 2009 IFPDA Print Fair on Wednesday, November 4th from 5-9 pm.

To print your complimentary ticket for the Preview, please follow this link.

Enter your information, print your ticket and bring it with you to the Preview. We are happy to admit you and a guest to the Preview. Please be sure to choose (2) tickets from the drop down menu before you advance to your printed ticket. You will need one bar-coded ticket per person to gain access to the Preview.

This year’s Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament has made its way through 16 cities and 256 competitors from February-June 2009. It now culminates in a battle of the best, champions vs. champions, with the final 2009 tournament event: the first-ever Cut&Paste Global Championship. Showcasing the talents of 48 competition winners in 2D, 3D, and motion design from the North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific regions, the championship event will take place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Friday, October 16, 2009.

Hammerstein Ballroom @ Manhattan Center Studios
311 W. 34th Street, NYC

Friday, October 16th, 2009
Doors open: 7:00pm EST
Show starts: 8:00pm EST
Get tickets here.

Picturehouse New York is the only event of its kind bringing together the buyers of imagery with the suppliers, all in one key location, all in one day.

The expo is happening this year at Metropolitan Pavilion (125 West 18th Street in New York City) on Wednesday, October 14, 2009. New this year: a Copyright/Copywrong in Image Licensing seminar: Nancy Wolff, Counsel to PACA, author, and leading authority on copyright, will talk and answer questions on copyright issues relevant to picture buyers today AND a series of Informal focus groups on a variety of topics of importance to you the buyer.

As always you can:
- Connect with visual suppliers from around the world
- Network with your peers
- Discover great new sources for the best imagery
- Enjoy quality food and drink, (beer and wine after 5:00)
- Collect some cool giveaways
- Win valuable prizes

For more details and to register for the free expo go here.

For more than 30 years Workbook has been successfully bringing together industry creatives with advertising talent. During these years, Workbook and workbook.com have earned the reputation as a trusted and valuable tool for art buyers, art directors and designers.

Workbook Print Is a set of creative industry reference books featuring a combined collection of over 1,000 pages of work from emerging and established advertising photographers, illustrators, letterers and logo designers.

Workbook Portfolios at www.workbook.com is the number one portal, offering an extensive and fully searchable online collection of diverse work from 1,100 photographers, illustrators, letterers, logo designers and their agents. Workbook.com offers the fastest and easiest way to search, browse and bookmark both Workbook Print online and Workbook Portfolios.

Welcome to ADC\'s New Individual Members!

Seyoung Baek: Elmhurst, NY
Peter Bosilkovski: Sydney, Australia
Jacob Botello: Richmond, VA
Terrance Brown: Tulsa, OK
Marina Caminal: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hannah Choi: Richmond, VA
Melanie Crump: Farmington, NY
Will Decher: Richmond, VA
Samuel Dolphin: Richmond, VA
Marisa Domenech: Richmond, VA
William Donahoe: Richmond, VA
Kristie Fenning: NY, NY
Katrina Ford: Richmond, VA
Lauren Geisler: Boca Raton, FL
Amanda Gonzalez: Astoria, TX
Anoj Gurung: Bronx, NY
Stephen Hadinger: Stafford, MA
Joe Hagel: Richmond, VA
Alex Haglund: Williamsburg, VA
Carl Hammond: NY, NY
Grace Harris: Midlothian, VA
Kasia Haupt: Starkville, MS
Sagi Haviv: NY, NY
Virginia Ivey: Richmond, VA
Heather Lynn Jones: Brooklyn, NY
Aramazt Kalayjian: NY, NY
Karen Khouth: Richmond, VA
Duane King: Santa Fe, NM
Stuart Knowlan: Glen Allen, VA
Sarah Kraus: Chicago, IL
Tiffany Lam: Richmond, VA
Susan Land: Austin, TX
Brandon Lori: Pittsburgh, PA
Julia Lovallo: Hoboken, NJ
Jodi Luby: NY, NY
Liz Macfarlane: NY, NY
Maureen McFee: Richmond, VA
Dana McMahan: Chapel Hill, NC
Angela Moramarco: Brooklyn, NY
Derek O\'Leary: Richmond, VA
Lauren Omanoff: Brooklyn, NY
Takashi Omura: NY, NY
Allyson Otis: El Paso, TX
Andy Outis: Brooklyn, NY
Lisa Overton: NY, NY
Margarita Peces: Brooklyn, NY
Simon Philion: Richmond, VA
Laddawan Prawatyotin: Elmhurst, NY
Keren Richter: Brooklyn, NY
Samantha Ridgway: Richmond, VA
Emma Victoria Robinson: Miami Beach, FL
Susannah Shepherd: NY, NY
Tal Shub: NY, NY
David Sloan: Richmond, VA
Matthew Spicer: Richmond, VA
Mark Alan Stamaty: NY, NY
Kevin Su: Richmond, VA
Eida Tan: San Francisco, CA
Billy Veasey: Richmond, VA
Jason Vogel: NY, NY
Semjon Von Doenhoff: NY, NY
Susan Weil: Brooklyn, NY
Jeremy Williams: Richmond, VA
Steven Wohlwender: San Mateo, CA
Adam Wolinsky: Richmond, VA
James Yang: NY, NY
Yeonjae Yuk: Glen Rock, NJ


What is CUBE?

CUBE is a prestigious, honorary membership group established for all ADC Cube winners - past and present. All ADC Annual Awards cube winners with a personalized Cube are automatically qualified to join ADC\'s award-winning member group: CUBE.

The formation of this unique group will lead up to a CUBE members\' reunion at our 90th Anniversary Gala in 2011 - CUBE members will be invited to attend as our guests and enjoy other special benefits. To learn more go here.

ADC members - this is your place to share. The newsletter is published monthly. The deadline for submissions for the November newsletter is October 26. Send news or inquiries to regan@adcglobal.org with the subject line Newsletter.

ADC Gallery, situated in the heart of the Chelsea Flower District, is a white-wall gallery space located on the ground floor with street access and large windows. The gallery has a full catering kitchen, guest bathrooms, a coat check room, one additional ground-floor room with sliding doors, a second floor meeting room and a small landing space leading to a viewing balcony. ADC Gallery can accommodate up to 430 guests and is handicap accessible.

Location: 106 West 29th Street
(Just West of 6th Avenue)
Closest subway stops are 1/9 or R/W to 28th St.

To view event photos visit ADC\'s online photo albums.

For more information click here.
For further questions or to make an appointment, please contact Olga Grisaitis at olga@adcglobal.org.

The Art Directors Club is the premier organization for integrated media and the first international creative collective of its kind. Founded in New York in 1920, ADC is a not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to Connect, Provoke and Elevate world changing ideas. It focuses on the highest standards of excellence and integrity in visual 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.

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