I apologize for the lack of blog updates. Hopefully you have been following via Twitter @KenjiSummers If not, let’s connect tomorrow at the One Club-Adversity Anniversary Celebration. RSVP HERE or Adversity-Oneclub.org

I’ve collaborated with One Club-Adversity on a few  occassions and I look forward to seeing new and familiar faces at their 1 year anniversary.

I’ve attended a lot of events in the past week and would like to post about everything but for now, check the info for tomorrow:

The event was great. That is all. These three pics mean a lot.

Fred R. Barnard would say a picture is worth a thousand words. Here are 69 pictures.

Can you do that math? #adwk + #afterhrs = experience of a lifetime

Special thanks to Cubes Are Evil, Millennial Moguls, Marcus Graham Project, Adversity and Sprite Green.

October 7, 2009 in NYC at JWT

The event is meant to bring young creative professionals together that aspire to someday be one of the great minds honored on the One Club Creative Hall of Fame. This is sure to be an excellent opportunity to meet and greet others that share your passion for great work in advertising and design.

There are a few passes left…

This is an award that I would want to win if I was a creative. I actually got a preview of the award, and it is magnificent to say the least. Hopefully, I book my ticket to Phoenix so that I can witness this award be presented. Please familiarize yourselves with the creatives below. They have been responsible for some of the best advertising creative of the past 20 years. I’ve been involved with the One Club for nearly a year, and I know Julius Dunn and Adversity are making strides to make the advertising industry more inclusive. In addition, Tiffany R. Warren has broken more ground by partnering with an industry leader in the One Club. I am glad to be involved with both organizations. Check the link at the end of the post for the full press release.

The One Club announced today that it is forming a partnership with the ADCOLOR Coalition to award the first-ever One Club/ADCOLOR Creative Award honoring a creative professional of multi-cultural background for outstanding achievements in the advertising industry. The One Club/ADCOLOR Creative Award will be presented at the 2009 ADCOLOR Awards ceremony on October 4th, at the Biltmore Resort in Phoenix, Arizona.

The nominees for the award will be selected by The One Club Board of Directors and will be based on the individual’s professional achievement in creative advertising, including design and new media. Consideration will also be given to the nominees’ contributions throughout his or her career in giving back to the industry to develop young talent.

The 2009 Nominees are:

 
Shameka Brown Barbosa, Associate Creative Director/Copywriter, UniWorld Group, New York
Keith Cartwright, Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy, New York
Vida Cornelious, Vice President & Group Creative Director, Global Hue, Detroit
Perry Fair, Vice President, Digital Creative Director, Grey Worldwide, New York
R. Vann Graves, Executive Vice President & Chief Creative Officer, UniWorld Group, New York
Desmond Hall, Executive Creative Director, Global Hue, New York
Jimmy Smith, Executive Creative Director, TBWA\Chiat\Day, Los Angeles
Feh Tarty, Executive Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy, London

via Market Wire

Julius (Adversity-One Club) x Julio (Trust Nobody Barcelona) x Me (Millennial Moguls) @ Trust Nobody in Barcelona, Spain

Hawaii Mike with the assist

3 kings on cinco de mayo, originally uploaded by KenjiSummers.

On Cinco de Mayo I was lucky enough to see a group of creatives — which I have coined, ‘The 3 Kings’– speak about what it took for them to ‘pillage’ (takeover is overused) an industry that is mostly ‘closed door’ and ‘old boy’.

Event: Multicultural Mixer @ JWT
Produced by Tangerine-Watson and Adversity-One Club

The Three Kings (in order L-R):
Kash Sree – ECD, JWT
Vann Graves – CCO, Uniworld
Jimmy Smith – ECD, TBWA/Chiat Day

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Our :30 second spot. Why would you not attend?

Thursday, May 7, 2009
10PM-till we close the spot
Haven Lounge
244 East 51st street (between 2nd-3rd ave)
E/V/6 to 51st street and 3rd avenue

Gold on Gold Recap, originally uploaded by KenjiSummers.

(L-R: Ryan Kutscher of CP+B. Julius Dunn of Adversi+y/One Club)

Last nights ‘Gold on Gold’ event at the One Club was a pleasant distraction from the snow and rain that has been plaguing New York City. Through blinding snow many of NYC creative minds made it out to the building at 21 26th street.

For those that made it out they were treated to Crispin Porter + Bogusky Associative Director Ryan Kutscher lecture about the ‘Whopper Freakout’ ad campaign that his agency orchestrated for their client Burger King.

Ryan spoke to the fact that the ‘Freakout’ campaign was almost an after thought of the agency and only expected to be a stunt. However the ‘stunt’ became a smashing success winning the agency and client numerous awards.

Towards the end of the lecture Ryan plugged the new campaign that CP+B has out at the moment called ‘Whopper Virgins.’ Similar to its predecessor Whopper Virgins comes with an 8min documentary about the taping of the campaign, but unlike the original the campaign has added a branded product; a cologne/musk that smells like flame broiled meat. For those in NYC the scent is sold exclusively at ‘Ricky’s.’

All in all the evening was a great escape from New York’s cold and snowy weather. Various people from the creative world were in hand to watch and learn, eat Whoppers, drink beverages, an listen to Vampire Weekend (Julius I see you lol).

Lastly during the Q/A period I asked Ryan Kutscher, “In regards to viral spread has ‘Whopper Virgins’ been as successful as its predecessor (Whopper Freakout)?” Ryan responded no and not in a good way. Apparently critics and/or the public deem the ads to be ’Burger Imperialism,’ ‘in bad taste,’ or ‘fake.’ In response to the critics Ryan will ask you to visit Whoppervirgins.com and decide for yourself. With Burger King sales up and climbing it goes to show that any press is always good press.
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