The Selby brings his lenses into the homes of Stephen Knoll, Hervé Pierre, Rita Konig, Lyndsay Caleo and Fitzhugh Karol, and Anthony Malat and Jamie Isaia for New York Magazine’s design issue “Home Design 2010: The New Old.” The five homes represent five new movements that indulge an interest in the past: Neo Victorians, NeoFormal, NeoCountry, NeoVersailles, and NeoEnglish.
Communication Arts juror and design director of ALM Media Joan Ferrell says, “Illustration still has the power to communicate, inspire and, yes, sell in a more innovative and effective way, and I don’t think that’s going to change anytime soon.” Bernstein & Andriulli artists Josh Cochran, Dan Craig, Nathan Fox, John Hendrix, Kristian Olson, and Yuko Shimizu continue to inspire and innovate. Their work appears in the 51st issue of the Communication Arts Illustration Annual.
Photo District News announces “the innovators who made the year in photography.” Erwin Olaf and Michael Schnabel were recognized for their advertising work, Stephen Wilkes was honored for three of his editorial pieces, and Stewart Cohen’s and Joel Meyerowitz’s photo books were lauded. Pictured above is Olaf’s “Voltaren” campaign with agency Saatchi & Saatchi. The campaign illustrates that with Voltaren gel, the elderly can become flexible as flexible as a ballerina, dancer, or yoga instructor. Creative Director: Magnus Olsson. Art Directors: Alexander Lagoet, Rick Coolegem.
Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers 2010/2011 has recently been released. Bernstein & Andriulli photographers Stewart Cohen, Florian Geiss, Christophe Gilbert, Stuart Hall, Emir Haveric, and Michael Schnabel are featured for their work in Animals, Automotive, Beauty and Nudes, Children, Interiors, Landscape, Life, People, and Transportation categories. The 416 page volume includes art from 111 photographers that were nominated by ad agency art directors. Lürzer’s Archive then invites the photographers to submit their best work and an international jury of 8 makes the final selections. Congratulations to Cohen, Gilbert, Hall, Haveric, and Schnabel for standing out among the 6,539 submissions.
Michael Schnabel finds the intersection of fine art, photography, and advertising in the latest campaign by VCCP Berlin for O2 in Germany. Owned by Telefónica, O2 is a leading provider of mobile phones and broadband in Europe. The tagline for the campaign reads “Creating new paths, so that you have it easier,” showing that O2 is willing to go the extra mile for the consumer.
The images are expansive landscapes that have objects within them that could be viewed as ordered randomness. Ladders, lamps, umbrellas, and chairs all seem casually placed but draw a definitive line for the eye to follow. Says Schnabel, “[The advertising agency] wanted to have the objects embedded in nature as if an artist had laid out an installation and then a photographer happened to pass by and shoot them.”
