September 16, 2004

		FROM CREATIVITY: Top Production Companies and Ad School Review
		BREAKING: Nextel Means More Disco Dancing
		MOVERS: Granger Returns to New York, and other moves
		ON THE WEB: The Best Advertising Week Ever

FROM CREATIVITY: Top Production Companies and Ad School Review

ON THE COVER: Dave Lubars

Dave Lubars, the former Fallon ECD who's recently taken the creative reins at BBDO, appears on the cover of the September issue of Creativity, which hits mailrooms this week. Inside, Lubars talks about the future of advertising, and of BBDO, which he says he hopes to turn into "a 21st century version of a killer '60s New York agency." (AdCritic subscribers can read the interview online.) Also in the September issue, we offer up our annual report on the industry's top 25 production companies, including in-depth looks at breakout company Believe Media and new kids Czar.US, Tight and Sandwick Films. Meanwhile, we asked 11 of the country's top ad schools to tell us a little about themselves for our first ever Ad School Review and talked to industry heavyweights (like Bob Greenberg and Rich Silverstein) about what they look for when they're looking for talent.

ALSO IN THE ISSUE: Ernest Lupinacci names an agency; designer Bruce Mau looks into the future of design; director Nicolai Fuglsig talks about his aversion to "car porn"; and The Martin Agency's Kerry Feuerman and Grey's Bart Culberson rate recent ads for Old Navy, Segway, Delta Airlines, and Toyota.

PLUS: A showcase of the best recent automotive advertising; a look at Hispanic market players the Vidal Partnership and editorial company Lucha Libre; a chat with editors Karen Kourtessis and David Cornman about their move to Crew Cuts, and with Australian Geordie Anderson about his move to the U.S.; a peek at the latest images from stock companies Blacklight Films, Corbis and Imagestate; and behind-the-scenes looks at music startup Search Party and French effects powerhouse Buf. And, as always, we round up the latest and greatest advertising and design work from across the country and the world. And it's never been easier for Creativity and AdCritic subscribers to view work they read about in the magazine online. Just visit our monthly Creativity gallery, where we've grouped spots and other video clips to correspond with the sections of the magazine. To subscribe to Creativity and AdCritic.com for one price, click here for a special offer.

BREAKING

With Nextel, you'll have plenty of time for other pursuits.

Nextel gets an oddball twist in the latest spot from TBWA/Chiat/Day/N.Y. and Hungry Man director Jim Jenkins. We see an office where, to all appearances, three guys are just goofing off. Specifically, they are dancing arrhythmically to a boombox blaring "Push It" by Salt-N-Pepa. When the boss barges in on the dance party and demands some answers, however, it turns out these guys have got it covered, thanks to Nextel.

MOVERS

Former Bozell/N.Y. ECD Tony Granger is returning to New York as executive creative director of Saatchi & Saatchi's New York office. Granger returns after 18 months as ECD at Saatchi & Saatchi/London and replaces Tod Seisser, who is leaving the company after seven years at the helm. ... Freelance editor Simon Davies has joined New York's Creative Bubble. ... Production artist Patrick Kiniry has been promoted to art director at Mintz & Hoke in Avon, Conn. ... Stephanie Dunford, formerly of French/West/Vaughan, has joined Howard, Merrell & Partners in Raleigh, N.C., as production manager.

ON THE WEB

Monday is Sept. 20, and you know what that means? That's right, it's Advertising Week in New York City, and Creativity is hosting a few events you should go to. Tuesday night, the magazine hosts the Creativity No Spot Short Film Festival, featuring short films by MJZ's Fredrik Bond, Johan Kramer of KesselsKramer, and Mother/London's Mark Waites -- among many others -- plus a world premier short from Hungry Man's Bryan Buckley. Then, on Wednesday afternoon, Creativity editor Teressa Iezzi hosts a panel titled "The New Creativity: The End of Advertising as We Know It," featuring Publicis worldwide creative director Dave Droga, Wieden + Kennedy/N.Y. CD Ty Montague, Strawberry Frog CD Scott Goodson, Taxi CD Paul Lavoie and Ernest Lupinacci, CD and co-founder of agency startup Anomaly. For more details -- or to sign up for this free panel -- visit the Advertising Week website.

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