NOBBY TO CHAIR ADVERTISING JURY FOR 88th ART DIRECTORS CLUB AWARDS IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, September 15, 2008 – The Art Directors Club (www.adcglobal.org), the first global creative collective of its kind with membership in advertising, design and visual communications, today announced the line-up of industry leaders who will serve as jury chairs to head the five categories of the ADC’s 88th Annual Awards program for 2009.

The 2009 jury chairs for each category include:

•    Advertising – David Nobay (pictured), creative chairman, Droga5 Australia, Sydney, Australia

•    Design – Geneviève Gauckler, illustrator/graphic artist, Paris, France

•    Interactive – Brendan Dawes, creative director, magneticNorth, Manchester, UK

•    ADC Hybrid – John C. Jay, partner, executive creative director, Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, OR, USA

•    ADC Design Sphere – Steff Geissbuhler, partner, C&G Partners LLC, New York, NY, USA

In addition, the ADC announced a number of new elements for its 88th Annual Awards program, including the debut of the ADC Black Cube for best-in-show in Advertising, Design and Interactive; the new ADC Bronze Cube (supplementing the existing Gold and Silver Cube awards); and cumulative awards for Design Firm of the Year, Advertising Agency of the Year, Interactive Agency of the Year and Network of the Year, based on winning point totals for the year. 

Call for entries for the ADC 88th Annual Awards will open soon, with winners announced in the spring of 2009 during the Gala awards ceremony at the ADC Gallery in New York.  Winning work will also be part of a world exhibition tour, and be published in the Art Directors Club Annual 88, the longest running archive of leading creative work in global advertising, design and visual communications.