We wanted to send a big Congratulations to one one of our favorite clients, Gretchen Bleiler, who won her 1st ESPY Award last week, when she was voted by the fans as the best female extreme sport athlete from this past year.

Her local paper, the Aspen Times, has a good interview with Gretchen after

Is Cannes the most prestigious award show because of the talent, or the location? Are they really tipping their cap to the industries greatest, or simply riding the coattails of the famous film festival.

Some local heroes have decided that if you’re not headed to the French Riviera this
year, you owe it to yourself to visit the New York Riviera. Coney Island. Amidst Shoot the Freak, The Cyclone, and

Last night we went to the 87th Art Directors Club Awards Gala, an event we creative directed with help from Trollbäck.

The keystone of the design aesthetic was The Wall, a 58 foot swath of white that designer Jon Chonko traversed for two days with a carpenter’s pencil, painstakingly writing THE AWARDS with nothing more than subtle line gradations.

Do you have any idea the

Earlier this year thehappycorp joined forces with Heeb Magzine and brought the publication for young Jews a new online and print design.

Which is why we are especially proud to announce that Heeb has been nominated for an UTNE award for Best Design.

Heeb is already well-known for its tongue-in-cheek satire of Jewish culture and irreverently thought-provoking features. Now its getting recognition for the way

We know it sucks being underfunded and creative. We were poor and creative once. Then we got funded and stayed creative. So now it's easier for us to realize our great ideas.

If, however, you find yourself in the first category–hunting for money and creative–there's always help out there in the form of grants, loans, and sponsorship. The Macktez Stipend is one such opportunity for funding this

We know some of you have been waiting for a certain golden opportunity. And here it is. D&AD is holding its 2006 Global Awards competition.

Last year, D&AD counted 59 countries represented by submissions from around the world. The U.N. has 191. This is seriously international. global presence.

300 judges from all over the globe will be evaluating all work based on creative merit alone. There will be no categories differentiating