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NEWS- DAVID CALDERLEY

DAVID CALDERLEY completed 10 illustrations for the Thompson Hotel Group as part of their rebranding.  He art directed and designed album packaging for the new Grace Potter album for Hollywood Records and the Official World Cup album and singles for Sony Music.  David developed and designed new fragrance packaging for JOHN VARVATOS 10 Year Anniversary (in collaboration with Yard).  For Saatchi & Saatchi, he completed two photo compositions for OLAY REGENERIST.  David is in the final stages of developing Interpol’s packaging and all merchandise & visuals for their forthcoming album and tour, continues to work on web design for BESPOKEN, and will soon be wrapping his first music video for the artist Iconiq, co-directed with Diane Martel for HSI Productions.

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July 16th, 2010 at 8:31 pm

NEWS- LAUREN DUKOFF

Quite a busy summer for LAUREN DUKOFF – her book, FAMILY, won a PDN Photo Annual Award in the Photography Books category – Congrats!   She ventured to Vancouver to shoot a Yahoo! advertorial for Wenner Media (David Black shot video), MIA and The Pretty Reckless (cover) for Interscope, Wavves, Maroon 5, The Like, Gia Coppola for URBAN ITALIA, D LA REPUBBLICA, The Dum Dum Girls, Monte Hellman and Shannyn Sossamon for L’UOMO VOGUE.  She also directed a music video for Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan’s upcoming single, and is about to start production on a second.

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July 16th, 2010 at 8:29 pm

NEWS- SHIRLEY KURATA

Wardrobe Stylist SHIRLEY KURATA worked with photographer Robert Erdmann on a project for i-D MAGAZINE, and styled musicians Jenny & Johnny and The Decemberists. She also worked with Aaron Ruell on a TV spot for Qwest and with director Cole Webley on a spot for Publix (Uber Content).

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July 16th, 2010 at 8:28 pm

NEWS- JEREMY & CLAIRE WEISS

JEREMY & CLAIRE WEISS worked with the fine folks at Draft FCB Chicago on a second Motorola campaign, and shot new images for K-SWISS with Adam & Co. They also shot a Boost Mobile campaign for 180 LA – out soon.  The Weiss’ worked with our friends at Incase & Graphite on an iPad project.  Incase turned the tables and did a very nice profile on them here. And finally, after three years Day19.com has a new look!  Check it out – www.day19.com.

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July 16th, 2010 at 8:24 pm

NEWS- GLYNIS SELINA ARBAN

GLYNIS SELINA ARBAN shot the artist Samuel for Sony Music, Marsha Ambrosious for RCA Music Group, and The National.  She also worked on a new piece for LULA MAGAZINE and shot for EARNSHAW’S and FOOTWEAR PLUS.

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July 16th, 2010 at 8:18 pm

NEWS- EMILY SHUR

EMILY SHUR traveled to Miami to photograph JERSEY SHORE 2 for MTV – check it out HERE. She also shot the band, Shel, for packaging and publicity (Universal Music). Between those projects, she managed to shoot Adam McKay for MAXIM, the new Facebook offices for TIME MAGAZINE, Molly Ringwald and Rashida Jones for BUST, Yvon Chouinard (Patagonia CEO) for INC. MAGAZINE, Gary Fisher for THE RED BULLETIN, Eva Longoria for the cover of L’OPTIMUM, Joel McHale for both GOLF MAGAZINE and MEN’S JOURNAL, and Chaske Spencer for PEOPLE MAGAZINE. Emily also worked with the kind folks at Ogilvy & Mather on an upcoming campaign for Sara Lee.

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July 16th, 2010 at 7:59 pm

NEWS- KEREN RICHTER

KEREN RICHTER has been busy working on new t-shirt designs with Blood is the New Black, for sale at Oak in NYC.  Keren is also working on graphics for Rocket Dog, and her Case-Mate cases are back in stock and available for purchase HERE!  Keren continues to expand on her prop and textile designs, having recently worked with James Ryang on a swimwear story for Refinery29, check it out!

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July 16th, 2010 at 7:56 pm

NEWS- MICHAEL SCHMELLING

MICHAEL SCHMELLING’s Converse basketball ads (Anomaly) have hit the streets!  Michael shot stills & video for a big WIRED feature on “Process,” shot The Dream for the cover of THE FADER, and documented the Lower East Side gallery scene for W MAGAZINE.  Michael also tried his hand at theater lighting design with the production company Every House Has A Door, for a production at the Museum Of Contemporary Art in Chicago. The play, “Let Us Think of These Things Always, Let Us Speak of Them Never,” will be shown in NYC and Chicago in 2011.

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July 16th, 2010 at 7:54 pm

NEWS- RJ SHAUGHNESSY

RJ SHAUGNESSY traveled to Barcelona to shoot for Microsoft Kin with our friends at Cinco Design.  His “Back to College” campaign for Target will be out soon, as will a “Let’s Go” project shot for NYC & Co.  Check out his new denim stories Attack! and Nikki on his website.

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July 16th, 2010 at 7:47 pm

NEWS- DAVID BLACK

DAVID BLACK wrapped a music-based project with Cornerstone that took him all over the world shooting some of our favorite artists including: Nas, She & Him, James Mercer, Dirty Projectors, Passion Pit, The Roots, John Legend, Bomba Estereo, the Kills, The Swell Season, and more.  David also shot publicity photos for Best Coast, Chrissie Hynde for NYLON, and author Paula Fox for NIDO MAGAZINE.  He worked on the short film “Not Fade Away” in Ventura, directed a music video for LAPKO in Finland, and DP’d Lauren Dukoff’s music video for Isobel Campbell.  David also directed a video for a Yahoo!/Wenner Media advertorial – coming soon! His website is updated with new images & films.  Be sure to take a look.

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July 16th, 2010 at 7:39 pm