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The Sun Sets on Stink Digital

May 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Work

It’s a sunny evening in Farringdon, perhaps a sign of things to come this summer: Long, warm and sweet evenings shadowing London town.  The 6pm beer watershed has been breached and beers are flowing whilst energies are expended on a new portion of the Darker Side of Green project, to be launched tomorrow by the Stink Digital team, along with Skinny, NY and Attik, SF on behalf Lexus.

Today brings the 20+ months I have been working for Stink Digital to a close, and it has been an interesting ride.  So much has happened on so many fronts in that time, from the personal to the work-related, and with the arrival of Britain’s first coalition government in some 70 years, it seems like a perfect moment for a change of direction, not something I could have predicted a month ago when I decided to take the proverbial plunge, but serendipitous to say the least.

Lots has happened in nearly 2 years, from laying on the beach in Cannes, basking in the glow of the awards of Silver Cyber Lion and Grand Prix for Film that Stink Digital and Adam Berg won along with Tribal DDB and Philips for the ground breaking work on Carousel and the 21:9 Cinematic Experience web site, to the assault course of endeavors to get work for Shelter, Diesel, Dulux, and many others completed.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with many different, interesting and creative individuals, too many to name and from more companies than I care to mention also, but it has been a real pleasure and I have picked up a lot from the experience along the way.  Last.fm offered a strong spring board after honing my skills indie contracting for so long and Stink Digital has helped to further cement that.

As I said, it has been a great experience, and I have many crazy, funny, amazing and enriching times, and they will last long with me.  To that end I wanted to thank the guys at Stink Digital and wish them every best for what the future holds.

Creativity: Production Company of the Year – Not Quite …

January 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Work

Firstly, congrats to MJZ on being Creativity’s ‘Production Company of the Year’ for 2009/2010.  Hats off to them.  Needless to say however, yours truly was mentioned, otherwise I wouldn’t be typing about them.  Stink has been hoodwinked by Creativity for their innovation over the last 12 months with outstanding work by Ivan Zacharias, Ne-o, James Brown, and of course Stink Digital’s work with Adam Berg that won awards all round, from Cannes to BIMA.

And for a more details view of why Stink were nodded as runners up, here is the full paragraph in questions:

It’s been Creativity’s mandate to honor not just the best work, but also the innovators who are redefining creative production. Stink emerged as one of this year’s frontrunners. The global, multi-hub company has long been known for its top-notch commercial production. It continued to deliver on that front with spots such as the Ivan Zacharias-directed VW “Fight”; a James Brown-directed roller-girl show for Bonds; and more dynamite visuals from Ne-O, who steered Audi’s “Economy Drive,” Frank’s “Braincrashers” and Toyota’s “Better Together.” The shop’s biggest highlight, however, came out of the company’s new-media arm, Stink Digital, via Philips “Carousel.” Directed by Adam Berg, the viral bandit-clown hit was also a critical smash, earning digital and film accolades, including the 2009 Cannes Film Grand Prix.

You can read the original piece ‘Creativity’s Production Company of the Year: MJZ‘ on Ad Age, as well as see more work by Stink and Stink Digital over on the respective websites, and of course work by MJZ themselves. Congrats again to them!

Production Company of the Year 2009 – Boards Magazine

December 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Work

Stink, the company I have been working for since September 2008 have been awarded, for the second year running, Production Company of the Year, by Boards Magazine. So congratulations to all on that score,  It’s a nifty way to end what has been a busy and successful year as part of the Stink Digital collective, working on the award-winning project Carousel for Philips via Tribal DDB Amsterdam, House of Cards for Shelter via Leo Burnett, and the latest and greatest PS3 Campaign 15 Reasons for Sony via Hyper, to name but three.

Stink - Production Company o the Year 2009

There is, of course, much merriment to be had this Christmas Season with the current and ex-stinkers, along with the plethora of helping hands we have had this year.  So thanks to all from me, personally, and I wish you all a GREAT holiday season.

For all those interested in finding out more, you can find the Production Company Year in Review and a more in-depth and details article on Stink and Stink Digital and what convinced Boards Magazine to award us, along with MJZ, the grand title.