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TEDx Big Apple

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

T-minus 10 days and counting! On Saturday, February the 4th, Saatchi & Saatchi are playing host to TEDx Big Apple. There’s an amazing lineup of presenters that range from physicians to the fashion forward, green tech innovators to urban planners. The over-arching theme on the day is Disruptive Ideas, and we’re expecting a great amount of discourse and discussion.

Though tickets are sold out- due to high demand, we made a few more tickets available for Saatchi employees & friends!

What: TEDx Big Apple one day live conference
When:Saturday February 4th 2012, 2pm- 9pm.
Where: 375 Hudson (Hudson & Houston) S Space on ground floor
How: Visit TEDx Big Apple website.

TED’s employs a unique method to curate crowd, which ensures a diverse mix of the most interesting and interested people attend TED events, so a compelling essay can get you a long way! If you have questions, please email Osher Assouline for further information.

Live streaming parties will be hosted all over town, or you can host your own streaming party! Stay tuned for full details on these next week.

PUT THE BIG APPLE IN TEDx BIG APPLE

There’s one additional way you can guarantee yourself a seat (maybe even a few!). TEDx Big Apple is looking for a big apple to dress the stage on the 4th. Planning, creative, production— this is a task for you all!

We’ve put together some inspirational photos of apples for you:

#1 (Because size matters!).

# 2 (can’t go wrong with color):

#3 (go for creative materials). Recycled material, garbage, confectioner’s sugar, even real apples are encouraged.  Any material really as long as it’s safe and harmless.

If you are looking to collaborate with others to create the dream big Apple team, email & let us know. Good luck!

TEDx SALONS
Don’t forget that Saatchi New York is also the proud host of TEDx NewYork weekly salons. They’re held every Friday at 5pm in the S Space on the ground floor, and are free and open to the public.

Category: Creative, Events, New York

Womensphere Comes To Saatchi

Friday, January 20th, 2012

All day yesterday, emerging leaders from around the world converged on Columbia university to discuss management, leadership, work, and much more at the Womensphere Emerging Leaders Global Summit 2012. As part of the Summit is open to emerging women leaders – professionals who are interested in mentoring the next generation, rising managers, young professionals, emerging innovators, women at the leading graduate schools, premier colleges, and emerging entrepreneurs/social entrepreneurs.  Additionally, both women and men (professionals, entrepreneurs, investors, etc.) were invited to participate as Mentors at the Summit. One of the many distinguished participants of the festivities was our very own Marnie Kain-Cacossa.

Today, SaatchiNY will be hosting a closing event for the summit in the Atrium, inviting some of the best and brightest minds at the conference to come to the agency from 5-7PM this evening. As part of the closing event, Marnie Kain-Cacossa will be delivering a speech on women’s leadership and entrepreneurship. Since the event is taking place on 16, we encourage all of you to swing by for the speech or just a few minutes between 5 and 7.

Category: Events, New York, Our People

CES: A Picture Book

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

At the 2012 CES there were hundreds of new products released by companies in the tech industry, but amidst the clutter, Lenovo was a shining star.

Lenovo had a prime location in the Aquanox Lounge of the Venetian Hotel where the For Those Who Do campaign came to life.  Arriving at the venue we were blown away by how the campaign had been embraced by not just our marketing partners, but the entire organization.  Our work over the past year really came to life and we saw everything from an actual motorcycle with a ThinkPad X1 strapped to the handlebars to a DJ spinning live from his Lenovo.  It was also a great chance to test out some of the latest products that Lenovo is developing like the IdeaCentre A720, the new line of Ultrabook portables and the Lenovo Smart TV. [picture of Chris Connor- Account Executive playing piano on the A720]

At the show and in the press since, everyone from industry partners and global media to tech insiders have recognized Lenovo as one of the hottest, fastest growing companies in the industry.  Together we’re well on our way to achieving our goal of #1 PC maker in the world.

Lenovo received a record 17 awards at CES across many different categories!

Here are just a few of the accolades they recieved:
·        PCMag.com:  Best of CES – Best Ultrabook – Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga
·        PC World:  Best of CES – Best Desktop – Lenovo IdeaCentre A720
·        CNET:  Best of Show – 2012 Best of CES Finalist – Tablets:  Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga
·        CES Innovations Awards:  Design and Engineering Showcase Award Honoree – Lenovo Thinkpad X1

Here are some cool press clippings from AdAge including an interview with the Lenovo CMO, David Roman.


Category: Clients, Events

Counterfeit

Monday, January 9th, 2012

2011 marked the third consecutive year Saatchi & Saatchi has sponsored the NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE Producer’s Award at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival. This award celebrates the indomitable spirit of Independent Filmmakers, whose achievements often defy the laws of both finance and physics. Their passion, persistence and vision are the very essence of ‘Nothing is Impossible.’

We are pleased to present the fourth installment in our 2011-12 series of the ‘Nothing is Impossible’ Producers Award Finalists’ Screenings.  On January 11th from 12-1:30pm in the Board Room, we present the short film Counterfeit (TRT 16 min), followed by a discussion with the producer/director Geoff Bailey (Sandwich lunch served, RSVP: Danica Rosen).

Counterfeit is a voyeuristic snapshot of the underground trade in counterfeit goods plied by West African peddlers in New York’s Chinatown. Counterfeit lifts the veil on the ad hoc morality behind crafty commerce.

See you in the screening room!

Category: Events, Film & Television

TEDx: Big Apple

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

On Saturday, February 4th  Saatchi & Saatchi will host a live, full day TEDx event, themed Disruptive Ideas.

DISRUPTIVE IDEAS
Spark innovation with 300+ influential change agents, 13 distinguished speakers and thought leaders, and thousands of online viewers.

We invite you to join us and take a look into disruptive Ideas that will change the world in the neat 3-5 year in housing, biotech, local spaces, biomimicry, fashion, business and much more. These ideas are expected to change and even transform the lives of the world’s poorest, the disadvantaged, and the everyday lives of people.

TICKETS
Seats are limited and quickly running out, so apply for yours today!

When: Saturday February 4th 2012, 2pm- 9pm.
Where: 375 Hudson (Hudson & Houston) S Space on ground floor.
How: If you’re a Saatchi New York  employee and would like to attend, go to the TEDx Big Apple website and use the referral code: DISRUPTSAATCHI

If you have questions, please email Osher Assouline for further information.

Don’t forget that Saatchi New York is also the proud host of TEDx NewYork weekly salons. They’re held every Friday 5pm at the S Space on the ground floor, and are free and open to the public.

Click & expand the image below for complete details.

 

SPEAKERS

Joanna Aizenberg:
Harvard professor, and bio-material pioneer, widely recognized for her work in biomimcry – mimicking nature’s processes in real life applications.

Tom Igoe:
Regular contributor to Make magazine, doing his bit to change the world through open fabrication and a revolutionary microprocessor called Arduino.

Aygodan Ozcan:
Visionary working on developing next generation smart global health systems by creating photonics based telemedicine technologies.

Kavita Parmar:
Maverick designer, disrupting the supply-side prosperity chain in ways all fashion brands can get behind. Recently invited to join the 2012 class of incubator, NYC Venture Fellows.

Chris Downey:
Inspiring architect dedicated to creating more enriching environments for the visually impaired. He should know – Chris lost his sight in 2008.

Robert Langer:
One of the 15 innovators world wide who will reinvent our future and one of the 25 most important individuals in biotechnology worldwide (Forbes Magazine).

John Geraci:
Recognized by NY Times and WIRED for his work in creating open source tools to improve city life.

Vijay Govindrajan:
One of the world’s leading experts on strategy and innovation,#3 on The Thinkers 50. Vijay is developing and building the world’s first $300 house for developing nations.

Nicola Twilley:
An influential voice in the future of cities and physical space. Editor of Edible geography, changing how we think about food and cities.

Jeffrey Brenner:
A primary care physician who is disrupting the existing approach to healthcare costs by focusing on “hotspot”patient demographics.

Bryan Roberts:
The highest-ranking healthcare investor on Forbes’ Midas List since 2008.

Patrick Govang:
A green-tech innovator who is developing a disruptive model to enable local resource sustainability. His company e2e Materials is leading the way in biocomposite building supplies.

ETHEL:
TED’s 2012 house band and now also TEDxBigApple’s house band. ETHEL is a postclassical string quartet, playing adventurous music of the past four decades.

Category: Events, New York

Happy Holidays

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Drunk History Christmas with Ryan Gosling, Jim Carrey and Eva Mendes from Ryan Gosling

Well folks, that’s it for 2011. The H/H team is taking a much-needed break until January the second, when we’ll be back to our usual posts and plaudits. To celebrate the occasion, we’re leaving you with the viral video sensation of the season – a drunk re-telling of “Twas the Night Before Christmas” resplendent with celebrity cameos. Have a safe and joyful Holidays!

Category: Events, Our People

SaatchiNY Holiday Party

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

We hope everyone had as much fun at the annual Saatchi NY holiday party as we did. To celebrate, we thought it would be fun to share some photos of the festivities. Photos taken by Gina Tintle. In no particular order:

Category: Events, New York, Our People

Penguin Prison

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Before our holiday party next Thursday, we thought we’d provide a little background on the evening’s entertainment – Penguin Prison.

ABOUT THE BAND
Created by producer/musician Chris Glover, Penguin Prison released their first record (Animal Animal/A Funny thing) in 2009. The best way to classify them is good old fashioned “synth pop,” and they’ve been compared to everyone from Hot Chip to LCD Soundsystem. A lot of early adopters got a taste for them when they toured with Jamiroquai . . . who you might remember from this video:

Jamiroquai – Virtual Insanity from Nugroho Christiaji on Vimeo.

THE INTERVIEW
For further insight in the world of Penguin Prison, our own Ryan Fitch & Annick Mayer interviewed Chris Glover on the origins of the band, style & everything in between. Here’s the skinny:

When did you first get into music?
When I was 2 years old my parents enrolled me in the Turtle Bay Music School.  I started banging on some drums there and realized that I wanted to be a musician before I could even speak very many words.

Your style has definitely evolved over the years. Tell us about the type of music you were making before Penguin Prison.
Before I became Penguin Prison I made some rap music, some punk rock music and some of everything else in between.  I think it’s OK to try to do whatever you feel like doing in this life because before you know it you will be gone.

What’s the story behind the name?
George W. Bush is the reason I am called Penguin Prison.  I made a joke song about him when he was the president and started freestyling “he’s a penguin vision, he went to the penguin prison and assumed a penguin position,” and then I remembered it later when trying to name my band.

Tell us about the music video you recently shot down at OWS.
I wrote and recorded “Don’t Fuck With My Money” some time before the Occupy Wall Street protest began but I felt that some of the lyrics reflected the sentiments that a lot of people have right now.  Inspired by OWS and by the other protests that have sprung up all over the world I decided to film the video at the march that went from Zucotti Park to Times Square.  Filming it was an amazing experience and I hope the video can help to bring their message to even more people than it has already reached.

Whether it’s when writing or performing, where do you draw inspiration from?
The best way for me to write songs is to write them in my sleep.  I wake up in the middle of the night and sing melodies into a tape recorder that I keep next to my bed and then I go back to sleep.  When I wake up in the morning I listen to what I recorded and finish the song from there.

What’s your favorite Penguin Prison gig you played so far?
I have fun at most of my shows.  The best is usually when people get so crazy that they start to jump on stage or just start screaming things at me while I am in the middle of a song.  One time, someone in the front was so excited they were grabbing at my hand and pulling it away from my guitar, preventing me from playing it.  I would rather have been able to play my guitar but I was glad she was so excited.

Is there any artist that you would love to collaborate on some future projects?
I like to collaborate with many different kinds of people.  It would be great to make a song with Kanye West at some point.

Since it is “that time of year,” what is your best Holiday memory?
When I was 9 years old my dad gave me a dog for Christmas and I got freaked out because I thought it would be a lot of responsibility I think.  But then he started playing with me and I realized that it was a good thing and he was my best friend after that.

Artists from Bob Dylan to Best Coast have all taken a crack at Holiday tunes. If you had to perform any Christmas song, what would it be and why?
My favorite is Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song.”  I feel like if I recorded that song I would just do an impersonation of him so I would try to write my own Christmas song instead.

Name three things on your Holiday wish list.
Peace in the Middle East.  A gym membership.  Chocolate.

Lastly, what does 2012 have in store for Penguin Prison?
Lots of touring all over the world!

SEE YOU THERE
In a nutshell, if you like dance music, NY disco or anything similar, Thursday’s going to be a really fun night for you. If you’re not, there’s also a bar and hundreds of your closest friends and coworkers to celebrate with . . . so come anyway!

Category: Events, Music