http://63611th.com/newbuilding New Ogilvy Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:22:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Old man and the ad. One of the accounts that we pitched and won this year is Stolichnaya. I was at the pitch, and let me tell you, it was friggin cool. I felt good knowing that even if Ogilvy didn't win it, there would be one hell of a campaign ... http://63611th.com/newbuilding/2008/12/18/new-clients-for-a-new-building/ As promised, here are some more photos of Ogilvy Tokyo. Some are of the same areas, but they're still friggin cool if you ask me. So go ahead... ask me. Hallway Board Room Giant foot by creative work space [caption id="attachment_458" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Tokyo"]Tokyo[/caption] Hallway Lighting Another Conference Room Crazy... http://63611th.com/newbuilding/2008/12/17/more-shots-of-om-tokyo/ [caption id="attachment_450" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="The Lobby of O&M Tokyo"]The Lobby of O&M Tokyo[/caption] When I saw these photos, I couldn’t believe that A) a place like this actually existed, B) it was an Ogilvy office, and C) the Matrix was simply a movie. But I don’t want to build up ... http://63611th.com/newbuilding/2008/12/16/om-tokyo/ [caption id="attachment_447" align="alignnone" width="449" caption="Pink spray paint."]Pink spray paint.[/caption] This is a picture I took the last time I went to the new building, the Ogilvy Building. There’s a lot of very bright green and pink spray paint all over the place. It doesn’t mean a thing to me, but I assume ... http://63611th.com/newbuilding/2008/12/11/pink-and-parties/ Did I say Public Enemy? I meant Question... weird, huh? So we finally got a question for the blog from associate Andrea Kroeger. She writes: Is the gym going to have exercise rooms? Also, are classes going to be held? If so, could there be a 12 or 1 ... http://63611th.com/newbuilding/2008/12/09/public-enemy-number-one/ Last week, my wonderful mother was in town, and I had the good fortune of having lunch with her down near the Ogilvy Building. As we were walking around passing restaurant after restaurant, we finally spotted a place that looked pretty nice, with a bit of a clever name; Five ... http://63611th.com/newbuilding/2008/12/08/restaurant-review-five-napkin-burger/ So I went to Hulu today and what did I find on the front page, but an interview with a guy named David Ogilvy! It's an interview with the great DO from 1983, 25 years ago on a show called the David Susskind Show. I watched it, and I just had to post it ... http://63611th.com/newbuilding/2008/11/30/the-pope-of-modern-advertising/ [caption id="attachment_321" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="What a star. "][/caption] This is the water tower across the street from the Ogilvy Building. It's on top of the Salvation Army building. Last year, said Salvation Army had tons of treasures to find. This year, not so much. Still, it's a pretty cool water tower. Love D http://63611th.com/newbuilding/2008/11/20/water-tower/ [caption id="attachment_318" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Jamaican Wires?"][/caption] This is a shot I took on Monday of wire hanging on the 11th floor. The 11th floor will be the (or at least one of the) creative floors, and will totally kick all the other floors asses!!! Okay that’s not necessarily true. I’ve heard 2 ... http://63611th.com/newbuilding/2008/11/19/the-wires/ [caption id="attachment_315" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="The floor where the kitchen will be. "][/caption] Hey everybody!! I got to go to the Ogilvy Building yesterday. It was pretty sweet. As you probably know, if you’ve been keeping up with this site at all, I’ve gone over there a bunch, but nothing really changes on the ... http://63611th.com/newbuilding/2008/11/18/in-the-door/