Pushpin Portrait of David Ogilvy

From pushpin to portrait: Creatives at Ogilvy & Mather's Chicago office construct a unique homage to their founder, David Ogilvy.

The Ogilvy and Mather Chicago office has long used pushpins and foam core boards to display new work, and now they've created a salute to their founder using the same materials. Concepted by art director Brian Thibodeau and writer Bill Wanek, the iconic picture was constructed using only red, yellow, blue, black, and white pins. The entire agency lent a hand, which is a good thing because each of the over 33,000 pushpins had to be pushed in one at a time. Bill and Brian worked together with John Eiberger (design architect), Dan Delaney (producer), and Nicholas Beaudet (director of photography). Shot and edited by Jill Vanc and Petr Novak of Eyepatch Chicago. Paul Bessenbacher and the team at Emoto Los Angeles composed the musical piece, while Dean Hovey of Soundwell contributed to the sonic landscape.

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[LostandFoundTravel]

All three of the guys who spearheaded the artwork quit within 2 months of it being done...

[meenle]

Why is that?

[turdlinger5000]

how to you make the guide pattern to put the pins in?

[BlueDragonFuze]

@cappelsv It's more "inspired" than stolen. This idea was not in any way, shale, or form "stolen", but borrowed. Plus, they aren't copying any of Eric's people he's done. They are using a a founder from their company, thus making it an original piece of art. Art is inspired all of the time.

[zoidburg002]

What song is this, might I ask



[Dinggedichte]

@cappelv.. Really? And I suppose cubism is the intellectual property of Picasso. And abstract expressionism is the intellectual property of Dekooning. And drip painting is the intellectual property of Pollock.

[dawnyawn]

Ad agencies require a 'Till death do us part' clause in their contract. If you don't agree to work yourself to death for them they'll get rid of you.

[Simon Dell]

How is creating a portrait in a particular way someone's IP? Stolen idea, maybe. IP of someone else? Ahh no.

[cappelsv]

This concept is stolen and the intellectual property of the artist Eric Daigh.

[Vaibhav Koshimkar]

Cyan , Magenta, Yellow and Krypton