Stefan Sagmeister
Graphic Designer/Typographer
Sagmeister Inc.
The IHAVEANIDEA Creatives section, with few exceptions, has long been the domain of illustrious advertising creative directors from around the world. But just like how the ad industry must travel into other realms to find truly inspirational creative work, sometimes we at IHAVEANIDEA meet non-advertising creatives that are just so fascinating that we want [...]
Bob Moore
For some people, home is wherever you rest your head at night. For others, home is a specific place, and no matter where life takes you in this great big world, you’re always drawn to the familiarity of ‘home.’
Dominique Trudeau
Here’s a short excerpt of a recently overheard conversation between Dominique and another Montreal creative director we shall refer to as “Creative Director A” for the benefit of this short exercise:
Creative Director A: You’re the interactive guy.
Dominique: Well yes, but I do everything now.
Robert Wong
Executive Creative Director
Google Creative Lab
How do you go from a career of left brain number crunching to being a right brain heavyweight at Google Creative Lab? You could try doing things the Robert Wong way, but then that would require you to be born Chinese, live in the Netherlands and become an accountant in Canada [...]
Tony Granger
Worldwide Chief Creative Officer
Young & Rubicam
Where do you hope to be in your professional career ten years from now? Five years? A year? Most of us don’t even have the slightest idea about what we’ll have for lunch tomorrow. Not that Tony Granger has his objectives mapped out to that level of detail, but the [...]
Andrew Keller
Partner/Co-Executive Creative Director
Crispin Porter + Bogusky
When you enter the ad industry, something becomes very clear rather quickly : everybody in the world wants to work at Crispin, even if they don’t know it yet. Be it for the wacky Burger King campaigns, Alex Bogusky’s personal guitar lessons, or the clean air you’ll breathe in the [...]
PJ Pereira
Chief Creative Officer & Co-Founder
Pereira & O’Dell
PJ Pereira is somewhat of an overachiever. After fulfilling every creative’s career long dream of leaving the day job, starting his own agency and winning a couple of Cannes Grand Prix, he moved on to become the Executive Creative Director at one of the most innovative and fast growing [...]
Rei Inamoto
Global Creative Director
AKQA
Hey advertising creatives! Allow me to let you all in on a little secret about the future of the ad business. Are you ready? Here it goes…
The future is digital.
Wait a second. Didn’t Brett already say those exact words a few interviews back? Maybe so, but it bears repeating when you’re sitting down [...]
Tay Guan Hin
Guan’s ihaveanidea interview has been a long time coming. After overcoming the most fearsome of obstacles a young creative’s career could face (Guan’s parents were both doctors), he went on to become one of the most respected creative leaders in the industry. Not only has his work received every accolade there is and his presence been requested to judge the most prestigious of award shows, but perhaps more tellingly, he has always been a huge supporter of young talent.
Michael Lebowitz
Founder and CEO
Big Spaceship
Hey advertising creatives! Allow me to let you all in on a little secret about the future of the ad business. Are you ready? Here it goes…
The future is digital.
Okay, okay, maybe that isn’t such a revelation. But it wasn’t that long ago when things like super-interactive websites, mobile content and social [...]
