Pikasso d'Or, 2025 edition

The Pikasso d'Or is among us again. 2024 edition was a rather good one, 2023 edition was a disaster. This year, there are the bright spots and the meh. How Omo was not Pikasso d'Or rather than a Pikasso d'Argent is literally robbing them of what was rightfully theirs - with all due respect to the jury this year. Pimo pulled a masterstroke, and I for one congratulate them on the output. Which brings us to the Pikasso d'Or itself for Almaza - not a disastrous campaign but not sure it merited the top award. Still, Massaya Lebanon (by the department) was beautiful and a total swoon, and Joe Fish went out with a lovely one for Abed Tahan. Mink as always excels with L'Orient Le Jour (again robbed of a better award in my opinion). Please see all the winners here.

 

L'Orient le Siecle - l'Orient le Jour is centennial

If anyone knows me, then my obsession is memory and archive comes to the front. And so today I wake up with this beautiful gem (from Mink no less!) who has worked with L'Orient le Jour (which is now l'Orient le Siecle - a beautiful project name if there was one). OK, first and foremost I am mad as hell for not being part of the project considering how easily I can tell tales related to the past from material already present (and sometimes not present!). But this put aside, this is a Gargantuan effort to tell the story of 100 years by l'Orient le Jour (see the film here). The composite image above is my work based on the film in question. You know what this film reminds me of? That beautiful ad for Dewar's 12 Ancestor (the witness of time - sadly I could not find the original but here's an updated version here).