AK's bits and pieces

hey there. my name is Andrei Kaigorodov. and this is my blog (right). more personal than professional, more draft than final, more silly than serious, more for friends than anybody else.

you can best reach me directly at andrei.kaigorodov@gmail.com

01 Nov
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via jjjjound

via jjjjound

28 Oct
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igu is serious about photography, and just got a new set of lights and remote controls for them, so innocent me had to model again.  somebody stop this man.

igu is serious about photography, and just got a new set of lights and remote controls for them, so innocent me had to model again. 

somebody stop this man.

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What Would (i) Do is one of the most important questions any ad man should ask himself, to filter his work for the Client(s), i expand on a page.

What Would (i) Do is one of the most important questions any ad man should ask himself, to filter his work for the Client(s), i expand on a page.

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reblogging myself from mccannsufrageria:

“happyhappyjoyjoy”, in Madalina’s words, has instilled in our Sufrageria as of today.

Madalina (Andronic) is a bright young illustrator “direct de pe ruta Londra-Bucuresti, cu vantul in spate si chef de zabovit cate putin sub ochii fiecaruia dintre noi”.

I long admired and zoomed-in to see amazing delicate details of her works online (here and here), and then caught up with her almost immediately that she set foot back on Ro land,to decorate Sufrageria with some of her illustrations.

said and done:  our management gladly supported the idea, Madi selected these works attached, our own Ionut (Lutzu) produced all posters at great quality at his start-up Atelierul de Print, and Alex (the librarian) coordinated the set-up, so all is up, right there behind our reception. 

come see.

to buy originals or collaborate with Madi for your lovely brand, write her madi.andronic@gmail.com or call 0769 796936.

to buy re-prints in a variety of sizes, and many more by other amazing artists, visit www.atelieruldeprint.ro

25 Oct
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“If I lose control of these multimillionaires in the Manchester United dressing room, then I’m dead. So I never lose control. If anyone steps out of my control, they’re dead.

— Sir Alex Ferguson, in a piece in T Magazine, which stimulated this short musing at a page

24 Oct
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fucking morning inspiration jpg from nikolay

fucking morning inspiration jpg from nikolay

15 Oct
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igu discovered my pentacon and put it to immediate use

igu discovered my pentacon and put it to immediate use

06 Oct
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my new post for a page

my new post for a page

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“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage

— Anais Nin

05 Oct
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via doinwork

via doinwork

(Source: doinwork)

04 Oct
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Nikolay is actually Iurii.  Iurii Gagarin that is. for two reasons: one, he is the first creative i invited for a “creative exchange” with our office here.  we met when i was in Sofia this March, and i could not not notice just how bright and prolific he is, esp for his age.  and after his 2 weeks working alongside us, not only this first impression turned out to be true, i discovered a rich personality, surprising maturity and an independence of thought in this young man. (plus, i made a new friend, which really beats it all) and two, he is the first to have “a sit-down” about this and that with our trio at a page. go check it out.

Nikolay is actually Iurii. 

Iurii Gagarin that is. for two reasons:

one, he is the first creative i invited for a “creative exchange” with our office here.  we met when i was in Sofia this March, and i could not not notice just how bright and prolific he is, esp for his age.  and after his 2 weeks working alongside us, not only this first impression turned out to be true, i discovered a rich personality, surprising maturity and an independence of thought in this young man. (plus, i made a new friend, which really beats it all)

and two, he is the first to have “a sit-down” about this and that with our trio at a page. go check it out.

03 Oct
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“I don’t see quality very much. People don’t know how to use the medium to make something good, but now everybody can make something. So they do. You get a Canon 5D and a laptop and some software, now you can do films and pictures and links and put them out for the world to see, tweet, blah blah blah. Things aren’t coming from a distinctive point of view: people are scavenging, passing the buck. We have more tools to create, but we are less creative. Everyone is copies: a mini-Meisel, a mini-Demarchelier. But why should I work with a lesser person when I can work with the original? I want to work with Joe Schmo if he comes in with new pictures - but no one comes in with new pictures!

— Fabien Baron of Baron & Baron, in Wallpaper’s Sep 2011 “King Makers” feature on NY-based powerful art-directors

02 Oct
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“when he calls”

01 Oct
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“this is a page we started to reflect on our life and times, on things we are stimulated by, the good, the bad, the ugly. to ideate and experiment, to express and feed our curiosity for the world around us. we write often and in no particular order. in English, because our readers and friends are down the street and on other continents. more often or not, our posts will take a “love, hate, fix” stance: we want to give credit where it’s due, notice and point out things that don’t work right, and try to do smth about very concrete about it. we dont censor our opinions much, so obviously these are our own thoughts, not of our employers, Clients or other people or organizations. we are based in Bucharest, and though worldly enough, can’t and won’t lose that local flavor to our outlook and interests. we are Razvan, Barna and Andrei K, and you have arrived.” i hope you’ll follow. 

“this is a page we started to reflect on our life and times, on things we are stimulated by, the good, the bad, the ugly.

to ideate and experiment, to express and feed our curiosity for the world around us.

we write often and in no particular order.

in English, because our readers and friends are down the street and on other continents.

more often or not, our posts will take a “love, hate, fix” stance: we want to give credit where it’s due, notice and point out things that don’t work right, and try to do smth about very concrete about it.

we dont censor our opinions much, so obviously these are our own thoughts, not of our employers, Clients or other people or organizations.

we are based in Bucharest, and though worldly enough, can’t and won’t lose that local flavor to our outlook and interests.

we are Razvan, Barna and Andrei K,

and you have arrived.”

i hope you’ll follow. 

26 Sep
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when in rome, drive what romans do this and below, a few snaps of Cristi, Dima and mom visiting me in Buch, Sep 2011

when in rome, drive what romans do

this and below, a few snaps of Cristi, Dima and mom visiting me in Buch, Sep 2011