Busted: how to be a total jackass when you've been caught

[ferg2001]

rumor is he was firing blanks...although that part has been removed from many of the early reports...

[soupsandwich]

I would believe that, he was just a few feet away and missed a bunch of fat old people sitting completely still...

[fantasygoat]

Well, he did apologize at least.

Oh, That's Why the Graphic Seemed Familiar - NYTimes.com

[Chris G]

Dont know if this has been posted.

Dude gets busted blatantly ripping off a design, when confronted says he came up with it, tells the original guy to google him to see what a great designer he is saying he made it from stock images, then apologizes and blames it on a jr. in an email... Rather than even acknowledge or look into it. Fucktard


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As much as this is a blatant rip-off, I suspect there is a misunderstanding about the role of a Creative Director and a Designer. A creative director at a large agency doesn't "design" anything. At an agency, a CD is a management and client facing position. It is overwhelming likely that the CD himself never touched this design file once. They gave direction to the creative department, managed a team, internally they chose which concepts will go forward, and then presided over the client presentation of the work, where the client would have chosen their preferred direction, probably from 2 or 3 options. As the member of the management team responsible for creative, the CD would be held responsible for making a statement to the press. He probably asked the designed if he ripped it off. Clip art was probably the reply. Then he saw the original art, black-listed the freelancer, and gave the retraction.

[Chris G]

Should still definitely have to pay the guy, be sued if they don't,
and the firm will almost certainly be fired as the "No Labels" agency.