I'm on holiday until Wednesday with my girlfriend Gwynneth in beautiful Tofino, B.C. See more scenic pictures here.

I love it when spec spots go to air. This Beck's spot, by Argyle Brothers director Rich Wafer, has done just that. Watch Wake Up here. Agency: Leo Burnett Chicago. Music: Mohare.

UNTITLED director Hubert Davis is nominated for an Emmy for his compelling film Hardwood, which was also nominated for an Academy Award in 2004. It's a film about Davis' father, who was a Harlem Globetrotter for 18 years. Read more here in this interview with Davis. Watch an excerpt of Hardwood here.

Two beautiful new Nokia spots from UNTITLED director Graydon Sheppard via Lowe Singapore. You may remember the amazing Shots Ident Graydon did for issue 91 back in February. If you have not seen it, watch it here.

As posted on July 21st, I attended the Adobe Design Acheivement Awards. The Winner of the live action category was Karolina Novitska. On the winner's site the music is missing from "Crossword", her winning entry. You can watch it here, with audio. She used over 2,500 stills to create the piece.

Here are all three Fresca billboards which I referred to last week. I think they're great. Thanks to Ryan & Ann at Taxi for geting them to me.

Last night I was honoured to present the Live Action category award at the ADAA. I was stepping in for The Perlorian Brothers, who were unable to attend as they are shooting in Europe. Students from 24 countries submitted nearly 1,500 entries and all the work was so amazing. It truly was an inspirational evening. Look at the finalist's & winner's work here & watch the judges in action. Thank you Lucky & Laszlo Perlorian for allowing me to be there on your behalf.

Three different Fresca billboards have been up around Toronto for some time now, and I love them. So much that I actually went out & bought the new cherry citrus flavour. I snapped this shot of one of them. The other two read, "10 out of 10 Fresca lovers prefer Fresca" and "Fresca. The Fresca of soft drinks." Creative team Ryan Wagman & Ron Smrczek, Taxi, Toronto.