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| Valentino Ristevski Art Director
| Six foot two inch soft spoken Swedish Macedonian comes to California in search of … exactly what he doesn’t know. Knocks around Ventura and Santa Barbara. Attends the Academy Art in San Francisco. Perfects the art of digging in his heels in while still seemingly listening, skills he once relied on as a soccer referee in the Swedish Fourth Division. Has a cup of coffee at Kirshenbaum Bond and Partners. Decides there’s a better way of doing this kind of work. Starts 16 Rays. Discovers what he was looking for all along. |
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Andy Flint
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The shorter, more Americanized version. Graduates from college in New England and becomes a newspaper reporter. Looks at his paycheck and the winter landscape and promptly leaves for California. Begins writing ads. Enjoys the boom. Survives the bust. Meets his future creative partner at an Adweek conference, where the hot shots from LA and Seattle name them the best duo there. Decides there’s something to this California Dream thing. His family still asks when he’s moving back East. |
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