Dissertation

In 2001, I started selling garbage. 100% authentic New York City Garbage. The trash is hand-picked and arranged in Lucite cubes that are signed, numbered, and dated. Today, over 1,200 cubes have been sold to over 25 countries. 

Regular cubes sell for $50, while limited edition cubes from events like the World Series at Yankee Stadium, New Year's Eve in Times Square and the Republican National Convention go for $100. In March 2007, the first international edition of NYC Garbage was created, thanks to a commission by the organizers of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland.


On the fourth Monday of every month, select ADC Young Guns winners present their work at the Apple Store in SoHo. November's speaker: Justin Gignac.

Justin Gignac is an artist, entrepreneur and freelance art director living in New York. After holding jobs at Ogilvy, Fallon NY and Toy, Justin left full-time agency life in 2007 to focus on his artistic endeavors, among them NYC Garbage, an ongoing series of carefully packaged urban trash, and Wants For Sale, in which he and his wife paint things that they want and sell the paintings for the actual price of each object. He currently still dabbles in the ad world as a freelancer.
Justin was part of the ADC Young Guns 5 class of winners, honored in 2006.

Monday, November 23, 2009
6:30 - 8 PM
Apple Store SoHo
103 Prince Street, NYC