Why This New York Design Agency Makes Its Employees Pose Naked For Official Staff Photos
Sagmeister & Walsh / Mario de Armas We recently highlighted Sagmeister & Walsh, a design boutique in New York, in a gallery of crazy, beautiful ad agency staff photos.
Their image was arguably the most unforgettable of the set, because the entire staff — from the CEO down to the interns — posed naked.
Not just a little bit naked, either.
The full monty.
It turns out there's a reason the agency does this, and partner Jessica Walsh explained it in a video series called The Creative Influence.
Here's the two-decade history of S&W's staff photos, which — obviously — are graphic.
They're not gratuitously sexual, but they're not safe for conservative workplaces either.