Award Winners in Northern Idaho

The Spokane Advertising Federation held their 2009 ADDY Awards Ceremony on Friday, March 6th, and among the winners were several from Northern Idaho.

Blue541:
4 Silver ADDY Awards, 1 Honorable Mention

Hanna & Associates:
6 Gold ADDY Awards, 11 Silver ADDY Awards, 4 Honorable Mentions

Imagination Graphics:
1 Honorable Mention

Salty Design Foundry:
Designer's Chair, Best of Division, 3 Gold ADDY Awards, 3 Silver ADDY Awards, 4 Honorable Mentions

Student Award:
Grant Hoki, North Idaho College
Honorable Mention

Congratulations to all of the award winners. A full list of winners from the club (which could very likely include some Idaho shops that I've missed) is available via the Spokane Ad Fed's website.

Blue541 Work Hits Communication Arts

Recently, Blue541's work for The Resort Boat Shop in Coeur d'Alene was featured on the Communication Arts website.

From the Communication Arts feature:

When local ad agency BLUE541 launched a newsprint ad campaign, it seemed fitting to illustrate the fine art aspect of boat-building. With inspirational imagery, and copy to match, the ad touches an emotional chord for the faithful devotees who eat, sleep and breathe for wood boats and water.

Congratulations to the folks up at Blue541 for the recognition.

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A new site for Blue 541

Our friends at Blue 541 in Coeur d'Alene have updated their agency website. It's a nice showcase of their previous work, as well as their interactive capabilities.

Oh yeah, and they've got a cat too.

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Regional ADDY Award Winners

The winners of the District XI ADDY Awards have been announced, and among them are a number of Idaho agencies, including:

Advertising Industry Self-Promotion:
Silver ADDY Award:
Salty Design Foundry
Salty Design Foundry: Salty Recipe Book

Collateral Material:
Silver ADDY Awards:
Salty Design Foundry
Coeur d'Alene Farmer's Market: Coeur d'Alene Farmer's Market
Salty Design Foundry
Magic Geek Inc: Magic Geek Brochure
Salty Design Foundry
Center Stage: Will of Fortune

Consumer or Trade Publication:
Gold ADDY Award:
Drake Cooper
Idaho Travel Council: Sunset Magazine Spread
Silver ADDY Award:
Salty Design Foundry
Acme Climbing: Splat for Urban Climber

Elements of Advertising:
Silver ADDY Award:
Oliver Russell
ibelieveinsasquatch.com: Sasquatch Logo

Mixed Media Campaigns:
Silver ADDY Award:
Drake Cooper
Home Federal: 'We're There.' Small Business Campaign

Newspaper:
Silver ADDY Award:
Drake Cooper
Home Federal: 'We're There.' Newspaper Campaign

Out-Of-Home:
Silver ADDY Award:
Oliver Russell
The Record Exchange: Hitchcock Building Mural

Public Service:
Gold ADDY Award:
Drake Cooper
Idaho Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Parentland

Sales Promotion:
Silver ADDY Awards:
Blue541
Merritt Properties: Headwaters Sales Kit
Noot Group
Meriwether Ranch: Meriwether Ranch Sales Book
Range NW
Bing Bang Boom!: Bing Bang Boom! Packaging
Salty Design Foundry
Magic Geek Inc.: Jugglingstore.com Catalog

Television:
Silver ADDY Award:
I.E. Productions
Rex Rammell for U.S. Senate: Monkey Butt

Congratulations to all. The entire list of winners can be found on the District XI website. For the winners of Gold ADDY's they now move on to the national competition. The National Awards Show and Gala is slated for June 10, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Cleaning Up up North

For those who may have missed it, the Spokane Advertising Federation's ADDY Awards Show was last Friday. And among the entrants were a number of agencies from Northern Idaho.

And, as Rick Thomas from The Coeur d'Alene Press wrote, "Local ad agencies rake in awards."

Boy did they ever.

Here's a quick run-down:

Salty Design Foundry won 17 Silver ADDYs, 5 Gold ADDYs, as well as Judges Choice and Best in Division.
Blue541 won a total of 14 ADDYs, including a Gold in Industry Self Promotion for their interactive Christmas card.
Range won 5 ADDYs, including 1 Gold.

As soon as I can get my hands on the complete list of winners, I'll be sure to share it with the class.

Congratulations to all of the winners.

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