Ideas with Intent

Mission Creative recently was the recipient of a Silver National ADDY® award for design and development of labels for Good Old Potosi Beer, Snake Hollow Indian Pale Ale, Holiday Bock Beer and Potosi Pure Malt Cave Ale. Potosi Brewery Company is located in Potosi, Wisconsin. The ADDY® Awards are the largest and arguably toughest advertising competition in the world with over 60,000 entries annually. The ADDY® Awards represent the true spirit of creative excellence by recognizing all forms of advertising from a variety of medias, creative of all shapes and sizes, and multiple levels of entrants throughout the world.

“We are proud to accept this award on behalf of our client, the Potosi Brewery Company, and the National Breweriana Museum,” stated Sean Murphy, Senior Designer for Mission Creative. “This project was amazing to work on and allowed us a lot of creative freedom to launch the opening of this national treasure.”

Mission Creative is proud to announce that the website completed for Hellenbrand Glass of Waunakee, WI, won the Best Retailer Website for 2008 as reported in USGlass Magazine. The judges remarked favorably on the blueprint style of the site as well as the "great use of Flash. Trent Hellenbrand, co-owner of Hellenbrand Glass LLC, stated, "A lot of our customer's questions are answered just by looking at the portfolio section of our website. Customers call in and refer to the actual product and page it is located on. This save us a lot of foot work in the sales area." Congratulations to Hellenbrand Glass from the entire Mission Creative staff.

The Advertising Club of Dubuque presented the 2008 Addy Awards for outstanding advertising on Friday, February 27, 2009. Accomplished advertising professionals from outside of the Dubuque area judged all entries. Mission Creative, a Dubuque owned and operated full service advertising agency, celebrated a very successful evening accepting 22 Addy Awards, 7 Final Fifteens, 2 Special Recognition/Judge's Choice awards and the coveted Best of Show award. Best of Show was awarded for the Metamorphosis poster completed for the Voices of the Warehouse District Art Exhibit advertised by the Dubuque County Fine Arts Center.