Then of course there’s Donkey Kong, who’s actually an ape, and well, you really don’t want to get him mad. Anyhoo, no one’s angry at the moment, so nothing to… Read More
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FAME cab campaign helps you avoid the dreaded pull-over. Not to be confused with the annual gift from Grandma.
Lest this one go the way of the overthink, we busted out an outdoor campaign from blank stare to final files in a scant few days for local cab company… Read More
FAME holiday party. Last one there is a rotten lute player.
The invite said something about dressing up for a night at the Italian Renaissance style Semple Mansion. One pair who only half-read it came dressed to party 16th-century style, complete… Read More
We won gold. We won silver. It was like the Olympics, without the matching tracksuits.
You should see what the Russian judge gave us. FAME just added three more pieces of glory to our wall o’ winners, this time from the Minneapolis AdFed awards show,… Read More
We got us ourselves a little pre-holiday silver and gold, compliments of the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing. That’s CTAM (or Bill) for short.
Yes, that was us you saw all over the trades gripping a Gold Mark Award for our recent work for Time Warner Cable. That first one was for a media… Read More
FAME work displayed on Paperspecs.com. Online gallery for paper geeks and the people who love them.
Turns out, origami isn’t the only cool thing you can do with paper. You can design wondrous gift cards for brands like, say, BevMo! Or letterpress it into a fabulous… Read More
So many good things end in –ettes. Think about it. Rockettes. Audiocasettes. Baguettes. MarCom Statuettes.
Here’s to the French for sharing that suffix with us. And wine. And cheese. Ok, now back to our regularly scheduled self-promotion. FAME rocked this year’s MarCom competition with Platinum… Read More
All night raging at CTAM conference leaves cable industry execs in desperate need of caffeine.
We’re still not sure whether we received the request because of our long-standing relationship with Time Warner Cable, or because someone has reported our daily mass consumption of dark roast… Read More
What? We got 3 out of the top 10 HOW Poster Design Awards. And we didn’t even send the “Bribe Brownies.”
Another day, another award. Or three. Yep. FAME just earned three HOW poster design awards for recent work, including the Minnesota Roller Girls poster series, and two pieces done for… Read More
FAME holiday spot for Time Warner Cable focuses on moments of joy. Opens on airport delay.
Ah yes, travel troubles. Possibly the only aspect of the holidays more disappointing than fruitcake. Our hero, however, is undeterred by the snowy slow-down on the tarmac, and gets home… Read More
FAME hires two interns from Step Up. Not to be confused with “Step Up 3,” now available on Blu-Ray.
Nope, FAME did not take part in a high-stakes dance-off this past summer. (Come on. Don’t act like you haven’t watched it on cable.) But we did hire two Step… Read More
Bruce Edwards speaks at Miami Ad School. Gets approximately .5 frequent flier miles.
Ohhhh. THAT Miami Ad School. Equally awesome, though closer to Nordeast than any beach to speak of. See what the school had to say about his visit right here: http://blog.miamiadschool.com/posts/it-s-all-about-fame-for-bruce-edwards-and-the-minneapolis-students
What?! We got into another design annual?! (Insert fake surprise here.)
For starters, we’re not ones to brag about our awards. All our many, many awards. But we sort of feel that being included in HOW Magazine’s self-promotion issue gives us… Read More
FAME launches 2011 Ivey Awards campaign. Accidentally becomes a petticoat expert in the process.
Ah, the 2011 Ivey Awards campaign. It’s a project that not only brought us closer to petticoats and uncomfortably large disco orbs, but key-less pianos, feather plumes, wigs and smoke… Read More
The FAME summer party. All names have been changed to protect the innocent.
For this year’s annual summer party, the FAME crowd headed to the ballpark to see the St. Paul Saints in action, and then out for many happy hours post-game. So… Read More
Bruce Edwards judges final round of CTAM Mark Awards. Crushes a few hundred dreams in the nicest possible way.
EVP/CD Bruce Edwards just got back from judging yet another award show. This time it was the final round for cable’s CTAM Mark Awards. They say it’s “where creativity and… Read More
What’s next, getting on the “agencies who are on the most lists” list?
So after being named one of the city’s “best places to work” in the Star-Tribune, The Minneapolis Business Journal decided to give FAME a little love, too. So there we… Read More
FAME work brings people closer together than a road trip in a VW Camper Van. See it in the new CA Design Annual.
The SUPERVALU Store Director Summit brief had kind of a 70’s-era “I’d like to buy the world a Coke” vibe, peppered with words like unity and collaboration. Our task was… Read More
Bruce Edwards speaks at this year’s AIGA Lunch Lecture Series. Gets to sit at the adult table.
Don’t let the “Lecture” part fool you. Bruce wasn’t scolding people about improper use of sans-serif fonts over sandwiches. Nope. Instead, he was part of one of AIGA Minnesota’s longest-running… Read More
Star-Tribune’s new list of Minnesota’s Top 100 Places to Work? On it.
It’s a bold proposition, asking employees to be completely candid on a confidential survey. Thankfully our President, Lynne Robertson, only had to hold her breath for about 3 months while… Read More
The AIGA Minneapolis Design Show claims it’s not a beauty contest. Sooo we spent all that time getting ready for nothing?
Beauty aside (it’s pretty much a given), the work we submitted for this year’s AIGA Show did all the things it needed to do, according to the esteemed organization’s website…. Read More
We had no idea the Ad Fed Silver Award trophy was full of wine…
…until our own President Lynne Robertson won it. Oh okay, it’s not full of wine. But it is a giant cup of “you’re awesome.” Because for those who don’t know,… Read More
FAME cleans up at CableFaxies. (We don’t name the awards. We just win them.)
Sure, smirk at the name. But these, friends, are the Cannes Lions of the cable industry. Sans the French part. And the animal theme. But don’t be fooled. The competition… Read More
Around here, “Cinco de Fame-o” is Spanish for “Come drink with us, Clients.”
Another year, another successful client Open House at FAME. This year’s fiesta-themed festivities had FAMErs and clients alike donning their finest sarapes and Pancho Villa moustaches to raise a Dos… Read More
FAME EVP/CD relives glory days at MCAD, Springsteen style.
Ah, college. It may be gone in the blink of young girl’s eye, but we sure remember it fondly. The late nights in the computer lab. The brain food at… Read More