Believe it or not, Kansas City has annually hosted the largest regional advertising awards show for the last few years: the Addys. However it still amazes me that the KC scene remains one of the ad industry’s best kept secrets. With two of the largest independent shops in the country (Bernstein-Rein and Barkley), one of the largest digital shops as well (VML), a remarkable array of smaller design and marketing firms and world-class print, audio, video, and digital production houses in the country, we have an amazingly strong and diverse scene.
That strength and diversity was definitely represented in this year’s awards. While many agencies had to pull back on the number of entries they submitted due to fees and costs, the overall quality of the work took a huge leap forward due to their selectivity. Props to Barkley for their overall Best In Show recognition for their huge body of Sonic TV, print and interactive work.
And my shop? Bernstein-Rein took home an armful of Addys, primarily for our interactive and digital work. The big wins for us included Gold Addys for our work on sites for Devotchka and Cook’s Ham, our interactive creative reel, our holiday Bernstein-Rein Reindeer Rodeo self-promo effort and our body of McCafe work for McDonalds. The biggest honor was a Best In Show Interactive for our McDonalds McCafe “Snowflakes” work. Woo-hoo!
UPDATE: Here’s a listing of all the Kansas City Addy Winners!
Below are a few shots from the evening, including a few that I cribbed from friends. Enjoy!
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I think it’s nuts that I can’t find the complete list of awards & winners anywhere. NO. Where. Is it my ADD/Twitter-fied brain that demands too much and wants it yesterday? Srsly.
I hear ya! And people wonder why no one knows about this scene?!? Having recently joined the Ad Club board I hope I can help with that in my own way, though I know they’ve been working pretty hard on it for a while.
Oh yeah…just got my hands on the complete list of awards and winners.
http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/1063311.html
Thanks for the link, Nick. Still pretty underwhelming coverage though.
love the pics
Hey there, our company was one of the websites that won a gold award at the Addys. Do you know how we could our hands on a certificate to frame?
@Karina: Get in touch with Rachel Hack at the AAF-KC for info. I’m sure she can help you out (rachel@kcadclub.com).
Do you know where to find a list of winners from the district 9 competition? I know the gold winners from the kansas city addys advanced on but can’t find the results anywhere.
Belle, I’ve just posted both that list and the national ADDYs winners list from KC here.
wow, that local list left Trozzolo off all the silvers it won, like 9 of them. any idea what happened?
Hmmm…not sure. 2009 silver wins, yes?
yeah, I had Rachel Hack send me the complete list as an excel doc. Trozzolo had 9 silvers, 2 bronzes.