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Gettin' Saucy
When local BBQ legends Andy and Katie Garner asked us to help them create a brand for their famous BBQ sauces, we said YES without even having to think about it. That’s because we LOVE their smoked ribs, pulled pork, brisket, turkey & chicken. But the secret to Hog Heaven’s success has always been in their sauces. You can get them in a little plastic tub with your meal, but until now, the sauces have not been available in a bottle.  We started by batting around names for the brand... Read more...
Will Work for Food
Design can change the world... especially when your world is awesome BBQ and smoked ribs! Our design firm just happens to be down the street from one of Nashville’s favorite BBQ joints—Hog Heaven. When the wind is blowing just right, the heavenly aroma lures us down the sidewalk to the little rib shack run by our pals Katy and Andy Garner. They sure do know BBQ, ribs and sauces... but they admittedly don’t know how to create a brand for their amazing food. Since we love eating BBQ and we... Read more...
Olive & Sinclair Packaging featured on The Dieline
The Dieline, known as the #1 packaging design web site, featured our work for Olive & Sinclair Chocolate Company.We are truly honored to be recognized by such a prestigious collective. Some of the blog's comments include:  "It's the antithesis of Method, Pepsi, et al. A brand with character always outshines a brand without;" and "These are so beautiful I'd frame them." Thanks to the folks at The Dieline! Read more...
NEW Spirit of Nashville Flood Relief Posters
ADG teamed up with McQuiddy Classic Printing and Athens Paper to produce 2 limited edition prints that celebrate Nashville’s incredible strength, generosity and sense of community during the recent devastating floods and recovery efforts. Spirit of Nashville will sell the prints online to raise money for flood relief. 100% of the profits will go directly to Samaritan’s Purse and the Red Cross. The prints will be available on Monday, May 17, 2010, but you can pre-order them now.   We will produce a limited edition of 500 prints of each... Read more...
Nashville Under Water...
Anderson Design Group and Spirit of Nashville were very blessed to have not been affected by the terrible floods that did so much damage to Music City last weekend. For that we are very grateful. Thanks to all of our out of town clients and friends who have asked how we are doing. We know many people who were not as fortunate—we will be lending a had to help folks clean up the mess this weekend. And over the next few months, we want to help flood victims in two... Read more...
Olive & Sinclair -- Good as GOLD!
Anderson Design Group was honored to take home a GOLD Award for the packaging category of the AIGA Tenn Show Awards on Friday, April 30th. Tenn Show, the state’s most prestigious juried design competition, was open to professionals and students throughout Tennessee involved in designing visual and creative communications in print, motion graphics, packaging and seven other categories. Mayor of Nashville, Karl Dean, gave a presentation during the event about art and community advocacy. Over 200 AIGA members and non-members participated and their work was judged by a panel of... Read more...
Our Retail Store
What does a design firm do when the sluggish economy forces clients to cut back and spend less? We crank up a studio store and create cool stuff to sell to the general public! One nice thing about downsizing is getting more free space to do creative things (like turning your conference area into a retail boutique!) Since we have extra space in our building, and we have created a plethora of cool prints & gifts, retail seemed like an easy way to “make lemonade out of economic lemons.” Retail... Read more...
Inspired By Matchbook Cover Designs
One of our clients makes very cool vintage-looking wood and metal signs. Meissenburg Designs, located in Montana, asked us to help them create a new line of fun little prints that would be bought by owners of vacation homes. The new line, called the Matchbook Series made its debut in their 2010 catalog, and they are selling quite well!  This art is inspired by the old matchbook covers you might find in antique stores. We also found a wealth of inspiration looking through the classified ads section of 1940s magazines... Read more...
New Spirit of Nashville Poster Designs
We just finished the latest additions to the Spirit of Nashville Collection: a new print for WPLN Radio and another for Saint Cecilia Academy. We were happy to create art that will help these two important Nashville icons celebrate milestones of achievement—WPLN’s service to Nashville for over 40 years, and Saint Cecilia Academy’s 150th Anniversary. Both prints were designed by Joel Anderson. The Saint Cecelia print was based on an original painting Joel created specifically for this occasion. The original painting will hang in the school’s lobby.    People ask... Read more...
Wired Magazine on iPad
Wired Magazine on iPad
Movie Man...the world is turning more and more like the movie"The Demolition Man". Sea shells anyone? Read more...
It's Wedding Season at ADG
It's Wedding Season at ADG
Edward is marrying Morgan at the end of March. His invitations, printed on Curious Metallic Ice Gold paper, have a ribbon and inside pocket. The invitation's elegant pattern was the... Read more...
Art & Soul of America Collection
Art & Soul of America Collection
ADG set out to celebrate the history and charm of America’s favorite destinations in a series of classic travel posters after Creative Director Joel Anderson got fed up with the... Read more...
ADG Intern Rocks out at the Student ADDYs
ADG Intern Rocks out at the Student ADDYs
Our Spring intern, Ligia Teodosiu, won 1 Silver, 4 Golds, the Judge's Choice Award, and Best of Show at the Student Addy's. She is currently a Junior at Watkins College... Read more...
Joel Wins Addy for Art Director of the Year
Joel Wins Addy for Art Director of the Year
It's true: Joel left the Addy Awards with Best of Show and Art Director of the Year for his work on the Olive and Sinclair Chocolate campaign. See our last... Read more...
ADG Wins 3 Gold ADDYs and BEST OF SHOW!
ADG Wins 3 Gold ADDYs and BEST OF SHOW!
On Saturday, February 20th, Anderson Design Group won the top honors at the Nashville Advertising Association’s ADDY Awards for the Olive & Sinclair Chocolate Company’s logo, packaging, and promotional posters.... Read more...