AZ Group Advertising & Design Wins International Creative Award!

We were delighted to receive the news that our logo design for Chianti's Bistro and Lounge had been named a bronze winner at the 2003 Summit Creative Awards® competition.

During intial meetings with Chianti's owner, it became apparent that his new restaurant was going to be all about love: love of great food, fine wine, the arts, and the wonderful times people would have there! The restaurant site is the newly restored former market center building, originally constructed in 1895, and an important landmark for Woodstock. In developing their logo, we endeavoured to portray Chianti's in keeping with these themes, strong and memorable yet whimsical, fun and inviting. Winning the award for our design was fantastic news and coincidentally came only two days before the restaurant was to open its doors for the first time!

The Summit Creative Awards is the only competition of its kind. It was created to recognize exceptional work by advertising agencies, video production companies, multimedia firms and other creative groups with annual billings of $15 million or less. The awards program was launched to reinforce the importance of smaller agencies and their influence on our everyday culture and the economy.

This year's competition received approximately 3,000 entries from 17 countries including Australia, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, England, Estonia, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, Ukraine and United States. Entries in 17 different creative categories were judged by a panel of judges from several top creative agencies and included Ilan Geva of CMYK & Beyond, Luc Chenier of Bates Ukraine, Rick Penn-Kraus of Hill and Knowlton, Kevin Hersh of Mfx, Inc., Steve O’Brien of Ground Zero, Henry Rasmussen of Scanad - Denmark and Daren Levis of J. Walter Thompson USA. Judges looked for innovative and creative concepts, strong executions and the ability to communicate and persuade.

Additional information about the Summit Creative Awards and a list of other winning firms can be found on the Summit Awards web site at www.summitawards.com.