Taste Over Trends
We take the work seriously. Ourselves, a little less.
Fried builds brands for people who'd rather be talked about than blend in. We've done it in categories people fight over and categories nobody's touched in thirty years. The work is always the same underneath. Find the thing nobody else is brave enough to say, then build a whole world around it.
Everybody wants brave until it's time to sign off on brave. Our favorite clients don't flinch. They trust their gut, they move fast, and they've got a whole lot of nerve. We handle the rest.
Here's what we're not. We're not an ad shop. We're not a marketing firm. We don't do timid, we don't do committee, and we don't do beige. What we do is the deep stuff. Positioning, identity, illustration, packaging, the words and the art and the strategy underneath all of it. Built to hold up on a real shelf, in a real world, long after we've left the room.
We believe the only path to a nice deep sleep is a hard day’s work and sometimes a hard day’s night. Knowing which is which is most of the job.
Pull up a chair. Let's make something worth paying attention to.
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Awards
2026
Best in Show AAF Award
5 Gold AAF Award
1 Silver Addy
2025
Best in Show AAF Award
Judges Choice AAF Award
6 Gold AAF Award
2024
Best in Show AAF Award
5 Gold AAF Award
Judges Choice AAF Award
2023
Logo Lounge 14 Winners
Best In Show AAF Award
PA Brewers Association - Can Design Of The Year
Judge's Choice District AAF Award
1 Silver District AAF Award
5 Gold AAF Awards
1 Silver AAF Award
2022
1 Silver AAF Award
Judges Choice District AAF Award
Greenway Magazine Cannabis Consultants of The Year
Judges Choice AAF Award
5 Gold AAF Awards
11 Gold AAF Awards
2021
2 Judges Choice AAF Awards
4 Gold AAF Awards
4 Silver AAF Awards
2 Silver District AAF Awards
2020
2 Gold District AAF Awards
Best In Show Regional AAF Award
Judges Choice AAF Award
6 Gold AAF Awards
19 Silver AAF Awards
2019
4 Gold AAF Awards
4 Silver AAF Awards
HOW Design Logo Competition Readers Choice Winner
Speaking
CROP Conference Keynote
Perspective Collective Podcast
AAF Memphis
AAF Heartland
All Those Creative Oklahoma City
Art Directors Club Tulsa
Quickie Podcast
"Giving Your Brand a Voice" - Springfield Creatives
"Joint Decisions" - Springfield Creatives
Spin 66 Innovation and Entrepreneurship conference
1 Million Cups
E-Factory
Pen-Tool Pals Podcast
Biz 417 Think Summit
The Print Academy Podcast
The Brand Retro Podcast
Creative U Conference
Press
Logo Lounge
417 Magazine
World Brand Design
Computer Arts
The Dieline
Biz 417
HOW Magazine
Brands Of The World
Distressed Unrest
The Skull Reserve
Greenway Magazine
Springfield Newsleader
Springfield Business Journal















