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.

The Crew

Josh Sullivan
Josh Sullivan
Partner - Creative
JuliRose Sullivan
JuliRose Sullivan
Partner - Account
Bryan Elliott
Bryan Elliott
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Corey Reifinger
Corey Reifinger
Senior Designer/Illustrator
Tyler Crowe
Tyler Crowe
Senior Designer/Illustrator
Tony Signorino
Tony Signorino
Director of Sales
Wes Eaton
Wes Eaton
Print Manager
Geoff Ridenour
Geoff Ridenour
Photographer/Retoucher
Packy Carroll
Packy Carroll
Psychic / Production
Poncho
Poncho
Good Boy / Destroyer of Shoes
Ozzy
Ozzy
Good Boy / Destroyer of Gardens

in the flesh

off the clock

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

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