Selected as one of the most visually striking and effective annual reports of last year, our work for Anderson Energy’s 2006 Annual Report was awarded Graphis’ platinum award for its outstanding design. The Anderson report was also awarded Graphis’ new Lithographix Award for Excellence in Printing. See the report in Graphis’ ‘07/’08 Annual Reports Annual.
WAX is proud to be the subject of a two-page spread in Communication Arts’ Fresh section, which showcases “cutting-edge work by people and firms in business less than five years.”
Location: Calgary, Alberta and www.waxpartnership.com
Duration: Sometimes it feels like we’ve been doing this for a long time, but we only started three short years ago. Or is that three long years ago?
Staff/Size: Twenty-seven full time employees and one bitter intern whose proofread this article one too many times.
Education: Yes.
Cultural Influences: We look at the best (and sometimes the worst) of design and advertising worldwide. We’re also avid readers of US Weekly.
Describe your working environment: We have a modern agency with lots of original art, vintage Knoll furniture and rows of floor to ceiling windows which offer views of the Rocky Mountains to the west and downtown Calgary to the north. We encourage staff not to look east or south.
Philosophy: Our company is new and our people are from everywhere, so we don’t have a rigid philosophy that we ask individuals to adhere to. We adapt to opportunity and ideas. The only overriding principle is that our work must be relevant, fresh and some other fancy marketing word. It’s helped us win awards, clients and talented people in a very short time.
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