Addis

Case Studies

Industry Expertise

Our passion and insight are reflected in diverse creative solutions for a wide range of clients, from many industries, including consumer products; financial services; food and beverages; business services; Internet; non-profit; retail; and technology.

Clients

  • 24 Hour Fitness
  • America Online
  • Barclays Global Investors Inc.
  • Blue Shield of California
  • BriteSmile
  • Charles Schwab & Co.
  • Critical Path
  • Diageo (UDV)
  • Discovery Channel Stores
  • Dole
  • Aerus (formerly Electrolux)
  • Gap Inc.
  • Gordon Biersch
  • Hungry Minds
  • LEGO
  • Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton
  • Pepsi-Cola Company
  • San Francisco Food Bank
  • Seagram
  • Smith & Hawken
  • Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Mission Statement

Addis is a new breed of branding firm: a firm that approaches each project from the perspective of integrating the brand around central ideas - rather than around a singular media focus. We leverage insight, unique ideas, and strategic design to drive enduring, compelling bonds between brands and their customers.

Type of work and disciplines represented in the firm

  • Strategy
  • Naming
  • Identity
  • Interactive
  • Advertising
  • Packaging
  • Collateral
  • Environments

How the company works with clients and users

At Addis, each client is assigned to a multi-disciplinary brand team that becomes expert on the brand's essence and develops all expressions of the brand. Because there are no obstacles between our strategists and creatives, our strategic thinking actively informs our design work.

We are media agnostic: every point of contact with a customer is equally important. While a client might spend the lion's share of its budget building its brand via advertising or a Web site, we consider all brand expressions together. Even a seemingly insignificant direct mail piece can betray the customer's trust if it does not speak from a consistent voice.

Our philosophy—that all good branding work is rooted in insightful analysis and a strong conceptual understanding of each brand and its customers—defines our work. Addis' integrated approach, where we develop brand expressions to work in concert, means that each of our deliverables has more impact.

Addis is a founding member of Catenas, a new international professional services network. Catenas includes such standouts as McKenna Group and Prophet Brand Strategy. Catenas members collaborate on many of their projects, producing unified and global solutions while allowing each member firm to preserve its individual culture and to contribute in the fields where it is most accomplished.

Principals

Steven Addis, President and CEO

Address

Addis
2515 Ninth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

Phone: 510.704.7500
Fax: 510.704.7501

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Web: www.addis.com

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