Everybody remembers their first portfolio. At the time, you think it’s chock full of groundbreaking work, but in retrospect it was really just a hot mess. Last Friday, Queue was lucky enough to help combat this trend of terribleness at Columbia College.
Senior Art Director Dave Carlson and Senior Copywriter Mike Baroni were invited to judge the final presentations of students in Columbia College’s Advertising Art Direction class. Students were tasked with choosing a random product out of a bag, then writing, art directing and presenting a full-blown campaign that included print, digital and promotional elements.
Utopia Inc. celebrated the launch of Utopia Labs with ribbon cutting ceremony and a preview of the first ever data demonstration center in the SAP® ecosystem showcasing a variety of data solution simulations.
For a brief shiny moment, Steve Jobs showed the world that America was a magical place of infinite commerce & technological possibility. He did so with verve, style and an unprecedented focus on simplicity. His legacy is the challenge to dream a little bigger, to execute that dream with excellence and not let the world become ordinary and grey without him.
The MarCom Awards is an international competition for MarComm agencies involved in the concept, writing and design of marketing and communication programs and print, visual and audio materials. Queue was awarded the 2010 Platinum award for our National Beef Wet Blue Leathers Ad Campaign. Learn more about it 
Queue is excited to announce that Chris McNally has joined our team as Vice President of Business Development!
According to recent Census data, the purchasing power of Hispanics will surpass $1.4 trillion by 2013. Furthermore, according to Mintel, Hispanics spend a greater share of their total house income on the food and beverage category – 16% vs. 13.4% for non-Hispanics.
Fiat Spain has launched a new app called Fiat Street Evo. It recognizes traffic signs and transforms them into features of the new Punto Evo, a car that’s targeted to a younger, more tech-savvy crowd. The app recognizes traffic signs as if they were QR codes, associating each sign with a feature directly related to that sign. For example, a STOP sign will tell the user all about the new breaking system, a CURVE AHEAD sign will tell the user that the car has an intelligent lighting system that guides you in curves. The list goes on with every feature of the car. Pretty cool stuff, and incredibly successful, as you’ll see at the end of this clip.
Finally! After weeks of anxiously awaiting the arrival of Queue Brewmaster Kevin Brotz’s glorious Queue Brew, we were able to sample the glorious, golden goods. But first, we needed to create the label. Dave Carlson, Art Director extraordinaire, designed a label inspired by the Queue Crew, with images of our team interlaced with our brand standards, and Kevin’s brewing company, Square One Brewhaus.
Queue Brewmaster extraordinaire Kevin Brotz, along with his nimble ‘assistant’ Dave Carlson, have bottled the inaugural 
