The 2013 Silicon Valley ADDYS awards presentation was a great evening in many ways. It was a great opportunity to relax with our peers from other Silicon Valley agencies while also celebrating the fact that Liquid walked away with more awards than ever before. We received honors for our work with Reef, Intel, HP, SanDisk, Kareo, iMemories, Mighty Leaf Tea, Velodyne and Good Tech. Great job to the entire Liquid team!

For 32 years, the Regional Design Annual sponsored by PRINT magazine has evaluated the very best design work done across the USA and organized it by region. This year, two projects designed by Liquid Agency were singled out as some of the best work created on the West Coast. We're very proud of this accomplishment and wanted to share the good news with you.

The Liquid Lecture Series invites speakers from a variety of backgrounds to come to Liquid and tell us about their professional experiences. The latest person to be featured was TJ Scimone, the founder and CEO of Slice - a company that makes exceptional products that cut, chop, trim and…slice. TJ made us laugh while sharing with us some important lessons about business and life.

We have been big fans of Dave Parmley’s unique hand-crafted style for many years. Dave is the founder of Kustom Kult — a brand new studio that specializes in unique, hand-crafted art and design. Dave’s background has included stints as the Creative Director and co-founder of 13THFLOOR — a lifestyle branding & design agency renowned in the Action Sports Industry, and as Creative Director for O’Neill — the innovative wetsuit and sportswear company — where he developed the iconic emblem featuring a likeness of Jack O’Neill, the legendary inventor of the wetsuit. Dave's illustrious career has also included award-winning work for a very diverse set of brands, like Harley-Davidson, Hot Wheels, Disney, Element, Bad Boy MMA and many others. His very personal approach to typography and illustration, yields designs that are always quirky, imaginative and filled with wonderful little details.

Every year the advertising and design agencies in Portland, Oregon get together to acknowledge and celebrate the best work completed over the previous twelve months. The Rosey Awards are a big deal in Portland, where the folks in the creative community are as talented as they are eclectic. This year was the first time that Liquid participated in the competition, and we are happy to announce that at the end of the night we walked home proudly, and happy to have received a Rosey Award for Best Packaging.

A collaboration between Liquid and HerbstProdukt.

In March, I attended the HouseWares Show in Chicago along with our our client, Slice, who was debuting a new logo, new booth, and a whole bunch of new products – including a new box cutter I co-designed with Scot Herbst. In terms of product design, this is a first for Liquid, and it was a very exciting event.

Liquid Agency took home 12 awards at this year's ADDY Awards Gala, including two of the coveted ADDY Statuettes, representing work that was considered the best in its category. The ADDYs honor creative excellence by recognizing the best work of local agencies, as judged by a panel of peers. The party and awards ceremony was hosted by the Silicon Valley Chapter of the American Advertising Federation, on March 4 at the Marriott Hotel, downtown San Jose. This year's party was smaller than in previous years – a reflection of the tough economic climate – yet the mood was festive, as it seems that Silicon Valley is starting to show signs of recovery.