Author Archives: David Bonner

EVP, Chief Creative Officer

Friends of Lou Gather for Glimmer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C06Kpc4AJ4

The Friends of Lou had their first gathering last night at the Kentucky Derby Festival for Glimmer on the Waterfront. About 200 of Louisville’s closest friends shared special Friends of Lou drinks, pulled pork, and some kind of chicken liver thing wrapped in bacon(?) all in a prime location near the stage. Really nicely done. […]

Louisville Police Dept. recognizes Doe for curbing auto thefts

Doe-Anderson’s work for the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) has resulted in a significant drop in auto thefts in the city, according to Assistant Chief of Police Troy Riggs.
The auto crime prevention program was announced by Mayor Abramson in March. Doe creatives envisoned fake parking tickets to be placed on unlocked cars (the most common […]

Radford (Bourbon Ambassador to Asia) Checks In

[Editor’s note: Doe’s own Ray Radford is traveling through Japan (cue “Wassaaaabi” commercial) and Singapore over the next couple of weeks spreading the word about Maker’s Mark - hopefully improving America’s international relations and providing his thoughts. He is writing from his Blackberry.]
Radford
Finally have sat down long enough to both reset my time zone clock […]

What made you the Gen Xer you are today?

Later this year, I’ll be co-authoring MARKET SMART: The Best in Age and Gender-Specific Design, pubished by HarperCollins. You can contribute work to be featured in the book. Visit marketsmartdesignbook.com.
I’ll be joining Dr. Daniel Acuff, President, Youth Marketing Systems Consulting; Dave Siegel, President, WonderGroup; and Jim Gilmartin, President, Coming of Age, Inc., who are each […]

Bonner to Judge Regional ADDYs (just like he does portfolios)

Judging for the 6th District’s ADDYs competition takes place on Friday and Saturday, so I’ll be headed to Muncie, Indiana to wade through a few hundred silver and gold entries from the local shows. The AAF 6th District comprises Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana.
[If you’re wondering, judges are recruited from other districts for some semblance of […]

Stephanie Massler Named to The Healing Place Board of Directors

Doe-Anderson’s Media Director extraordinaire, Stephanie Massler, was recently tapped to join the Board of Directors of non-profit client, The Healing Place. The Healing Place is renowned for a recovery rate which is five times the national average.
Stephanie has been a key contributor to the Louisville-based addiction recovery center and has been instrumental in launching the […]

Acorn Enthusiasts Re-Unite!

Over 93 years, Doe-Anderson was bound to collect more than a few friends and neighbors. So we decided it was about time to connect our past, present, and future.
We’ve officially dubbed this extraordinary, multi-generational group, THE SOCIETY OF ACORN ENTHUSIASTS. The purpose? Simple. To re-connect everyone and share the famous Doe brand. We’ll share […]

Scott Boswell back home at Doe-Anderson

If you know Boz you know how much he’ll hate this attention, but we couldn’t be happier to announce that Scott Boswell is back home at Doe-Anderson.
Scott is joining us as Executive Creative Director, and is taking on the day-to-day creative direction of our award-winning creatives. For those of you who don’t know […]

Doe-Anderson Wins Big at ADDYs

Well, it’s our first post, and what a great way to start.
Hi all. David Bonner, the Chief Creative whoohah here. Okay, so maybe I’m biased, but I’d say our creatives are on to something. Here’s the scoop: 33 Total Awards, including BEST OF SHOW, 2 BEST OF CATEGORY, 24 GOLD AWARDS and 6 SILVER AWARDS. […]