Posted February 21, 2012

Graphis Names Brunner as Platinum Winner for Zippo Outdoor Work

Pittsburgh, PA (February 21, 2012) - Graphis recently announced its selections for the 100 Best in Advertising for 2012. Pittsburgh-based ad agency, Brunner, was honored as one of seven platinum winners for its work on the 2011 campaign for Zippo's outdoor line of products.

"Hats off to the Zippo creative team for not only being named a Graphis Platinum winner, but also, and more important, for creating a heritage of great work for Zippo," said Jay Giesen, Brunner executive creative director, visual arts. "Zippo work is well-known in creative circles throughout the industry and beyond."

Graphis serves as a platform for recognizing outstanding design, advertising, and photography work with the Graphis Platinum and Gold Awards. Each year, Graphis invites leading professionals across the photography, illustration, and graphic design communities to be considered for inclusion in their annual books in each of these visual art fields. Among the thousands of submissions, the Graphis jury selects the most compelling work of the year in each category. The selections feature many of the most accomplished professionals in each field.

The team that created the winning work was led by Brunner creative director Dave Vissat and Mr. Giesen. Photography credits go to Tom Cwenar of Cwenar Photography. Zippo has been a Brunner client since 1997.

For more information, visit http://www.graphis.com/latest/winners/annuals/advertising/?book=74.

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About Brunner

Brunner is a $220 million independent advertising agency with more than 220 employees in offices in Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. The agency provides a broad range of services, including brand strategy, research and planning, advertising, digital, one-to-one, public relations, social media, mobile marketing, and shopper marketing, to clients such as Bob Evans Restaurants and Food Products, the Cub Cadet brand of outdoor power equipment, CONSOL Energy, Eaton Vehicle Group, multiple GlaxoSmithKline brands, GNC, Heinz, Huffy, Knouse Foods, Philips Healthcare, and PPG Industries. In addition to being ranked among the Top 75 U.S. ad agencies, Brunner is also recognized as one of the top digital marketing firms in the country.