FINE Design Group

= FINE Design Group (Design Company)=

FINE Design Group was founded by Kenn and Yonette Fine in 1994 in San Francisco. It started as a classic design studio, and has since evolved into a multidisciplinary design studio, incorporating branding, interior design, corporate identity, web site, collateral, and advertising. Currently it has offices in San Francisco, CA and Portland, OR.

Recent Awards and Recognition

2008

The Web Marketing Association's Web Awards awarded Symantec's Norton Today website the Best Computer Software Industry website.

The Web Marketing Association also awarded Joie de Vivre hospitality an Outstanding Website Award.

The Interactive Media Council awarded Foster's Group eWineMatch mobile phone and web sommelier system a Best in Class.

The Hitachi Blade Symphony 320 "origami" posters earned Gold in the Graphis poster competition.

Roberty Hidey Architects and the new Bohemian Wines were awarded Best in Class and Outstanding Achievement awards by the Interactive Marketing Council.

FINE print work for Chileno Bay and PMI was selected for prominent feature in the new Rockport Treatise on the fine art of brochures.

eWineMatch is chosen by Communication Arts at the Webpick of the Day - 4.15.08

2007

The Joie de Vivre website won two Adrian Awards from the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International in both Overall Website and Social Marketing categories.

Joie de Vivre was a finalist for the 2007 eMarketer of the year.

Interactive Marketing Association's 2007 awards include a Best in Class to Joie de Vivre Hotel's new website and to Hitachi's Sell Your CTO in the technology center.

Hitachi's Sell Your CTO and Joie de Vivre Hospitality are both recipients of the 2007 Creativity Awards.

International Academy of Visual Designers honored Hitachi's Sell Your CTO with a Web Design award.

Step Inside Design Awarded the Best Website Design to Hitachi and SB Architects.

Holiday Gift - FINE's 2007 holiday gift, the "Sharpen Yourself, why don't you?" Pencil packs were featured in the Best Self Promotion in the PRINT Magazine Design Annual.

Vetrazzo's site was selected as Site of the Week by Communication ARt's Design Interact. 6.26.07

2006

BAR Architect's site wins a National ISMPS Award.

Francis Ford Coppola Presents receives the Communication Arts Design Interact Site of the Week 8.10.06

Montevina Winery received the Communication Arts Design Interact Site of the Week 1.11.06

FINE Clients

RETAIL & CONSUMER

AgileTV Corporation,Bread Workshop,Chronicle Books,DealNews.com,Foster’s Wine Estates Americas,Global Gourmet Catering,Jabra Corporation,Miura Vineyards,Montevina Winery,Pamela Drake, Inc.,Rubicon Estate Winery,Sutter Home Winery,Target,The 3DO Company,The Coppola Companies,Trinchero Family Estates,Yasutomo & Company

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

AON Consulting / Radford Surveys,BAR Architects,Blanc and Otus,Crome Architecture,Fish & Richardson P.C.,Fort Point Partners,Gravity Technologies,Hill & Knowlton,Oscar Printing Company,Possard Broek & Associates,SB Architects (formerly Sandy Babcock),SMG World,T3Ci, Inc.,Tectonic Network

NON-PROFIT / INSTITUTION

Alumni Association of Mills College,American Center for Wine Food & Arts,Asian Art Museum of San Francisco,Blue Planet Run Foundation,Fine Art Museum of San Francisco,Golden Gate National Parks Assoc.,International Museum of Women,PACT, An Adoption Alliance,Saint Francis Foundation,San Francisco Symphony,The L.S. Gershwin Foundation,The Ricci Institute

HOTELS / RESORTS

Chileno Bay, The Soul of Los Cabos,Costanoa Lodge,Francis Ford Coppola Private Resorts:Blancaneaux, La Lancha, & Turtle Inn,The Ritz-Carlton, Rancho Mirage,The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua,Joie de Vivre Hospitality

CIVIC / COMMUNITY

California Coastal Commission,Saint Francis Foundation,San Francisco Fringe Festival,San Francisco Redevelopment Agency

MANUFACTURER

Adaptec, Inc.,Arden Architectural Specialties,Asil Home Furnishings,Pawling Corporation,Polimetrix,GLS Corporation,Pawling Corporation,Spicer’s Paper,Terayon

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Aplia, Inc.,Broadvision, Inc.,Cirrus Logic,Covad Communications,Hitachi America, Ltd.,Honeywell Measurex,Ingrian,I-Many, Inc.,Informix Software, Inc.,Nortel Networks,PIX System,Silicon Motion,Symantec Corporation,TimesTen Performance Software,Valdero Corporation

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Charles Schwab,Fisher Investments,Providian Financial,Sevin Rosen Funds,Sutro & Co.,The PMI Group, Inc.,Vector Capital Corporation,Washington Mutual

ENTERTAINMENT / EVENT

American Zoetrope,Francis Ford Coppola,Lynnwood Convention Center,Moscone Center of San Francisco,Western Exhibitors, Inc.

BIO-TECH / HEALTH SCIENCES

Health Systems Design Corp.,SciClone Pharmaceuticals,Union Street Chiropractic,United Behavioral Health