Digital Archives

CorTrust Bank — Lighten Up!

After a couple of years of running image building ads, CorTrust needed a campaign that would put mortgages on the books and drive new customers to open checking accounts. They called ADwërks. We created a new simple, clean, graphic look that used their strong purple, green, and white color palette. What started with billboards, a…

CarHop — Logo and Brand Work

We worked with CarHop for a long time. How long? Well, since before we were ADwërks and they were CarHop. We helped them chose the name, created their logo, their jingle, their point-of-sale materials, website, and TV since the beginning. And for many years, their on-air spokesman The CarHop Guy was played by our very…

DGR Engineering — Rebrand

DGR Engineering consulted us for help with rebranding their company. The first item on the agenda? A name change. For 60 years they had been known as Dewild, Grant, Reckert and Associates, named after their founding partners. Since those names no longer had a connection or relevance to clients and the employee-owned engineering firm, we…

CorTrust Bank — Mortgage

As the mortgage market was heating up, CorTrust needed some fresh creative to stay in the battle. We responded with a pair of 15-second spots and a 30-second spot. All ran on television and digital and helped keep the CorTrust Mortgage team busy through the peak season. The only problem with this campaign? CorTrust likes…

Project Broccoli

When a member of the ADwërks Family had a big life-changing event, we all get involved. So when Tyler was trying to figure out how to propose to his long-time girlfriend Stacia, we brainstormed a few ways to help make the day special. The winning idea: a fake TV shoot for Downtown Sioux Falls! We…

Washington Pavilion — Toulouse-Lautrec Exhibition

An exhibition featuring the work of 19th century French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was travelling to America for the first time, and Sioux Falls was one of only four stops here in the US. To get the word out, we created a campaign based off the look and feel of Toulouse-Lautrec’s work and his era…