Sae Design Earns Gold Pele Award

Sae Design: (left to right) Eli Nygren, Ian Ryan, Zenobia Lakdawalla, Ashley Takitani Leahey, LeeAnn Nomura Matsui, Saedene Ota, Maria Lieber, Jerica Harada and Randy Aina. Courtesy photo.

Wailuku-based Sae Design was one of the few Neighbor Island, woman-owned small businesses to be recognized at the 2016 American Advertising Federation Hawai‘i Pele Awards.

Winning five awards overall last weekend, Sae Design brought home the Gold Pele Award for its work with 808 on Main—a new restaurant in Wailuku Town.

Steve Kiyabu of Sae Design described the 808 on Main branding process as “a fun project, since it was a new restaurant right around the corner from our office in Wailuku. Not only were they a great new client, but they also became our favorite lunch spot.”

Sae Design brought home a Gold Pele Award for the Specialty Advertising Campaign category for its work with 808 on Main, a new restaurant in Wailuku. Courtesy image.

Owner Saedene Ota and her team of nine employees were recognized as one of the state’s top design and marketing agencies.

AWARDS

Gold: 808 on Main, Specialty Advertising Campaign
Silver: 808 on Main, Main Mark Logo Design
Bronze: Grand Wailea, “Perfecting our Masterpiece,” Digital/Interactive Social Media, Website Design
Bronze: Grand Wailea, “Perfecting our Masterpiece,” Elements of Advertising, Art Direction
Bronze: Hawaiian Host, “Fruit Bites,” Sales Promotion Packaging Camapaign

Launched in 1999, Sae Design will add these to the firms other Pele Awards: 42 Gold, 55 Silver, 45 Bronze and two Best of Show.

In addition to these, Sae Design has also been acknowledged for two “Top 5 in Print and Environmental Design” and over 20 awards in Hawai‘i’s “5-O – Top 50 Designs,” two AIGA Conference – “Best Graphic Design” at Creative Jam 2015 & 2016, two Silver ADDY Awards and Saedene’s “Hawai‘i Advertising Federation Woman of the Year” award in 2004.

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