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HAPPENING
Laura U Store Opening
If you haven’t heard the buzz about one of Houston’s most up and coming young designers, then where have U been? Last month, Laura Umansky launched her interiors boutique and studio in Montrose bringing worldly style to bricks and mortar on Westheimer. Laura also specializes in custom interiors and designing vacation homes abroad. If you are thinking about redesigning a room or your entire home, stop by and see what’s in store! laurau.com
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Deuce Sponsors Red Door’s Fourth Anniversary
Red Door celebrated four years in business with its anniversary party provocatively titled Fourplay. Friends and regulars gathered to celebrate the midtown mecca. Congratulations!

DESIGN
Large Format
We promised in the last VG to keep you posted on our museum exhibition. Click here to visit the Eisner Museum of Advertising where the Deuce Creative business card series was featured in a recent exhibition.

LAUNCH
Advantage is
Transwestern. We launched our most in-depth website to date with a branding campaign for the national commercial real estate firm. If you are seeking commercial real estate, the site is a great tool for markets nationwide. www.transwestern.net
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Lap of Luxury
Some people say that Galveston is The Hamptons of Houston. We say...uh, no. You don’t even have to leave the loop, and for the Deuce girls, you all know how important that is. New Urban Homes and Spectra Builders are bringing The Hamptons to you. The Hamptons is a cozy urban enclave on Welch Street located between Westheimer and West Gray. The homes reflect the style and materials of historic vacation homes of the exclusive Long Island resort towns. So quaint! houstonhamptons.com

FRESH
Finding Home
Looking for a weekend home with New England charm, sans the 1,878-mile trek? Think Rockport! Never been there? You’re missing out! Hey- George Strait weekends there! If you are interested in finding a home away from home, Diane Smith can help. Diane is the newest addition to the team at Rockport Properties, Inc. Call 361 652 5045 or email her at: diane@rockportproperties.com- she knows Rockport. rockportproperties.com

NEWS
MS Legal taps into BIG D
Elaine Makris just announced the legal recruiting firm’s expansion with the launch of a new Dallas outpost. Lisa Durham, formerly of Jones Day’s Dallas office is slated to head up operations at the new location. Congratulations ladies!

Power Number Crunching
The Rand Group, our longtime strategic technology partner, has been recognized by Accounting Technology Magazine as the 50th largest VAR. The Rand Group recently opened a satellite office in Austin, Texas and added several new Microsoft products to their solution set. Congratulations on a great year!

TALK
Fashion Speak
If you didn’t get a chance to check out our very own Jennifer Smith on Visual Thesaurus, click here. Jen delivers a line of fashion speak for the website’s mag that won’t disappoint. Even linguaphiles dig fashion. visualthesaurus.com
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RECOGNIZE
Deuce goes to the ADDYs® ...and WINS Again!
ADDYs® are the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, attracting over 50,000 entries every year in local ADDY® competitions. The mission of the ADDY® competition is to recognize and reward creative excellence in the art of advertising. Deuce was awarded 1 Gold ADDY®, 4 Silver ADDYs® and 4 Citations of Excellence.

Gold ADDYs® Awarded to
Champion Technologies – One Champion. Infinite Solutions.™– Brochure Campaign

Silver ADDYs® Awarded to
Juliet Homes – “Life Is Beautiful Juliet Homes” Sales Package – Sales Kits or Product Information Sheets
Bayou City Fish Co. – Crystal Seas Packaging – Packaging Campaign
Quinn Franklin & Lance Fegen – “Pura Vida” Fegen Wedding Invitation – Campaign
MS Legal Search – “Your Search Is Over” MS Legal Search Campaign

Citation Of Excellence Awarded to
Glasswall The Restaurant – “The Sessions” Glasswall Menu
MS Legal Search – “Your Search Is Over” Search Recruiting Packet – Less than four-color brochure
Co-nexus Communication Systems – “A Better Way To Connect” Co-nexus Web Site – HTML/Other Web Sites
Icon Bank – “Open To Business” Icon Bank Investor Web Site – HTML/Other Web Sites

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