Swedish launches new Ballard campaign

Posted by Geeky Swedes on July 24th, 2009

Just in time for the Seafood Fest, Swedish Medical Center has launched a new ad campaign with colorful signs along Market Street.

Sassy Swede sent us this photo and says, “It really looks great — and the text is pretty clever too!” There are a couple different signs. The others say, “Ballard: We have our own Leif Erikson statue and our own surgeons. He was good, but could he perform an appendectomy?” and “Ballard: We have our own locks and our own birthing center. One is better for a picnic.” According to Ben in comments, the artwork is the brainchild of Michelle Yang, a designer at Ballard’s Turnstyle. They partnered with Worker Bees and Swedish to create the artwork.

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12 reader comments so far ↓

1 BentonJ // Jul 24, 2009 at 7:51 pm

I think the banners look beautiful.
2 NoraBell // Jul 24, 2009 at 8:06 pm

Yeah, they're well done. The print is very cute and clever.
3 ziegler // Jul 24, 2009 at 8:55 pm

this is great design :)
4 EthanHaden // Jul 24, 2009 at 9:21 pm

Looks great. Really nice design. Who did it?
5 Ben // Jul 24, 2009 at 9:40 pm

The artwork is the brainchild of Michelle Yang, a designer at Turnstyle. They partnered with Worker Bees and Swedish to create the artwork.
6 chopper_74 // Jul 24, 2009 at 10:49 pm

oh oh, this looks like a hazard to the skate-boarders ;-)
7 AlanBarton // Jul 25, 2009 at 4:54 am

It is nice to know if you need care Swedish Ballard and SFD are there.
8 SeaSpider // Jul 25, 2009 at 2:46 pm

Turnstyle do fantastic work! They also handled the design for DRY Soda.
9 lauraq // Jul 26, 2009 at 12:26 am

Swedish Ballard – where the ER physicians services aren't covered if you have Premera, because while the hospital facilities are in-network, the Ballard Emergency Physicians aren't.
10 BTown // Jul 26, 2009 at 2:47 am

My idea was “Ballard, come for the condo's! Stay because to the traffic.”
11 Rayburn Lewis // Jul 28, 2009 at 1:31 am

Ballard Emergency Physicians has recently reached agreement with Premera. Both Swedish Medical Center and the Ballard Emergency Physician group are now participating providers for Premera medical insurance programs.
12 lauraq // Jul 29, 2009 at 3:28 pm

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my comment. I'm sending a request for more information (in form of a press release, if handy) through your PR department.

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