The Law & Liberty Dinner is an annual fundraising event put on by the Hillsborough County Bar Foundation that Schifino Lee has been a creative partner for since 2008. Once again, we developed the creative materials used to introduce the keynote speaker and attract donors for the event. This year’s speaker was Ben Stein, who most people know for his role in the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off or the Clear Eyes commercials. But he’s much more than just a one-trick pony.
In addition to being an actor, Ben Stein is truly a jack of all trades: attorney, economist, professor, Wall Street Journal columnist, political commentator, speech writer and Emmy-winning TV game show host. So it seemed only fitting to commemorate this modern-day Renaissance Man by creating a bust in his likeness—which was used in all event collateral and communications, including a print ad, invitation and on the program cover. The result? The 550-seat ballroom at Hilton Downtown Tampa was packed with Foundation members anxious to hear Mr. Stein’s words of wisdom.
During a photo opp at the event, the team had a brief chat with Mr.Stein. After learning Schifino Lee was responsible for the event’s creative, he asked where the physical bust was. Unfortunately we had to break it to him that it was all done on the computer. We’ll take that as a compliment.
