Designing a Story
Henry Ford once said, “Every object tells a story, if we know how to read it.” In many cases that story is design. From the toothbrush we use in the morning to the tablet we read on the metro to work it’s purpose, it’s meaning is often defined by the manner in which we chose [...]
Read moreFund for American Studies
Here’s an unusual example of a brochure designed for the Fund for American Studies in which they had requested that the general theme for the piece be that it might look like it were an old photo album…
Read moreBrand Design
Developing an all-new company identity – or brand image – in a competitive marketplace can be a very daunting task. What really constitutes a good versus a bad logo design or brand image? Well, it really depends on your product or service, how you deliver on your promises, and the relationship you as a business [...]
Read moreTips to Getting Found Online
In the myriad of unlimited resources and self-proclaimed experts in SEO available via the web, in print and more, one can certainly see the world around them begin to spin. “Experts” in this field riddle us with BP’s ranging from phrases like ‘keyword optimization’ and ‘reciprocal linking’ to the extent that their recommendations often get [...]
Read moreLiving Elements of Design
How do we judge or interpret a good design? We’re all surrounded on a daily basis by visual representations that we interpret in many different ways. Some we walk by without any needed effort to understanding their meaning, while others seek to invoke an emotional response in the brief seconds we afford them. Over time, [...]
Read moreAcademic Travel Abroad
Here’s a website designed for Academic Travel Abroad, a premiere educational travel company and tour operator in Washington DC. They needed a site that could handle listings of many different tours by date, destination, and location while providing for additional sub-pages to carry the burden of information translation to any web viewer. We worked in [...]
Read moreEssential Steps to Designing a Great Logo
What constitutes a well-designed logo? Here’s a question that has been asked over and over again throughout the world of “creatives” and designers alike. Frankly, there is no one right answer here. Designers and creatives all develop their sense of construction and style via their own individual perspective. When you combine this with the fact [...]
Read moreAds, Posters & T-shirts
We are often asked to design custom graphics for newspaper, magazine and online ads and promotions…
Read moreWeb Graphics & Ads
We get a lot of requests to help design custom graphics for websites, blogs, banner ads…
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