A very straightforward and affordable way to create custom packaging can be utilizing the belly band— a piece of paper that wraps around the product and adheres with tape in the back. These are used from anything from food (think candy bars) to computer software packaging! Very versatile.
Recently, we created a line of bellybands for [...]

Well, fall is here, meaning a. I’m excited! and b. Wedding “season” is over. Of course, there are plenty of folks getting married ALL year round. In fact, Matt and I had a beautiful fall wedding. I wish I had that invitation to share with you, but it is long buried in computer back up—it [...]

Today I’m feeling very accomplished because I am wrapping up a side project that I started months ago. One of my dreams has always been to work with a publishing company to create covers and layouts for books. Finally, I am sending off my portfolio to Chronicle Books in San Francisco. Here are just a [...]

Disclaimer: this post is a little more nerd-centric than usual.
As designers, we all have our go-to typefaces that we use over and over (and over and over!). And while we don’t want to get stuck in a rut, this is actually a GOOD practice! In fact, I urge my typography students to build a collection [...]

Recently I was looking through old designs that clients didn’t use, and I came across this bookmark originally created for the Chloe Isabella line:

I always really liked it, and was sad that it wasn’t right for the line. Then I saw this beautiful nursery and got to thinking…

See those flash cards pinned up on twine? [...]

Of course, everyone knows PowerPoint, the go-to presentation program. I think we’ve all seen the default bright-blue background with yellow text way too many times now. Really, who wants to sit through an hour of looking at this?

Well, PowerPoint CAN indeed be pretty!!
One of the services we provide is PowerPoint presentation design. We essentially create [...]