Perhaps the most important component to your identity is your website. It is the one piece that has the ability to have a conversation with the public at any time of day, in any country, on any device. We felt very strongly about refreshing Spear’s website when we revised their identity, for just that reason. We designed the style  and story delivery and Spear implemented our recommendations. Spear’s new site efficiently an emotional and informative brand story and is a great front door for this international company.

A new comprehensive identity system for a global supplier of clear, pressure-sensitive labels for the beverage and packaging industries. Spear Systems— an the industry leader in innovative and sustainable packaging—wanted to update their existing mark to better reflect their global reach and broader capabilities. They also needed to create a graphic standard hierarchy for integrating a number of other product names and company-wide initiatives. Our solution embraces the DNA of the original mark, retaining general shape and colors while incorporating a more dynamic, emotional global shape.

Commemorative and recognition displays are frequently part of our design solutions. As a subgroup of what we do, they are one of the most challenging types of displays to design. Our recent design for the Mariemont School Foundation is our latest creation and we’re excited to show it off.

The Foundation is an private group of parents, businesses and residents that sponsor a variety of school initiatives to maintain and improve Mariemont’s award-winning school district. We were asked to design and produce an outdoor display that not only provided recognition to past donors but also inspired new donors and donations.

Our solution utilizes colors and shapes that are germane to the distinctive hexagon-themed Mariemont High School architecture. Individual tiles are color-coded in the schools colors to denote four levels of contributions. Repeat donors can cluster their tiles to form larger shapes. Photo panels are interspersed to add an emotional tie back to the students. A bench was integrated into the design to give the piece the practical function of a bus stop/shelter.

Our old friend De Stewart, aka Colonel De asked us to help him with his latest project, a gourmet herb and spice shop located in historic Findlay Market in the Over-the-Rhine historic district of Cincinnati. We jumped at the chance and are proud to show off our latest brand. This new logo and graphic system will be translated through all the “touch points” – everything from packaging to store interiors; from website to branded merchandise. Stay tuned for all the latest from the Colonel.

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Envy Salon came to us with a clean sheet of paper and asked us to help design a new salon here in Cincinnati, Ohio. We developed the name “Envy” with input from the client. We wanted something a little fun, a little forward, and something that got to the heart of why you might spend time and money on your image.

We designed an identity system, collateral and web site to complement the name and the range of products and services the salon was to offer. We tried to keep it clean and fresh and look like an attractive national brand while retaining some local charm.

Finally, we designed the salon itself. We planned the space, hired our own architect and designed the fixtures, lighting and graphics with the same forward, fresh feel we kept in the identity package. Stay tuned for the grand opening.

Just short of smellivision. Colonel De is a retailer of herbs, spice and great advice. We designed his new look, his brand personality and his store. The challenge was to put the experience of going to see De, into an online delivery system, at a very low cost. We have deployed the new look with great success and continue to refine the back end to tie products recipes and advice together to create an organic market experience for buyers all over the world. If you’re thinking of trying out some of his product, try the “Holy Smoke.” We put it on just about everything.

De offers 3 values in equal measure; high quality raw herbs and spices, masterful blends and mountains of advice. We developed ways to package different combinations of those through package labels, wrappers, brochures and more. We photographed everything ourselves and wanted the quality of the product and the advice to shine through. Everything is simple, approachable and appetizing.

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Our old friend De Stewart, aka Colonel De asked us to help him with his latest project, a gourmet herb and spice shop located in historic Findlay Market in the Over-the-Rhine historic district of Cincinnati. We jumped at the chance and are proud to show off our latest brand.

De is known for his likeness and especially the mustache, so that became equity we could build on for his identity. We wanted to show that professional chefs and  home cooks alike appreciate what De offers. So we tried to design something “Professional but Approachable.”

This new logo and graphic system will be translated through all the touch points – everything from packaging to store interiors; from website to branded merchandise. Stay tuned for all the latest from the Colonel.

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