Our Story

Anyone can design a logo.

Anyone can compile bullet points in a creative brief.
And anyone can “elevate your brand” to “jumpstart your visual results.”

But not everyone can translate your ideas into award-winning design that works on a brain-cell level, carefully collecting all the quirks that make your business special, and then mixing everything up into a brand-spanking-new identity.

That’s what makes us different.
We’re obsessed with what makes you different.
Of course, what you really care about are the results.
Here are a few outcomes you can expect.

And we’ll never let your footprint show.

Sustainably-sourced materials are guaranteed with every project.
Your materials won’t just look different on the outside. They’ll also make you happy inside. Since our inception in 2005, we’ve:

• Spent hundreds of hours researching sustainably-sourced paper, ink, and printers. We’ll even send you our findings in the handy report we created, Sustainable Design All-Stars. Get it when you request a Strategy Expedition.

• Minimized our own environmental impact. With a little help from our favorite sustainability consultant, we stay on track with regular carbon footprint analyses and sustainability assessments. After we reduce what we can, we balance our remaining carbon emissions through Carbonfund.org.

• Chosen the right printer. We approve of using Greener Printer for items needed on the fly as well as complex projects.

More nutrition facts:

• Recognized by the EPA’s Best Workplaces for Commuters program.
• Early adopter of The Designers Accord.
• Card-carrying member of the Surfrider Foundation.
• Proud member of our regional chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) and Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition.

50 reasons why you may get some unexpected publicity

Our logos, brochures, mailers, annual reports, posters and advertising campaigns have been honored regionally, nationally and internationally with more than 50 awards from such organizations as:

• American Advertising Federation: District 2 (AAF)
• American Graphic Design Awards
• Crescent Hill Books
• CR Reporting Awards: Top 5 Best SME Report & Top 10 Best First Time Report
• Greater Frederick Advertising Federation (AAF)
• Harper Collins/David E. Carter
• Higher Education Marketing Awards

and published in magazines and books:

• Graphic Design, usa
• Creativity 31
• Creativity 32
• American Corporate Identity
• The Big Book of Green Design

Now that we’ve told you a bit about ourselves, learn more about the smart people who hire us.