Design

Your Brand IRL: Environmental Design for Tradeshows and Events
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Events provide an opportunity—and a unique challenge—to extend your brand to your physical presence. It takes effort, but well-designed events pay dividends in increased brand awareness and elevated attendee experiences.
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What Do People Like Us Do All Day?
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Remember the children’s book that taught us all what people do all day in “Busytown?” Here’s a not-so-Scarry behind-the-scenes look at how we created our new Street Level Studio website to show everyone what keeps us busy!
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The Influence of Color in Design
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The world keeps turning, and so does the color wheel. Keeping an eye on emerging color trends that affect design is called color forecasting, and it’s a fascinating indicator for designers of all types to make effective choices in product...
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Rx: Website Redesign for Data Rescue MDs
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Having saturated their homegrown client base of local, smaller businesses, Data Rescue MDs was eager to enter a larger market. The company needed a web presence that would emphasize their expertise and proficiency at recovering data from failed storage devices.
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Shiny, Smooth, Snappy, Scintillating, Sweet Direct Mail
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Canon Solutions America challenged us to develop a high-impact direct mail piece that would articulate the capabilities of their new, next-gen sheetfed production inkjet press, plus give commercial print providers a real “sense” of what the press can do. Find...
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The Trend to Debrand: Embracing the Bland?
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Minimalism is experiencing a renaissance of sorts in the logos, app icons, and mobile websites you interact with on your smartphone. But is that a good thing? Read on to learn more about the debranding debate.
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Off to the Braces! A Marketing Campaign for Gilbert Orthodontics
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Highland Park native Dr. Josh Gilbert was prepped and ready to open his brand new orthodontics office. He had a dedicated, skilled staff and the latest in 3D imaging and model printing technology. All he needed was to get the...
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Close to Home: Wallpaper in Senior Care Spaces
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In April, our Beyond the Surface team was proud to exhibit at the Environments for Aging Expo & Conference, where thought leaders presented the “latest strategies and ideas for creating . . . environments that meet the needs of our...
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Street Level Meets Skyline: Creating a Website for Windy Installs
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How do you fit 20 years of sky-high sign installations into a single website? We rose to the challenge for Chicago-based Windy Installs.
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Demystifying Biophilic Design
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Our Beyond the Surface team uses the latest digital techniques to create one-of-a-kind custom wallcoverings and environmental branding for a wide range of spaces. They know there’s one word at the top of interior design trend lists right now—biophilia. In...
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