July 22nd, 2010 at 2:11pm
We’ve recently completed a logo redesign for a nonprofit, the California Coalition for Civil Rights. CaCCR is a statewide alliance of civil rights organizations, activists, educators, lawyers, and advocates. Their existing logo (top) was a generic map of California matched with a wide, industrial-looking typeface. They wanted something that spoke more directly to their mission as a civil rights organization concerned with equal justice for Californians. At the same time, they wanted to place more emphasis on the acronym CaCCR, rather than their long name. We presented several options, and they chose the faces in profile image shown here.
According to Rabia Shirazi of Realize Ink, who managed this project, “Dan did an outstanding job for the client and now I’m working with him directly for my own shop. He’s talent and smarts and creativity rolled in one. Not to mention he’s super great to work with–first designer I’ve ever worked with that delivered ahead of time and went above and beyond for my client!!”
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July 21st, 2010 at 12:46pm
We’ve recently completed two books for the same client, Red Cell Publishing, for which we recently won an award. The first, Iran’s Dirty Banking, delves into the Iranian government’s attempts to skirt monetary sanctions, and names the foreign and U.S. banks that are helping them do it. It contains approximately 100 pages of complex tables and was designed and laid out in just three weeks. The second, On the Trail of Terror Finance, is a companion to Tainted Money, a primer on money laundering, this time aimed directly at law enforcement. The covers for both of these were designed to pick up typographic elements of the Tainted Money cover, in order to create a consistent house style without sacrificing their individual voices. They’re printing now and will be available on Amazon shortly.
“I am very happy with the end product,” said John Cassara, coauthor of On the Trail of Terror Finance. “Dan listens to his clients. He is professional, innovative, responsive, on-time, and a delight to work with.”
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July 9th, 2010 at 1:35pm
Our sister company, Ruka Press, has signed its first author, Dr. Joan Maloof. The details are over on that site. We’re starting up the design of the book now, so watch for updates here over the next couple of months.
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May 18th, 2010 at 12:39pm
The cover we designed last year for Avi Jorisch’s book Tainted Money, highlighted here, has won an award in the Washington Book Publishers’ annual Design and Effectiveness competition. The cover won Best in Class in Typographic Covers, Commercial Publishers. This is our second win in this competition in three years. We’re very grateful for this recognition from our peers, and thankful to Avi for his trust in us.
The awards ceremony will be June 10. Details are on the Washington Book Publishers website. You can see the cover and lots of other design in our portfolio.
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April 22nd, 2010 at 7:00am
For the 40th anniversary of Earth Day today, we wanted to share a few thoughts about sustainability and print design.
One of the more visible signs of “sustainability thinking” in our daily lives is the effort by companies to reduce the amount of paper we, their customers, receive. Banks, utilities, and the like, for example, have been encouraging people to switch to paperless statements and online billing “for the sake of the environment.” And we’ve all seen the common email tagline, “Please consider the environment before printing this message.”
But paper and printing have gotten a bad rap here. In fact, digital media can be just as much of an environmental problem, if not more. Why? Much of the electricity used to power the data centers where the Internet lives is derived from coal, one of the greatest contributors to global warming. And the mountaintop removal system of coal extraction widely used in Appalachia is directly responsible for deforestation (another global warming trigger), biodiversity loss, and pollution of rivers and streams. (We’re indebted to Don Carli for his excellent work on this issue. See “Is Digital Media Worse for the Environment Than Print?”)
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