portland graphic design

Archive for March, 2009

Sugars Flowers

Sugars Flowers

Hamish Murray Construction

Hamish Murray Construction

Everyday Wellness

Everyday Wellness

Premier Lawn & Tree

Premier Lawn & Tree

Premier Lawn and Tree Care needed a web site to get the message out about their organic lawn care and other services. We made their services easy to understand and navigate, while creating a lush and beautiful site that users want to look at. We created a clear path of action that makes it easy [...]

Welcome to the new Quoin Blog, first up…Wedding Invitations

Quoin loves to design invitations, especially wedding invitations. Alexis & Jerry married on Valentine’s Day in Sayulita Mexico (our favorite place!). They found a picture of our first 6-panel folding CD holder wedding invitation on theknot.com. This “Bangback” CD holder was invented by one of our favorite printers in Portland, OR, Pinball Publishing, who so [...]

Heidi McBride Gallery & Art Consultancy

Heidi McBride Gallery & Art Consultancy

Heidi McBride Gallery wanted a bright, unusual card that would attract interest when left at off-site gallery shows. They also needed a space for appointment times, since they are an appointment-only gallery. As in each piece of her identity (see her website, flier, and logo), we used her logo as the compositional framework for the [...]

Hamish Murray Construction

Hamish Murray Construction

The kiwi is the national bird of New Zealand, where the founder of Hamish Murray Construction was born. He knew he wanted the bird in his logo. Through instant recognition, this logo helped Hamish Murray Construction grow quickly. We used the contrast of the hand-hewn typeface with the sleek lines of the logo to show [...]

Highland Chiropractic Clinic

Highland Chiropractic Clinic

Highland Chiropractic was just getting started, but its founder had a bright new idea for chiropractic care: combine compassion and a belief in the body’s ability to heal itself with a focus on the needs of active professionals and athletes. We chose to avoid canned images of naked backs and skeletal diagrams in favor of [...]

Sapori Fine Flavors

Sapori Fine Flavors

Sapori Fine Flavors is a distributor of fine coffee, tea, brewing equipment and sundries. As the umbrella company for multiple product lines, Sapori needed to stand out as the parent identity, one that brings quality and knowledge to bear. Their new logo is inspired by the owner’s Italian roots and Europe’s long dedication to the [...]

Sapori Fine Flavors

Sapori Fine Flavors