Not all advertising has to be full-page to make an impact. Take for example these two quarter-page and sixth-page ads for Wilfs restaurant that make some noise with breaking the advertising budget. They’re small, but still have plenty of impact. Contact us today to help you with your advertising plans, big and small.
It’s almost that time of year again. Time to deck your halls with Holiday advertising and marketing materials. Here’s two of the items we designed for the Pearl District’s 2nd Annual Holidays in the Pearl. We enjoyed putting together this branding for the event that is both bright and modern, and a little bit retro! Be on the lookout for posters, ads and more as the event gets under way. And make sure you pick up your Pearl Pass–it’s your card for special holiday savings at more than 75 Pearl District businesses.
Ad announcing Madison Millinger’s new showroom address for Portland Monthly and the back cover of Explore the Pearl.
OK, you can’t buy any sidewalks, but you can get outside this Labor Day weekend and enjoy the Pearl District’s Annual Sidewalk Sale! Click image to see larger, readable view.
Here are some recent ads that DBDA has created for Wilfs Restaurant for Edible Portland, Explore the Pearl and Portland Monthly. All of the ads focus on a similar theme of organic, sustainable fare with live Jazz entertainment that is also both organic and sustainable.


We’re very pleased that so much of our work lately has been for companies that are pushing a green agenda via their business practices, and/or creating and selling eco-friendly products and services. Earth Class Mail allows you to get your postal mail online, and helps you recycle more of the mail you don’t want. Here are a couple of e-marketing pieces that we created for them: an email blast and an animated banner ad…

Holiday ad for Madison Millinger Extraordinary Rugs: “Deck Your Floors with Rugs of Beauty… Turn your house into a home this holiday season with one of our beautiful hand-woven treasures.”
Here are 2 ads we did for Portrait of Portland magazine for Madison Millinger and JD Madison. Click the thumbnails for a larger view.
We created these full-page ads for the Gorge Games to be used in national sports-specific magazines. The client wanted an in-your-face concept that would appeal to adventure sports athletes, and we delivered!

Sample copy by DBD+A: “Think you got what it takes? Gorge Games will thrash you, make you cry like a baby, and if you’re tough enough — make you a star. Come to the Pacific Northwest and battle the Gorge.”
The awesome sports photos are by Richard Hallman








