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Small Ads with Big Punch

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.

January Sale Postcard

A present in your mailbox

Here’s an over-sized postcard we wrote and designed for Madison Millinger to announce their special discount offer for loyal customers and announce their arrival at their new showroom. Oh, and we shot the showroom images on the mailing side, too. Did you get one in your mailbox? No? You can join their mailing list by clicking here.

Happy Holidaze

All of us here at DBD+A are wishing you and yours a fantabulous holiday, and a very happy and fulfilling New Year! Let’s work together to make 2010 the best one ever!

A First-Class Website

New Website for Earth Class Mail that we designed in conjunction with the client with CSS styling by Felipe Lujan-Bear of Liquidbook. The site replaces their old site that was difficult to maintain, and even more troublesome to navigate. Now with a .Net CMS system for navigation elements and a locked-down CSS, the site can grow and adapt as needed and still look as pretty as the day it launched. Click image for larger view, and see secondary navigation here.

Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum

Here’s a preview image of some labels we did for new Portland distillery, Deco Distilling. Bill and Lenny at Deco are very nice guys and their rum is pretty decent, too! You can pick up your very own bottle of Deco Ginger Rum, or Deco Light Silver Rum at Pearl Specialty Market and Spirits and other fine liquor stores in Portland, Oregon. Photography by Polara Studio.

Holidays in the Pearl, Part Deux

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.

The Understated Champ

Here’s a logo design we did for our friend, Peter Champ. The laurel wreath represents an award for winners of sporting and poetry contests in ancient Greece, and is a nice understated play on Peter’s name–he’s the Champ when it comes to selling your current home, or helping you find a new one. Peter is also extremely knowledgeable in “Green” Building, and the leaves in the wreath are a nice reflection of his expertise.

They’ve Arrived in Style

Ad announcing Madison Millinger’s new showroom address for Portland Monthly and the back cover of Explore the Pearl.

Totally Zapped!

We recently completed a big WordPress Website design project that comprised of two separate, but similarly branded websites that cater to each of our client’s two target audiences. The client is EdZapp, a jobs application and hiring site for Education, and their 2 audiences are teachers and related staff who are looking for jobs, and schools and districts that are looking to hire. Previously we had helped EdZapp design the User Interface for their web-based application and tracking software, so it was great to finally give them a “front end” design that compliments their “backend.”

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