This colorful PowerPoint presentation is a great example of how a clean, simple template can have a big impact. Because the slide deck was long and contained so much information it was important to keep the design flexible and easy to work with. Bold, relevant images and complementary colors add some visual pop, without overwhelming the content.

This lucky little two-year old got to have a Gymboree birthday party, complete with cake, parachute time and bubbles. The invitations set the tone for the good times ahead with fun, girly colors, playful shapes and casual fonts. The overall effect is cute and age appropriate — with nary a princess or unicorn in sight. (Not that we don’t love a good princess now and then).

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Last spring Ron Prince of PrinceCiples, Inc. asked LLB Designs for a logo update as well as help with some new business cards, letterhead and website design. The new branding materials are clean, sharp and attractive, with a bold blue and white color scheme and professional, classic fonts. The new PrinceCiples website is a WordPress theme, edited to blend with the rest of the company’s branding and to fit their specific content needs....

Have you heard of Cardpool.com? It’s a cool website that lets you sell gift cards that you’re not likely to use and to buy others that you’ll definitely use — at a discount. So smart. When it came time to design the founder’s business cards, a gift card look was catchy and appropriate. The company logo is of course center stage on the front, and the back features the contact information arranged to resemble the...