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Happy Holidays from LLB Designs!

LLB Designs — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:38:43 +0000

Celebrating an exciting 2011 and looking forward to 2012! Best wishes to all of our family, friends, and secret internet admirers for a wonderful holiday season!

Pharmacy slide deck

LLB Designs — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:06:27 +0000

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.

Defining PrinceCiples

LLB Designs — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:37:04 +0000

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. While a developer handled the more technical aspects of building the site, LLB Designs coordinated the images, colors, fonts and layout. WordPress websites are fairly simple to update, include built-in search engine customization, and are a relatively inexpensive way to get an impactful web presence up and running in a shorter amount of time. The PrinceCiples site includes dynamic rotating images on the home page, custom graphics and downloadable interactive PDF files.

Cardpool business cards

LLB Designs — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:18:53 +0000

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 back of a gift card. Rounded corners complete the effect and bar codes that actually work — the phone number comes up when scanned — add that little something extra.

Attainable Growth logos

LLB Designs — Tue, 17 May 2011 14:11:49 +0000

This local trainer in Austin, TX requested a logo and business cards for his at-home personal training company, Attainable Growth. The client envisioned silhouettes of both a man and a woman in a simple, eye-catching black and white color palette. Graphics for a business that focuses on body image is pretty tricky, and it is important that the silhouettes convey just the right blend of sexiness (but not too sexy!), confidence (but not cocky!) and fitness (but not overdeveloped!).

The result is this poised pair as well as a combination of serif and sans-serif fonts for a look that is both bold and approachable.

49ers Bowl for Youth

LLB Designs — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:35:41 +0000

The San Francisco 49ers are at their do-gooding again, this time sponsoring a bowling event benefiting at-risk youth in the bay area. On May 26, 2011 they will host the 49ers Bowl for Youth event, with proceeds benefiting the Bayview Hunters Point YMCA, Simon Youth Foundation, and the 49ers Foundation. This evening not only involves bowling, great food and beverages, silent auctions and raffles, but also promises to feature a bunch of Niner legends including Dwight Clark, John Taylor, Keena Turner, Guy McIntyre and Dennis Brown.

LLB Designs got to design a logo for the event, as well as the save-the-date postcard. Both were a blast to work on and incorporated simple bowling illustrations along with the bold 49ers color pallette. It can be tricky incorporating a bunch of smaller logos into one event logo, but this one gets it done nicely while maintaining a clean, uncluttered look.

One World Outreach: branded

LLB Designs — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:57:35 +0000

We at LLB Designs were pleased to work with exciting new non-profit One World Outreach on a logo and some basic branding. This organization’s mission revolves around empowering “low-income refugees residing within the state of Texas to thrive culturally, physically, socially, economically, and psychologically by building on existing strengths and resources within the community.” A big undertaking, but this group is up to the task! They requested a logo that conveys a sense of their international focus, while demonstrating their local commitment to the refugee community.

Crisp, easy-to-read typography and a simple globe fulfilled the brief, and bright, modern colors added that little something extra. Branding guidelines outline the specifics of the custom color pallette, fonts, and logo options, launching the group with consistent collateral and materials right from the start. One World Outreach is off and running, already directly serving approximately 150 families through their case management program, and we can’t wait to watch the program expand and to see what this talented group does next!

Allowance for Good

LLB Designs — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:15:24 +0000

We at LLB Designs were thrilled to partner up with Allowance for Good on their logo and identity project. This new non-profit has a fantastic mission, “… to cultivate a culture of giving and to inspire a ripple of change among American youth to become the next generation of engaged global givers and citizens.”

A big part of Founder and Executive Director Elizabeth Newton’s vision is the concept of a ripple of change, which is incorporated into the logo through a stylized ripple icon. The final branding package includes a logo, an alternative small-space logo option, business cards, designated fonts and a custom color pallette.

Read more about Allowance for Good on their beautiful new website and congrats to Elizabeth and team on their exciting launch!

Kicking it up a notch: Dropcam collateral updates

LLB Designs — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:00:26 +0000

LLB Designs again partnered up with Dropcam to update the growing company’s quick reference card, as well as a couple of new projects including a review guide and a packaging sticker. Stylized illustrations emphasize three of the subjects that Dropcam users like to look at most: pets, kiddos and homes, while keeping the overall feel simplistic to mirror the product’s easy-to-use technology. A 3″ circle sticker was also developed for the packaging, a cost-effective way to add a splash of Dropcam branding (and wit!) to the otherwise functional mailing box.

Next up was a review guide, designed to catch the attention of potential reviewers and media and to play up the benefits of the product and technology. Clean design, consistent colors and impactful images compliment clever copy developed by the very fun Stage Two, a bay area strategic marketing and media relations firm that specalizes in consumer technology.

Team players: San Francisco 49ers handout

LLB Designs — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:49:16 +0000

One of the best things about the the San Francisco 49ers is that they are as active in the community as they are on the football field. The 49ers Foundation, whose mission is “Keeping Kids Safe, on Track and in School,” leverages the well known NFL team and players to raise money for community programs for underserved youth in the Bay Area. So tally that up as a win! LLB Designs was asked to create a little handout highlighting some of the Foundation’s key stats including the $10 million that has been given back to the community, the fun events that make it possible, and the well-deserving organizations receiving grants through the foundation. The 4.25 x 11” card combines football imagery with photos from actual 49ers Foundation events, including a great shot of team owners Denise and John York interacting with the kids. Digital printing with an aqueous coating kept the project both polished and cost effective, and the unique size makes for flexible marketing collateral that can serve as a stand-alone piece and also works well alongside other team and foundation materials.