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Wall sign prototype day and night ☀️🌙

What fun to work with talented students at Oakwood and join their arts classes this week to create a proprietary font for the school 75th anniversary next year! ✔️

Catching a moment leaving the office by golden hour

February came and went. New initiatives started, others followed their course, and a few reached the successful outcomes we always aim for

Looking back at 2025, we are thrilled with our partnerships throughout this landmark 25th year. People like you are at the heart of all we do.

A dynamic brand system for University’s transformative future.

A color-coded approach to help navigate a robust social service organization.

An audacious case to remove the major barriers to community healthcare.

An expansive suite of admissions materials reflective of The Center’s full educational arc.

A brand identity refresh for a legacy organization committed to experimentation.

Probing the depths ahead of a brand transformation.

A new POV on the viewbook and recruitment marketing.

A campaign themed to bring music to more ears in Santa Barbara.

An active new themeline highlights the power of a name across a dynamic brand system.

USC Center on Philanthropy & Public Policy. Theming an event to highlight the possibilities of philanthropic partnerships.

A capital campaign demands of donors what the school asks of students.

A campaign name and identity to position a garden’s ambition in the broader ecosystem.

A digital report to animate the school’s impact across its communities.

A publication designed to keep alumnae connected to one another and their alma mater.

We are so grateful 🙏

Thank you to everyone at for making us feel so welcome yesterday as we toured your fantastic campus and discover your future expansion on State street. Exciting times ahead 🎶

October vibes. Been busy. Good busy ✨

And just like that, July happened. Already half-way through summer. Wishing everyone a creative second half of summer ✨

Delighted to attend the amazing this weekend. Also proud of our contribution to build up a crescendo toward next year’s 80th anniversary season with .official being the 2026 music director. Excitement and anticipation abound ✨

We started putting our heads together with in 2004. The After School Enrichment Program operates over 200 elementary sites and engages approximately 16,000 kids each afternoon at NO cost to families.

Revenue sources for such a large operation are crucial. And when the economy crashed in 2008, we designed perhaps one of our most-creative annual reports to visually narrate the efforts the organization went through to guarantee art, dance, science, and sports activities endured the economic downturn.

LA’s BEST had to get really creative with its budget — doing more with less — and we got creative ourselves and built a cardboard version of their “revenue sources” to demonstrate it.

We took the “pie chart” along many enrichment activities kids engage in, on multiple campuses, in classrooms, on field trips, all the way to the office of the Board Chair. We turned the annual report into an appeal for supporters and champions of the program to contribute their part to the revenue sources. It worked!

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As DISTINC_ turns 25, we’re recalling some of the great relationships and exciting milestones we’ve experienced since our launch. We’re happily back in having worked here out of three different offices over the years. In 2019, we put our heads together with The Playhouse District to rebrand a district that was born nearly a century ago around the . We renamed the neighborhood to give the area a warmer, human feel which helped residents, visitors, culture, commerce, and community convene in the heart of Pasadena. It’s an extra bonus to experience our own work on street pole banners as we walk to lunches in our neighborhood.