Made-to-Measure

The Cutey Booty is now online! We created this site to be graphic and simple, reflective of the Cutey Booty brand and their products. We’re in the final stages of the online shopping portion of the site. Be sure to check back soon to purchase the perfect baby basic.

Heather Wilson of Haven Architecture came to us looking for a unique identity and customizable stationery set. For her business cards we used several different shades of white and grey mat board as the stock, letterpressed her contact information and then developed a series of rubber stamps for Heather to customize each card with. We printed 250 cards and know that with Heather’s creativity no two will be alike.

Each year, Trident United Way hosts a Women’s Leadership council luncheon. This year the keynote speaker was Connie Duckworth, CEO of Arzu Studio Hope. Arzu is an innovative model of social entrepreneurship that helps Afghan women weavers by sourcing and selling the rugs they weave. Arzu addresses three interdependent needs: consistent and improved employment, access to education, and access to basic healthcare. With such an inspiring company and product, the invitation came together organically. We used interlocking lines to evoke thread and rich color inspired by their beautiful woven rugs.

POUT, a boutique in Columbia’s premier shopping district that offers the latest in high‐end beauty products and an array of skin services and treatments, asked us to help create a wedding services brochure. The brochure serves as a six month treatment time-line for brides to prepare for their wedding day. We played around with with eye shadow and mascara on paper to create the field of color on the cover.

Ventana Hotels & Resorts recently came to us with some great non-traditional marketing ideas. We enjoyed collaborating with their team on these two pieces for Element Hotel in Las Vegas. The key card and key card sleeve will be distributed to potential guests as an invitation for one night’s stay. The door hanger will be waiting for the guest in their car upon the completion of their stay, used as a valet tag. We love the simplicity in message and construction of each of these two pieces.

Clay Pigeon is FIG Restaurant’s new private label Pinot Noir from Hirsch Vineyards. Inspired by vintage shotgun shell packaging, we designed the label to be bold, simple and masculine.

The judging for Logo Lounge Volume 6, has been completed and we are excited to receive news that five of our logo designs were chosen to be included in their annual set to release February 2011. With over 34,000 logos entered for consideration, we are thrilled to have been recognized. Congratulations to Canvas Hair Salon, King Bean Coffee, Petite Simone Photography, Stems and The James Pond.

This years panel of judges included, Bart Crosby of Crosby Associates, Hans Hulsbosch of Hulsbosch, Jeannie Servaas of Saffron Brand Consultants Inc., Jessica Hische of Jessica Hische, Marius Ursache of Grapefruit, Sherwin Schwartzrock of Schwartzrock Graphic Arts, Silvio Giorgi of Latinbrand, and Tessa Westermeyer of Landor.

This past Friday Jane Potrykus who writes the blog Simple + Pretty stopped by the studio to say hi. We have been long time followers of her blogs and all things Simple + Pretty. She happened to be in Charleston last week so we scheduled a get together here at 9 Cannon. Thank you Jane for stopping by! It was our pleasure to finally meet you.

The Harry Barker Kennel Club ribbon toys just arrived. We really enjoyed creating this custom graphic for Harry Barker. Being dog owners ourselves, we love the idea behind this product. Every dog deserves a blue (pink, yellow or green) ribbon!

Also, check out Harry Barker’s new nautical collars in Coastal Living this month.

Luke Cline, of LKC Creative, came to us recently looking for a clean/simple mark incorporating his initials to the company name. Luke and LKC Creative produce multimedia programs for museums and cultural centers that blend story with technology by creating interactive content and experience.