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Branding Spotlight: Rye

A few month back while I was in Salt Lake City, Utah for a design meet-up, I was able to tour some of the most eloquently-branded coffee shops and restaurants I have ever seen. As a resident of Los Angeles, I was a little surprised

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What is a Style Guide or Brand Guide?

A style guide is the user manual for your brand. Sounds simple enough, right? But why do you need a user manual for your brand? You would be surprised to know how important it is to have a style guide. The idea behind the guide

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What is a Customer Profile?

A customer profile is the most important step in establishing your fundamental brand. Think of it as a blueprint—it forms the foundation from which to build your brand image. Knowing who you are serving is critical for the success of your business. How can you

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What is BRANDING?

We have recently had a lot of clients approach us for help designing a logo, and while we love doing logo work, it’s important to realize that a proper logo requires a lot of work on the branding side, too. When we design a logo,

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Colors For Fitness Branding

Color psychology is a branding concept that has subtly been apart of the consumer experience for longer than most people realize. At its scientific base, color psychology is the idea that certain colors coordinate with an emotion or group of related emotions. Bright tones, like

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European Logo Inspiration

Recently I spent two weeks traveling though Europe. Some the cities we covered were Reykjavik, Berlin, Brussels, and Brugge, with a few others in between. I was inspired by so many things, but these are just a few logos and marketing items that caught my

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Is it Time To Change Your Logo?

When people think of branding many undoubtedly immediately conjure up images of logos. A logo is easily the most iconic and striking facet of a marketing campaign, but often times they can be somewhat problematic. While logos are not necessarily moneymakers they are absolutely the

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Red and Yellow: Why You’re Lovin’ It

The crew here at Stellen always likes to follow up. So when we put up that neat graphic about how the color spectrum can influence customers we figured we should put up some evidence with it. You know, just in case you didn’t believe us.

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Design-KUDOS

Design KUDOS

We here at Stellen occasionally like to recognize others in our field of design and branding when they create something that is in our opinion genius. Genius for us isn’t defined by some achievement of staggering artistic display, but rather is much more simple, a

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Carolina Vangilder of Stellen Design Branding Agency in Los Angeles CA
Carolina Van Gilder
Project manager / Assistant
The coordinator, facilitator and scheduler for all Stellen Design projects. She communicates with clients about everything from contracts and payments to design edits and revisions. She helps keep the logistics on point so Stellen Design can live up to their reputation.
Carolyn Packard of Stellen Design Branding Agency in Los Angeles CA
Carolyn Packard
Designer
Carolyn Packard is a seasoned designer with valuable insight into effectively communicating and interpreting design needs to her clients. Carolyn knows the value of creating good, functional design.
Jordis Smalls of Stellen Design Branding Agency in Los Angeles CA
Jordis Small
Creative Director
Jordis is a big believer in continued education. She makes it a point to attend at least four workshops or conferences a year to keep her skill improving. She is also a big advocate for “creative play” and loves to spend her spare time trying new things and learning new techniques.