Science of Light Logo, Book Cover & Website Launch
Freedom Cole’s Science of Light book is a popular reference for Vedic Astrology and among those seeking higher paths in ancient traditions. ZDCA strategized a marketing approach that included a new book cover design, logo, and matching website for a complete package. Visit the new website
Read MoreJohnathan Singer Website Launch
Johnathan Singer is a unique artist working in a variety of venues and collaborating with a surprising array of musicians and visual artists. His unusual live “video painting” artwork depends on motion graphics and rich color display — two aspects perfect for website display. To accommodate, ZDCA designed a distinct logo to capture his style and work. The site design is visually striking yet simple to highlight the dramatic color and motion effects of Johnathan’s remarkable work. Additionally, Johnathan as a working and traveling artist needs a site attuned to his limited...
Read MoreHBG Scientific Waterpipes
HBG offers a wide variety finely crafted glass products. Their latest line required a branding update to highlight their technical process and superior designs. ZDCA was contracted to reboot the company logo and associated marketing materials for their entire line of products, including the complete catalog and posters. In contrast to the “high-tech” style of the chrome logo, our illustrator, Jimmy Hits, brought to life a series of unique drawings in colored smoke that tricks the eye and stands out in a market of crowded with similar companies and their utilitarian designs. In...
Read MoreGeoPlanter Graphics & Illustrations
ZDCA worked extensively with GeoPlanter company to create striking illustrated marketing materials for their GeoPot, GeoPlanter and . Designs have included logo re-branding, product illustrations, billboards, vehicle wraps and other custom assets. We found the digital illustration portion of this project to be particularly exciting as the process of creating vector illustrations of a product that mostly consisted of black fabric challenging and rewarding. Take a look at some of these materials we’ve created for their various products; GeoPot, GeoPlanter and Flow...
Read MoreHarmony Festival 2011
The Harmony Festival is one of Northern California’s longest running and most successful summer music festivals. For the past six years, Zack Darling has been the designer of their annual promotional campaigns. During this period, Harmony Festival has evolved from a local daytime music event, to an internationally recognized 3-day destination festival. The Harmony Festival continues to be one of our most valued clients and supporters. Each campaign consists of a wide variety of materials and promotional assets including posters, flyers, event website, iPhone/iPad App, apparel, schwag,...
Read MorePlant It Water
When one of your product designs reaches the market as a popular item one store shelves, it feels good. We’re happy to announce that Plant It Water has officially launched and will be being carried in a number of stores and supermarkets soon. They will be in all Whole Foods Markets and in other stores around the West Coast. Plant It Water is a fantastic purified water that offers an conscious alternative to plastic water bottles that are cramming up our landfills. These recyclable paper bottles are made from recycled materials. Furthermore with each bottle purchased a tree is planted in...
Read MoreThe Penofin Product Line
Penofin is short for “penetrating oil finish” and they continue to offer one of the highest quality wood finish products in the industry. Our work with them has been extensive as we’ve been designing for them since 1997. We’ve created a vast array of materials, product lines, displays and integral designs that have supported the success of their fantastic products.
Read MoreAlgae Competition Website & Re-Branding
We never quite expected Algae to be so fascinating, but soon after our initial visit with this client, we found ourselves inspired and engaged to support the promotion of algae awareness. Some day our biofuels and food sources could be driven by the power of this green, slimy stuff. Click here to visit the ZDCA designed Algae Competition Website Each year there’s an international algae competition in which global innovators in the world of algae submit their projects for consideration. A prize is awarded to the winner. While the competition serves as a good way to push development and...
Read MoreChristy’s On The Square
When restaurant entrepreneurs Amos Flint & Justin Pidgeon decided to renovate and re-launch one of the nicest spots in downtown Santa Rosa, they came to ZDCA for their new look. We worked with them to develop the Christy’s On The Square brand identity, original illustration (drawn by SR’s tattoo guru, Joe Leonard), custom leather-bound menus with embossed brass emblems and an iconic backlit sign above the entry. The idea behind the project was to return this historic downtown location to it’s elegant past as The Topaz Room – a sophisticated and fashionable bar...
Read MoreThe 2010 Harmony Festival Campaign
Th 2010 Harmony Festival campaign was been a wild and wonderful ride as usual. We created a campaign that was the most positively received in their 32 year history, resulting in higher attendance than ever before. The evolution of this festival’s graphical presence is has been a long journey of re-identifying one of the oldest music festivals in Northern California as a fresh, relevant, hip event.
Read MoreHydroPacific’s New Look
One of our favorite new clients is HydroPacific – a gardening supply store in Ukiah and Cloverdale. They’ve been wonderful people to work with and I’m really enjoying the project. We’re currently working on a mid-sized online store with over 2,000 products. We’re photographing every one and building the e-commerce system for them now. The design is looking good and I look forward to sharing it with you all when it’s done. Very exciting. For now, I can share with you some other design work we just completed. HydroPacific has had strong branding from the...
Read MoreThe Penofin Rebranding Process
I completed these designs a while back, but wanted to share a process I enjoy where I polish up and give a facelift to an already existing logo. I’ve been working with Penofin since mid 1997 and would have to say they’re my oldest corporate client. Great company, great product, great people to work with. Here is what their logo looked like for many years: This is what the final logo looked like after the re-branding process: Nothing like some effects and polishing to bring out the beauty of an already-effective...
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