Christy’s On The Square

Posted by on Sep 24, 2010 in Branding, Design & Art, Web Development | 0 comments

Christy’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...

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HydroPacific’s New Look

Posted by on Nov 6, 2009 in Branding | 0 comments

HydroPacific’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...

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The Penofin Rebranding Process

Posted by on Nov 6, 2009 in Branding, Design & Art | 2 comments

The 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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