For both of us, our earliest inspiration to write and to design came from the beauty and excitement we discovered in printed words and images. In the beginning, it was books. Magazines followed. Life, National Geographic, Esquire, Interview, Emigre, Rolling Stone, Wired, Ray Gun… each publication in its own way a breakthrough to a new way of looking at things – a new way of combining words and graphic design to enhance a message.

The Process Has Evolved || In the days before many contemporary communicators began their professional careers, the printing process required many different types of artists. What used to require writers, graphic designers, typesetters, keyline artists, color separators and printers, now has been reduced by the digital evolution to writer, designer and printer. But it still feels the same way when you hold the finished book.

A project we especially enjoy is the annual report for the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute. We currently are preparing their 2007 report – the fourth we will have produced. The challenge of this report is to capture the energy KCALSI and its shareholder institutions are putting in to the effort to achieve National Cancer Institute status for the Kansas University Medical Center, to translate the discoveries of basic research into healthcare solutions, and to achieve a higher standard of science education for all levels of students.

Newsletters & Brochures Still Work || Regular newsletters, whether online or print, are a good way to keep your name in front of your clients and prospects. But there’s a lot of clutter out there, so we try to design newsletters that engage your readers. In the print world, we have produced stimulating newsletters for a variety of clients across a wide range of industries.

And what company doesn’t use brochures, flyers or other types of print collateral in its marketing efforts? We worked with the Kansas City law firm, Spencer Fane Britt & Browne to design a corporate brochure which drove the branding of all of its print advertising.

Print is All Around You || In everything we do we encounter copywriting and design for print. Business cards, letterhead, menus in restaurants, signs at meetings, backdrops and handouts at exhibits, stickers, postcards, posters… the list just keeps going.

Print is here to stay.