Compassion Kombucha / Bend, OR

Compassion Kombucha is a small, family owned, Oregon benefit company that regularly gives back to local nonprofits helping families in need. We created their logo, bottle labels, booth banners and displays, posters, postcards and more.

Ann McCulloch Shop & Studio / Portland, OR

Ann McCulloch Shop & Studio is a retail shop and design studio in NW Portland. We updated the studio-only logo and identity we created for her years ago to include her new shop, with fun color and pattern elements reflective of her design sensibility.

Melvin Mark Development Company / Portland, OR

This direct mail piece was sent to commercial brokers nationwide to promote a unique, two-story space available right in the center of town. Given its unusual format, this direct mail received much higher than average response.

Illustration: Lift Communications

Reclaiming Futures / Portland, OR

Reclaiming Futures is a national, public health and juvenile justice reform organization that combines effective treatment practices, cross-system collaboration, and community support to help youth and families achieve better outcomes. Their objective with this identity was to reposition their organization to reflect its thought-leading work and approach. The logo mark references a continuum of past, present, and future, and many parts coming together to create a forum, a linked community working towards a common cause. An identity system and various print materials were developed.

Burrasca / Portland, OR

This authentic, neighborhood Florentine trattoria graced Portland, Oregon’s food scene from 2013 until 2021.

This identity was was designed to include traditional Tuscan motifs with a modern, warm execution. The system included signage, menus, stationery, custom table tops, interior wall art, and more.
 

Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon / Portland, OR

Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon is a non-profit dedicated to strengthening Oregon's families and communities by addressing the root causes of hunger with research, outreach, advocacy and government action. The logo's sunflower represents food, seeds, light, and hope.

Moon and Bike / Portland and Bend, OR

Moon and Bike is instrumental guitar duo with a cinematic, dreamy sound. The artwork aims to amplify the highly original, soundscape qualities of their music. Albums: One and Brave State.

Four-Legged / Bend, OR

The album cover for this acoustic project features a picturesque mineral found in the Owyhee Canyonlands. The artists’ music evokes the beauty of these desert landscapes.

Turning Eleven / Portland, OR

This CD and media kit packaging was designed to reflect the somber pop sound of Turning Eleven.

John Gannon / Portland, OR

CD packaging was designed for two of John Gannon's unique jazz/pop albums: Edmond’s Box and Free Throws.

Celio Apartments, Commerce Properties / Portland, OR

The rebranding of this existing urban apartment community included a renaming and a new visual identity. The new logo, interior and exterior signage, a stationery system, and a prospective tenant printed piece were developed.
 

The Whole Bowl / Portland, OR

This die-cut brochure and sauce labeling was produced for the fantastic Whole Bowl food carts and restaurant. The brochure features an actual-size photograph of the one and only item they do so well.

Maya Rose Cosmetics / Eugene, OR

Logo development for this natural and sustainable cosmetics brand based in the Pacific Northwest. The mark is based on the bodhi tree leaf, a symbol associated with enlightenment.

SoMA / Portland, OR

This product design firm was looking for a holiday greeting that was tactile and original. This melt-proof snowflake was letterpress printed on some nice, weighty, textured stock.

Aural Produce / Portland, OR

Aural Produce creates soundtracks, music, and audio for film, television, and other media. The identity system included a logo, stationery, packaging, and promotional items, like the one pictured here. These pear rhythm shakers with branded ‘produce’ stickers were a fun giveaway.

adidas / Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Boston, MA; Los Angeles, CA

These adidas retail windows (Seattle store shown) featured cozy, winter-weight fleece. Art direction was provided and garments styled to look like cool, undulating ski slopes while highlighting the material's textures, softness, and warmth. Ease of installment by store employees was also taken into consideration in the layout of the image panels.

Stacy Stokes / Portland, OR

Stacy Stokes is a real estate broker in Portland, Oregon. The logo aims to visually represent the feeling of home and warmth with a slightly modern touch, a combination often found within the historic neighborhoods she works and in the tastes of her clients. A variety of stationery items were created as well, including hang tags she can use to adorn gifts of homemade preserves.

(More images coming soon.)

Half Moon Catering / Portland, OR

A logo was developed to capture the beautifully simple and elegant food of Half Moon Catering. The capabilities brochure and marketing piece were able to be used as a direct mail or a leave-behind for potential new clients.

A Taste For Adventure / Portland, OR

This travel consultancy specializes in mixing food adventures with travel. Logo, stationery system, and a passport-like capabilities piece were created.

The German American School of Portland / Portland, OR

Lift developed a logo, extensive identity system, and marketing / fundraising items for this international elementary school. Using two of the three national colors of Germany, with gold representing a bright future, a both playful and measured mark was created.

Poster illustration: Lift Communications

Cube6 Art / Portland, OR

Scott at Cube6 is a glass artist who also happens to be a keen problem solver when it comes to the physics and chemistry of glass, metal, and other materials. Cube6 is his consultancy for work with other glass artists.

Lift teamed up with Clever for a Reason, who named the new business. The logo represents an “impossible square”, which is an optical illusion, fitting for the man who makes the impossible possible.

Stationery and website were also created as part of the new identity.

Rumi Simone / Lake Oswego, OR

Logo and identity system, including packaging, gift cards, menus, and more, for this urban day spa in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Emerita, Transitions for Health / Portland, OR

Each of Emerita’s women's wellness product lines feature a different female illustrator to distinguish them, along with a consistent layout and voice that ties them all together.

Illustration, top: Katherine Streeter

Illustration, bottom: Vivienne Flesher

Realms Middle School and Realms High School / Bend, OR

This pioneering, Expeditionary Learning middle school recently grew to include an EL high school option for families of the Bend La Pine School District in Central Oregon. The new logo unifies both schools with one concept, which highlights the ripple effect small actions can have, the students’ frequent fieldwork, and the schools’ commitment to environmental stewardship.

Lemon Mouse Studio / Portland, OR

Lemon Mouse Studio is a jewelry shop on Etsy featuring elegant and whimsical wares. The logo is meant to capture the shop's overall ethos (including the hidden mouse ears).

Illustration: Lift Communications

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Jim Kemper Photography / Portland, OR

This logo was designed to be a simple, bold counterpoint to Jim Kemper's rich photography. The typography aims to convey a timelessness that is classic and modern. Stationery and other materials were also designed as part of this identity system.

TeachKind / Norfolk, VA

TeachKind is the humane education division of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). We were privileged to donate advertising work to this excellent organization.

Cyan, Realty Trust / Portland, OR

These ads were concepted, in partnership with International House of Copy, to promote the benefits of living in a small, modern, eco-friendly space.