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Process Type Foundry
Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota the Process Type Foundry specializes in the design and distribution of contemporary, original typefaces. Our work ranges from the publicly available typefaces featured here to exclusive custom fonts for clients ranging from Chevrolet to the Walker Art Center. Our work has been featured in Eye, PRINT, étapes, HOW, Metropolis, CAP&Design and STEP magazines as well as the book Metro Letters.
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Play
We approach our projects with a fresh perspective, a desire to learn…and a big bowl of candy. Each new client comes to us with a unique situation and we tailor our process accordingly. We help established brands discover new ways to express their personalities and new brands become category leaders. Simply put, we create distinctive design that breaks through. When we opened our doors in 2002, we committed to being hands-on in every aspect of our business. Our combined backgrounds in creative, technology and production equal an efficient, intuitive team with the vision and ability to see a project through from start to finish.
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Pocket Hercules
We get to the soul of a brand, then bring it to life in potent, unexpected ways.
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PMH
PMH is most successful with clients who value the power of style and design to elevate their brands and build affinity with their customers. A story in Adweek a couple years back referred to PMH as the most underrated agency in the country. We take that as a compliment, but it's also our challenge as we vie for attention in an overly crowded landscape of mega-agencies.
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Periscope
More talent. More tightly. Intellectual diversity. Separated by only two flights of stairs. The following is the result: Intense cross-pollination. Stunning efficiencies. Major client success. Stair carpet that's somewhat threadbare.
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Peggy Lauritsen Design Group
The right brain sparks and the left brain studies. All brains, active and firing, thinking of better ways to deliver results and enhance relationships. Thinking uncontained by title or discipline or time of day. At Peggy Lauritsen Design Group, being there for our clients means a wide, varied range of talents and duties, driven by one client-focused attitude. Our ideas are big and small and all sizes in-between. For 27 years we’ve been challenging ourselves to do our best work for our own standards, and yours.
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OrangeSeed
Everything has a seed, a beginning, which provides the vision, inspiration and fuel for growth. Ours was planted in 1996 with aspirations for working with great companies, designing nationally recognized work and building an environment where creative professionals can thrive. Over the years, we've developed new brands, launched new companies, boosted product sales and helped thousands of people lead healthier lifestyles--all through great communication design solutions. Today we are proud of our growth and accomplishments and we're even more excited about our future.
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Olson
We Think In Social Circles. Advertising's time has past. And the future is going in circles—social circles. We gather with those who share our interests, our passions and our ambitions. We connect in the real world, and the digital one. At OLSON, we connect people to brands through these social circles. The philosophy, science and creativity of our business are designed to inspire communities to make their circles bigger, and evangelize outside of them. Because we know the brands who find themselves at the center of these social circles are the ones who surpass all their goals.
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The Nancekivell Group
We're not your agency-du-jour, flash-in-the-pan, flavor-of-the-month creative boutique. The Nancekivell Group has history, dating back to our founding in 1982. We have a strong record of client retention, maintaining some client relationships for decades. And in an industry where constant turnover is almost expected, we're known for the unprecedented tenure of our senior staff. We'll put a vast amount of project experience at your fingertips. We've endured because of our creative intelligence. And because great skills, talent, value, and people are always in demand.
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MCAD: Master of Fine Arts
MCAD’s Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies program is based on the European model of advanced study, a mentor-based approach that combines the freedom of open studio work with structured feedback, critiques from visiting artists and liberal arts seminars. The result is an enriched, intense and interdisciplinary experience unlike any other in the country.
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MCAD: Continuing Studies
Art and design students come in all types, and MCAD offers courses for just about all of them. Continuing Studies offers courses in design, digital media, fine arts and sculpture, illustration, photography, anime/manga and more.
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Minnesota Center for Book Arts
MCBA teaches workshops for all ages and abilities, for individuals as well as school and community groups.
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MRM Worldwide
MRM Worldwide is committed to being the most relevant, effective, indispensable marketing agency in the digital world. We employ the most innovative talent in the industry to meet each client's unique challenges with positive, measurable results. Our strategic, creative, and technological expertise--including deep experience with segmentation, targeting, and analytic tools and methodologies-- deliver the most effective marketing programs and platforms in the world. And we strive to get better at it every single day.
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Morsekode
Distinct. Well-defined. Clear-cut. Noticeable. What company wouldn't want these attributes associated with its brand? Morsekode (MK), a Minneapolis-based integrated creative marketing agency, is on a mission to help clients distinguish their bands in memorable and measurable ways. MK offers a full scope of advertising and marketing services, including print and broadcast advertising, brand identity and positioning, video production, buzz or viral marketing, direct marketing, interactive marketing and Web and research. The agency was recognized for its excellence in viral marketing when it was inducted into the MarketingSherpa Hall of Fame.
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Mono
We’ve created a slightly different breed of agency. One based upon the belief that simpler is better. That something is lost with every layer added. And that every client should always be working with the top talent in the industry. Not just sometimes. Not just at the pitch, or the really big meetings. But each and every day. So, at mono, there are no department heads. No paper-pushers. And no human roadblocks. Just the smartest, most talented, most senior people working directly with clients to create powerful, singular voices for their brands. It’s that simple.
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Martin Williams
No matter how the industry changes, Martin Williams is an agency of people who are always watching what's going on around them inside and outside the agency, who think about what they're doing, who are inquisitive, interesting and fun to be around. In should, people who are engaged.
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Little & Company
We're a 50-person creative firm based in the heart of Minneapolis. For more than 28 years, we've been designing ideas the build powerful, memorable brands. Our clients have asked us to reshape perceptions, create meaningful new connections and literally transform the way their various audiences--both internal and external--experience the world.
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Lovely Minneapolis
Lovely is the graphic design and screen printing studio of Jamie Paul and Kevin Hayes based in NE Minneapolis. We design brands, identities, posters, promotional materials and limited edition fine art prints.
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Larsen
Larsen is a design, branding, marketing, and interactive agency of 50 professionals in Minneapolis and the San Francisco Bay area -- serving over 140 clients nationwide.
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Kruskopf Coontz
Every agency has a set of guiding principles. (If yours doesn't, you should be worried.) We won't go into too much detail on ours, except to say one of the most important guiding principles at KC is this: Truth is one of the most powerful forces on Earth. The Internet has allowed consumers to have more ways to connect, discuss and share opinions than ever before. Brands can no longer hide from the truth. So use it. Truth and authenticity equal credibility. And credibility is the seed of a long, fruitful relationship with consumers.
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The Beauty of India: 50 Amazing Photos
Smashing Magazine Feed
Today we'd like to publish something completely different for a change. India, the country of mysterious paradoxes; the land where civilizations and times intermix, a mysterious place which attracts people from all over the world. In today's showcase we are presenting a little showcase of this astonishing contrast between wealth and misery, contemporary technologies and ancient historical monuments, plenty of languages, cultures and traditions.
We present people, places, traditions, culture and a broad overview of the incredible beauty of India — something different and inspirational for a change. Please let us know if you are interested in seeing more similar posts on Smashing Magazine in the future in the comments below.
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Two New Directors to Join Th2ng
Dexigner Design Portal
Live Action Production company th2ng have snapped up directors Nick Miekle and Anthony Chen to expand its roster of experienced and emerging directorial talent. 3.19.10 / 10:01 PM
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Tronic Goes Manifold to Bridge Virtual - Actual for HP HQ
Dexigner Design Portal
Tronic Studio recently unveiled a new digital sculpture/video installation at HP's Palo Alto headquarters. 3.19.10 / 9:22 PM
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Ten Images for Ithaca 2010: 9th International Poster Competition
Dexigner Design Portal
The 9th annual poster competition Ten Images for Ithaca 2010 is now accepting entries. 3.19.10 / 9:00 PM
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Anne Mette
TheDieline.com: Package Design"Visual identity and packaging design for a limited edition of...
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Williamson Tea
TheDieline.com: Package DesignUK based Williamson Tea is packaged in richly decorated tin...
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