d&a design - branding and graphic design

welcome

Summer 2010 marks the end of calling our business D&A Design, and the beginning of moving ahead as Brand Shepherd. We encourage you to visit our new web site where you’ll see a lot of familiar work if you’ve frequented this web site, as well as some new work. We have expanded our services (officially) now to include social media integration as part of a branding strategy for businesses of any size. We have also started to tell the Stories of some of our clients that use us for the various disciplines we work in (logo, web, print, packaging).

We still believe that your brand is everything – our new name, Brand Shepherd, reflects that core belief. We remain eager to listen to the dreams and goals you have for your business, and how we can help make them happen. Take a look around; we have put up some of our work so as to get a sense of what we’re capable of. Let’s talk!

identity design

The logos D&A Design create are born of a thorough process. We delve deeply into our clients’ audience, goals, dreams, and core message. Many ideas for a logo are presented at the start, and we wind our way through a process to the final logo. Once completed, we make sure the logo is used consistently on everything it’s applied to.

“D&A Design has worked with us now for years and has become an integral part of our team, fine tuning our identity with each new product, web page, landing page that they produce for us! I couldn’t be more satisfied and look forward to many, many more years of partnering with them!” ~ Cindy Lukacevic, Co-Owner • Dinovite

packaging design

Consistent packaging design separates a product from its competitors. D&A Design collaborates on consumer packaging design projects that are both dynamic in presentation, and efficient in materials and product benefit messaging. We can’t publically show all of our packaging work due to privacy agreements. Please email us to see a complete portfolio.

“I contracted D&A Design to redesign the blister card for my product, The Ultimate Stamp Dispenser. I was thoroughly impressed with their craftsmanship, turnaround time, and superior customer service. Even though I am probably one of their smaller customers, they treated me like I was their biggest customer.” ~ Jonathan Ludwig • Ultimate Products

web design

Every business needs a web presence. When creating web sites and email campaigns we re-purpose design elements like logos, photos, copy, etc. taken from other touch points. We work from the belief that consistency in message and presentation is a business’ best friend because it ensures consistency and cost efficiency.

“D&A Design created my clinic’s website, and the influx of new clients has been steadily increasing since we went live. On the first month of our new website, our business increased by almost 65%! They are dedicated, talented and genuinely interested in their client’s success!” ~ Gigi Klimick • Klimick Acupuncture

print design

We believe that printed marketing materials should work in tandem with the web site, and in some cases, a brochure should simply serve as a tool to drive traffic to a website. On several occasions we have advised our clients to reduce the number of pages for a brochure or catalog in order to add that content to their website.