CLIENT:
Bridging the worlds of entertainment and social change, Liz Manne Strategy (LMS) provides customized senior advisory services to nonprofit organizations, pro-social businesses, and progressive campaigns and causes.

PROBLEM:
LMS needed a design strategy that could foster new cultural strategies that advance gender justice to diverse audiences. Materials from a year-long collaboration of researchers, data scientists, artists, advocates, and organizers called Story at Scale (SAS) needed a consistent identity that could be applied both to internal materials for collaborators as well as public-facing products such as a website and downloadable documents.

SOLUTION:
We created and developed the SAS brand and all of the corresponding collateral. With more than 75 contributing partners, the shared tools and design assets needed to be simple, accessible and platform agnostic, so we developed everything in Google Docs and Google Slides.

CLIENT:
CHANGEs’ mission is to secure and protect sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all by elevating women's voices, driving public conversation, and shaping US global health and foreign policy.

PROBLEM:
CHANGE needed event branding and collateral for their 25th Anniversary Celebration and were rolling out a new name and brand.

SOLUTION:
We adapted and implemented their new brand into the event materials and all of their new print collateral to reflect their fierceness and in celebration of 25 years of impact. Event collateral included electronic invitations, sponsorship deck, landing pages graphics, event program, day-of signage and custom CHANGE branded schwag.

CLIENT:
PL+US (Paid Leave for the United States), a California-based nonprofit, has one mission: winning high-quality paid family leave for everyone by 2022.

PROBLEM:
PL+US needed support creating content to support and promote their initiatives.

SOLUTION:
We created effective reports, landing pages and social media content for various campaigns.

CLIENT:
Millennium Strategy is a boutique communications firm specializing in advocacy, narrative change, issues, and sustainability.

PROBLEM:
Millennium Strategy is a seasoned communications firm, but their website was from their inception—2014, so the website did not reflect the level of service and caliber of work they deliver.

SOLUTION:
We stripped down MS practice to the core to determine what the principal truly wanted to do with his business 10+ years in and in a Covid-19 world. REpositioning and REimagining the Millennium website for 2022 was a true JOY to develop.

CLIENT:
VOTO LATINO is a grassroots political organization focused on educating and empowering a new generation of Latinx voters.

PROBLEM:
In 2021 VOTO LATINO needed a fierce deck to present to The New York Times and LA Times Editorial Boards.

SOLUTION:
We took a deep dive into the organization's 17 year history and brand and helped them develop their unique story and married a number of designer's hard work over the years into a powerful deck that told a cohesive narrative. This fresh take on their brand and overall visual narrative approach has now been implemented into their other collateral.

CLIENT:
Jobs With Justice advocates for workers’ rights and an economy that benefits everyone.

PROBLEM:
In 2013, Jobs with Justice and American Rights at Work joined to become Jobs with Justice (JWJ) and needed a new identity.

SOLUTION:
We developed the new JWJ brand identity and implemented it across their national networks, collateral and signature events.

CLIENT:
Vote.org uses technology to simplify political engagement, increase voter turnout, and strengthen American democracy.

PROBLEM:
In 2020 Vote.org came to us in need of a fundraising deck for their high dollar donors to scale up their 2020 civic engagement tools, and fast.

SOLUTION:
We worked with their development and communication teams to rewrite and reframe their presentation and created a visual language based on the VDO brand highlighting their impact numbers and hard work in a dynamic visually accessible presentation that worked via zoom.

CLIENT:
Transformer is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, artist-centered organization that connects and promotes emerging artists locally, nationally and internationally.

PROBLEM:
Transformer needed to establish a brand for their Annual Silent Auction & Benefit Party.

SOLUTION:
For two decades we worked with Transformer to brand their primary fundraising event… The first auction drew about 40 people; today it boasts over 1000 and raises 60% of the annual budget.

CLIENT:
Washington Gas (WG) distributes natural gas to over 1 million customers in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.

PROBLEM:
In 2004, WG came to us for production support with their bi-monthly newsletter serving their three jurisdictions.

SOLUTION:
We updated the WG newsletter and Customer Choice billing inserts. This early work led to our redesigning multiple campaign pieces, brochures, pocket folders and door hangers. In 2009, we incorporated the new WG brand into the newsletter, various brochures and bill inserts.

CLIENT:
Neil Barrett, an Oscar-nominated Director of Photography.

PROBLEM:
Neil Barrett wanted to upgrade his identity and website. He needed a solution that worked on mobile and traditional platforms and fast, because he was nominated for an OSCAR! {CONGRATS Neil!!}

SOLUTION:
Together, we reworked the information and created images to build a website that reflects his style and sensibility, and that compellingly presented his body of work to potential clients.

CLIENT:
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a charitable environmental organization founded in 1951. TNC has over one million members, and has protected more than 119,000,000 acres of land and thousands of miles of rivers worldwide.

PROBLEM:
TNC in Hawaii needed a way to illustrate and present data about the reefs they track.

SOLUTION:
We developed a visual language for the maps and data to show their findings in a cohesive and clear presentation.

CLIENT:
The Herb Block Foundation is committed to defending basic freedoms, combating discrimination and prejudice; and improving the conditions of low income and underprivileged people through the support of charitable and educational programs.

PROBLEM:
Create an identity for their newly established foundation, and many collateral pieces over the past 2 decades.

SOLUTION:
Since 2002, we’ve worked closely with the foundation to establish their brand and related collateral and the identity of their signature events.

CLIENT:
(e)merge art fair

PROBLEM:
(e)merge was a start up art fair in DC inspired by the big fairs like ArtBasel and they needed everything, from digital invites and ads to fundraising decks and festival schedules and signage—all on a shoestring budget.

SOLUTION:
We helped develop the festivals’ brand identity and worked closely with the organizers to make a small but mighty festival fun, engaging and accessible to a broad community.

CLIENT:
Fresh Crunch is a family owned and operated pickle company operating in the DC metro area and down to Virginia Beach.

PROBLEM:
They needed EVERYTHING and they wanted to have FUN with it and reflect their personality and their delicious pickles!

SOLUTION:
We worked with their owner to develop a custom brand and color palette that worked for their DIY needs as they scale their operations and expand.

CLIENT:
The Roosevelt Institute is a think tank and campus network that believes in an economy and a democracy by the people, for the people.

PROBLEM:
Establish branding for various events.

SOLUTION:
Since 2009, we have worked with the Roosevelt Institute to create event brands for their DC and NYC galas which included: invites, sponsorship package presentations, event programs, day-of signage and live auction bid paddles.

CLIENT:
Friends of Virgin Islands National Park is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, artist-centered organization that connects and promotes emerging artists locally, nationally and internationally.

PROBLEM:
Friends needed fundraising and event branding and strategy for their collateral and eventually were ready to address their overall identity and bring their brand into the 20th century on a budget.

SOLUTION:
In 2003 we began working with friends on their annual gala and main fundraiser. In 2006 we rebranded both their 501(c)(3) brand and for profit commercial store.

CLIENT:
The Faith & Politics Institute inspires political leaders to reflect and engage with one another for the good of our nation by cultivating mutual respect, moral reflection, increased understanding, and facilitating honest conversations to advance productive discourse and constructive collaboration.

PROBLEM:
Since 2011, Faith & Politics has needed creative support on various things—from event branding and production support to newsletters, brochures and annual galas.

SOLUTION:
For more than a decade we’ve supported FPI’s internal and consultant teams to help produce their events and further their mission. Their love and work shifted our world and changed our lives for the better and reminds us everyday why we love what we do!

CLIENT:
The Chad Cameroon Development Project is one of the largest public development projects in Africa. This multi-billion-dollar energy project in southern Chad and Cameroon was created with significant involvement by The World Bank.

PROBLEM:
As part of its commitment to transparent, responsible operations the project needed an updated design approach for its transparency reports, which had to be accessible to a wide range of stakeholders, from local community leaders to high level civil society and political officials. The report needed to align the project’s long standing transparency efforts with a new framework for social responsibility across its three affiliates in two countries.

SOLUTION:
We partnered with Millennium Strategy to form a creative collaboration to produce an annual update report that provides important visibility into all aspects of the project in an accessible, engaging and substantive format. The reports, distributed to stakeholders across three continents, feature the perspectives of numerous third-party stakeholders that validate the company’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) commitments. The close collaboration involves collaborating throughout all phases of content design, concepting, production, and delivery of the reports, and has resulted in a significant improvement in the visual aesthetic and accessibility of the projects’ reports.

CLIENT:
The Frauke and Willem de Looper Foundation was created in 2018 by a bequest from Frauke de Looper to honor her late husband, Willem de Looper, by preserving, curating, exhibiting, and contributing to the appreciation of his art.

PROBLEM:
Create an identity for their newly established foundation, and corresponding website.

SOLUTION:
We began working with the foundation in 2021 to establish their brand and identity and their website.

CLIENT:
The Academic Alliance Foundation (AAF) overcomes the burden of infectious diseases by building healthcare capacity and strengthening academic medical institutions in Africa.

PROBLEM:
AAF’s inaugural project was the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda and the foundation needed a flexible, cost effective way to fund raise in very different spaces including Sub Saharan Africa, North America and Europe.

SOLUTION:
We used a two color solution, to be both cost effective and not seem too fancy, and then created a custom pocket folder that could hold a DVD (that Pfizer produced for them) or also fit a brochure and custom note card with more information about donating to the program. And YES, we said DVD, it was 2003.

CLIENT:
The Voter Participation Center (VPC) is a nonprofit organization that seeks to increase voter registration among Americans, including unmarried women, people of color and young people.

PROBLEM:
VPC needed an event/conference brand with coordinating on-site event collateral.

SOLUTION:
We created the conference identity and developed the keynote presentation, program, and day-of signage, and also managed and produced the event.

CLIENT:
The Yoga Alliance is an international nonprofit association representing the yoga community.

PROBLEM:
Yoga Alliance needed a digital strategy to unify their brand as a kickoff for their findings after a deep dive into their 20-year history.

SOLUTION:
We created cohesive brand elements across their website landing pages, social media and reports.

CLIENT:
Headstrong provides post-9/11 military veterans with free mental health care.

PROBLEM:
Headstrong needed event branding and collateral for their inaugural DC gala.

SOLUTION:
We adapted their west coast gala theme to reflect the DC region. Event collateral included invitations, sponsorship deck, event program, day-of signage and custom live auction bid paddles.