Coop's Loop

Here at A3 Design we are big fans of the site DesignandDesign.com. We routinely visit to see what trends and innovative creative our industry is pumping out. It provides us with a peak into the world outside our farm studio and inspires us to raise the bar in creativity and business. With those of you unfamiliar with the site, it provides an online community of quality design projects by quality designers. You can submit designs for review, but ultimately, the Design and Design team picks the selects and chooses what to feature daily.
 
Every day since January 2008, the home page of DesignAndDesign.com has been entirely dedicated to two projects, one in graphic design and the other in product or packaging design. They are featured with direct links so you can share them with others, contact the authors or discover the full range of their talent. Already a reference in more than 160 countries, this tool is now being extended to a non-virtual application: every year, all awarded projects are published in The Design and Design Book of the Year, which we were thrilled to be a part of in the 2009 and the upcoming 2010 publications.
 
Throughout these two years we have had a number of projects featured here and have also had the pleasure of having a showcase of our work on the site... which gives people a bit more of our portfolio than just one piece.
 
We are more than thrilled to report that we have already been noticed in 2010. On January 14, the 2008 Cogdell Spencer Annual Report was featured as the Graphic Design for the day on the home page. This is an intricate corporate piece with elegant and sophisticated printing and finishing. As we dig into the 2009 annual report for this company, we are repeatedly reminded of how high we have set the bar and what expectations are out there because of the press and recognition this piece has received. We are working diligently to get the 2009 report done and hope to exceed expectations once again.
 
Yesterday we were featured on the homepage for the identity ensemble we created for carbonhouse. Again, the printing and finishing makes all the difference. The black is printed velvety smooth on thick cardstock with a blind emboss of the logo on each piece. To finish the ensemble off, we created a square sticker that plays off of the periodic table of elements with a carbonhouse periodic symbol. The lime green makes the identity pop and the sticker adds a human touch to personal correspondence.
 
Thank you Marc Praquin for putting together such an invaluable resource and being a fan of our work.
 
Bookmark the site and visit it often. DesignandDesign.com