obsession.

Our five step process is flexible, efficient, and easy to customize.
We believe it is key to our success.

listen

1. discovery

We meet your people, identify goals, listen to your story, and just ask a lot of questions.

activities

  • listen & learn
  • audit the brand
  • analyze competition
  • write it all down
  • define success

plan

2. strategy

Develop a step-by-step plan that maps budget, timeline, and objectives to possible solutions.

activities

  • gather inspiration
  • brainstorm ideas
  • sketch designs
  • set timeline & roadmap
  • define scope of work

create

3. design

Now that we've all thought of great ideas, let's step back, clear our minds, and aim even higher.

activities

  • explore ideas
  • produce templates
  • create content
  • make guidelines
  • update scope of work

build

4. development

See the work come to life as a design is translated into a real experience we test, refine, and optimize.

activities

  • prototype
  • build the interface
  • make sound & motion
  • engineer database
  • test, refine, optimize

promote

5. marketing

Think the work is over?
Not quite. We're here for you as needed when the real journey begins.

activities

  • SEO / SEM / Analytics
  • social networking
  • advertising
  • maintain
  • listen & learn

how creativity is born.

The creative process can seem vague at times,
but when you do it every day a method develops.
listen and learn.

This is where we ask each other a lot of questions. Since we're looking for insight, we may interview your employees and customers too.

gather inspiration.

We gather communication examples from all your major customer touchpoints. This lets us see how everything works together.

explore ideas.

It helps to see what the competition is up to. We analyze communications, explore their web sites, and visit their public locations.

create and build.

We bring your great ideas to life using a collaborative team of designers and developers. We optimize and refine your product through iterative processes of quality assurance, testing, and feedback.

on design.

human
Everything we create is made for humans. It’s all psychology.
lasting

Enduring, understated design that stands the test of time. More than just the latest trend.

systems

Disciplined, thoughtful communication made possible by systematic design. Precision in every pixel.

simplicity

Effortless and efficient beauty. We make this look easy.