An old dog learning new tricks

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Blind Dog Coffee partnered with us to develop their new brand identity and packaging system centered around community and brewed with core values instilled by founder Mark Berry.

Rebrand and packaging for a community-focused coffee roaster

Custom Serif Logo

Photo Grid

Featured services shown in style

Services start at the website

The Virgil coworking and events venue wanted to make luxury accessible. Commence created the venue’s brand identity and website with community-oriented elegance. Now The Virgil has become a hub for collaboration.

The Virgil – Coworking Space Identity and Website Design

Vast sideways logo assets all colors

Notebooks Mockup

“The site enables customers to identify their financial challenges and receive personalized service offerings, bringing ease to qualifying leads.”

Video: Mobile Scrolling

Promoting Continued Success

Landing Page (Still)

Laying the Paths

Video: Start, Fix & Grow Interactions

Expressive identity system, interactive web design and development for Vast - a consulting group offering financial expertise and virtual accounting services to small businesses, primarily in the food i

Identity, Web Design & Development

Breaking from tradition

Family

Happy and helpful

A diverse lineup

Couples

Animations

“Commence’s award-winning designs consistently result in an increase in customer engagement. Along the way, they’ve been highly responsive, thoughtful, and engaged with the success of the project.”

An online marketplace

Accounting for all types of insurance

Nav (Video)

A crafted experience for partnerships

Colors

From their beginning, we’ve helped Covered across all levels of their brand and product: comprehensive brand identity, web development, illustration, and UI. Based in Denver, Colorado, their mission is focused on simplifying the insurance process.

Web Design and Development

Farmers to the forefront

Video

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Charming packaging design for the Italian olive oil company producing organic and non-gmo ingredients, that illustrates traditional and quality values.

Organic olive oil packaging with an Italian origin

First Grid

A new logo to make that clear

Animation

Building a brand narrative Say what you mean, not just what you do

Illustrations to support messaging

“The new brand identity and illustration assets have brought our professional pressence to the next level. We get many compliments at expos and in emails.”

Putting more focus on user solutions

Comprehensive components

Team

Team portraits that connect with clients

Shall every interaction, be a branded one

Mockups

MessageDesk is a connection-driven messaging company servicing small businesses and teams based in Reno, NV.  

The company came to us for the redesign of their brand identity, website design, strategy, and illustrations.

Putting the message in brand messaging

Dual Image Grid

Swift and fluid

Logo over gym image; Logo orange bg

Fitness For All

Come on in

Signage & Corporate Collateral

Three Column Image Grid

A strong and bold identity system developed for a fitness gym dedicated to their community, bringing an inclusive atmosphere to the Northern California area.

Building a stronger fitness community

Logo on blue bg; spices product photo

A bunch of barnacles

BBQ sauce; Barnacle logo w wave

Bold packaging for unique foods

Horizontal Slider

With Bullwhip hot sauce

Bullwhip women and seals too

Labels

Shopify customization

Rhubarb Jam rotating web

“The new brand identity is highly recognizeable and sets Barnacle Foods up to scale with sustainability, exploration, and environmental consciousness at the forefront.”

Business Cards & Boxes

Food Photos

Sauce Photos

Rebranding, illustration, packaging and web development for the sustainably-driven Barnacle Foods, bringing locally harvested ingredients to Alaska and beyond.

Rebranding Alaskan kelp based foods with scalable packaging

A brand that resonates with students and faculty

“The identity draws on Pharos Academy’s values to create a modern design system that reinforces the school’s bold, intellectually curious positioning.”

School crests built for a crew

Charter schools have mascots too Let’s go Gulls!

Showcasing the brand to the web

Web GIF

For the Bronx

“Unconventional layouts bring a refreshing look to the educational institute’s website without compromising usability, legibility, and professionalism.”

School merchandise design

Brand systems for the halls

Institutional identity and web development for the K-12 public charter school in the Bronx, New York, that draws on the extraordinary, forward-thinking vision the school executes.

Bold in the Bronx

Interactive Web Animations Video Loop

Questions on cannabis?

Wellness

Clear categories

Sierra Well was the first cannabis dispensary in Reno, NV, and their eyes are set on continuing to lead the way. Sierra Well approached Commence to help create a modern website and online store for their patients and customers.

Cannabis culture in the digital space

Building a brand based on tradition and advancement

Illustration as information and inspiration

Lid illustrations

Gravallese Co is a brand that appeals to those with and without a beard. Barbers and non-barbers. Speaking the notion that self care and wanting to look your best is available for everyone.

Transparent Product Photos

Gravallese Co. came to us to create their brand identity, packaging design, website, and product photography centered around the refinement of traditional grooming products and self-care. Winning best brand packaging awards regionally and nationally.

Italian Heritage Brand & Grooming Products

Companies Page Interactions (Video)

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A logo system that scales

A branded house for investments

An iconic accent

A website designed to focus on the individual experience

Homepage (Video)

Page Transitions (Video)

A diversified growth equity and advisory firm with a storied history of success, Cingulate Group came to Commence for their unique brand identity and website development.

Brand identity for the leading global investment group

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Black Rabbit Mead Co. partnered with us to create a brand identity and packaging system for their mead. Although their product is produced with honey, they make a significantly less sweet mead than other traditional varieties. It was a goal of ours to carry over this idea to a less sweet, more eerie, and regal look for their brand.

Down the Rabbit Hole Packaging Design

50|50 logotype

33% details

50|50 Food Photography 

33% food photography

We knew the Zero Hospitality Group had something up their sleeves when they told us they were turning an old mechanic garage into a family-style restaurant in an upcoming neighborhood for Reno, NV. After a few branding and positioning exercises, we landed on Von Bismarck together. We were honored to be brazen with the brand across the architectural revival with historically themed typography, menu and web design, as well as food photography. 

Branding German Hospitality

We're always up for a challenge. When Bombadil approached us to help them build a Lord of the Rings-inspired flower brand, we were more than up for it! It goes without saying, we have a passion for building corporate brands but love to roll our sleeves up and have a little fun as well. 

Fantastical Flowers

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tear sheet

Them Duqaines came to us for artwork and design for their studio album ‘The Story of the Moral’. We illustrated the story told across the track list and brought the honky tonk characters to life through CDs, custom vinyl design, and merchandise. We tip our hat to these folks.

Story of the Moral Album Art

Barnacle Foods challenged us to create a new label for their Bullwhip Kelp hot sauce that reflects their personality and helps pull in new customers. Originally the Bullwhip woman was supposed to be a salty older gentleman, but after meeting the women-led team at Barnacle, it was clear we had an opportunity for more accurate representation. After releasing the new packaging, the product became a best seller and is featured on Patagonia Provisions.

Bullwhip Hot Sauce

A simple and intriguing branding and web project we did for StreamNative.

Branding and Web Design

We love working with the Magpie team just as much as we enjoy their coffee. If you've ever stopped by, purchased a bag of their delicious coffee, or met any of the amazing staff working there, then you already know what we're talking about. When they approached us to give their packaging a new refresh from the old packaging we created, it goes without saying, we were over the moon. 

Going Minimalist

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Identity Exploration Re-crafting the look

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Colors to match coffee’s personality

You can never go wrong with badges

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A human approach

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One of the goals we established when we first met with our pals at Coffeebar was the desire to have a kickass website.

A taste of the entire site in one page

Website Architecture

Six locations. Six stories. One brand.

We chose Shopify as the platform of choice.

Shop coffee, goods or tools

Clothes, pins and mugs

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Spotify Integration

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The coolest brew guides you could imagine

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The icing on the coffee

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How it works

Details for every stop

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There was a lot of fun with photo and video on this project.

Shooting On-location

Studio Photography & Cinemagraphs

The reel deal To show how special each location is

Being a group of creative professionals, its only natural to be fueled by caffeine and cold brews. Coffeebar is a supplier of just that— not to mention wine, baked treats, good times and great memories with even greater friends. At the start of Summer 2017 when Coffeebar was gearing up to open their 5th location we began a partnership to achieve an enhanced social presence and build a brand new website in preparation for the much-anticipated arrival in Silicon Valley.

Un Vero Gusto Italiano

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Time to celebrate. Patagonia has hit the 20 year mark at their Upper West Side shop. We worked together with the Patagonia NYC team to create some custom illustration and tears sheets for this anniversary. Being in the ‘business to save our home planet,’ Patagonia has worked with dozens of different environmental non-profits in the NYC area the last 2 decades, so we wanted this project to tell that story and depict the history of the area.

The Freedom & The Escape

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It’s hard to grow food in the desert

Core Principles

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Leaving a lasting feeling

We wanted to fully embody what it means to be natural. So we kept it sweet and simple

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To keep your future fresh, your delivery could be no more than a tap away.

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Through re-imagining organic produce in a box, we started creating an enticing and environmentally progressive identity for the Fresh Future Box; the aquaponics solution to the end of the Farmer's Market season. Whether it’s spicy peppers, rich butter greens, or plum tomatoes, we made sure we incorporated all elements of sweet sweet sustainability. Ensuring that they sacrificed nothing when it came to authentically representing their brand promise, we created their brand so it was replete with natural elements and vibrant visuals.

The Future of Community Supported Agriculture

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Lorable’s iconography reflects the clear shapes and style to match its brand identity. 

Theme & Palette

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The interface must adapt to different lighting conditions to avoid poor readability or glare

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Lorable’s stories are developed based on casual human conversations so users are acclimated effortlessly. 

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Lorable is a storytelling app developed by the Northern Nevada based startup to engage both readers and writers with interactive plot building. Through strategic branding, material design, and clarified theming, we helped create an app experience that is engaging and easy to explore.

A Story Worth Sharing Through UX

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Sustainable Recognition

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A Site you don't want to miss

Check it out

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Dayton Valley Aquaponics partnered with us to create a brand that represented their bio-fueled take on farming that provides fresh produce year round in the High Desert of Nevada

Rethinking Produce through Aquaponics

It's All About the Experience

Whitmore Leather Goods

Defend the Rubies

Rye Patch Whiskey Wooden Label