CRAFTFORCE

America’s Jobsite.

CHALLENGE: CraftForce came to us as a start-up in need of a strong identity to match the strength of its clientele. Designed to be THE force in connecting skilled workers in manufacturing, engineering and specialty trades to the jobs that need them, CraftForce is essentially LinkedIn for blue-collar professionals. They were trying to revolutionize the way blue-collar professionals get hired – and when you’re remaking the hiring model for an entire industry, you need a big voice.

IDEA: We gave CraftForce an identity as loud as a steel mill. We brought a modern, bold design and voice to the collateral of the skilled trade industry along with an easily navigable, mobile-optimized website that allowed applicants and employers to handle the application process from any device. We then developed gritty, stirring videos and trade school materials that match the tone, mindset and attitude of the people we were trying to connect.

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Haag-Streit Reliance

Campaign | Branding | Video | Digital Design

Built to last. Designed to love.

CHALLENGE: Reliance Medical Products exam chairs have long been known for their durability and reliability. We were tasked with launching a brand-new lineup of chairs that shifted the focus to style: they featured sleek new designs with a variety of upholstery options. Our target was physicians who care about the “aesthetics” of their office. This time, it was all about the look.

IDEA: The big idea was to compare the chair’s sleek look to trends in retail interior design, promoting the chair’s high end, premium look and feel. Customization was also key to the initiative. These chairs were “Built to last. Designed to love.”

STORY: Doctor’s offices don’t usually scream “style,” but the Premiere Collection sought to change that. New design themes plucked from spa and retail environments brought beautiful, modern aesthetics to Reliance’s already durable and reliable procedure chairs.

In every way, the Premiere Collection was a new opportunity for doctors to draw patients to their practices. The only thing left to do was convince practice owners that decades-old interior design didn’t have to be their future.

We concepted four chair styles: Industrial, Lucent, Woodland, and Harmony. The names and narrative for each came from a unique inspiration of visual elements and sensory appeal.

To highlight the bold new designs and features of the Premiere Collection, we created inspiring digital and print assets, from swatch books to trade show videos to direct mail. We also developed a digital sales tool for laptop presentations.

Of course, we communicated the benefit to the physician – setting one’s practice apart with designs that reflect a unique sense of personal style, making patients feel more welcome, and adding legendary Reliance durability to the office.

We succeeded at putting customization and modernization in the hands – and minds – of our prospective customers, making it easy to envision how the Premiere Collection could transform their practice.

The Premier Collection made its debut at the ASCRS show. The designs received rave reviews, and the sales team was excited about the interest and sales potential.

We created high impact direct mail featuring inspiration and photography for all Premier Collection designs: Industrial, Lucent, Woodland, and Harmony.

Sales tools featured a swatch book and beautiful microsite communicating the benefits of modern aesthetics in a practice’s clinical setting.

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Connecting lives by design.

TRADITIONS GROUP

Brand Identity

An inspired future built on a great foundation.

For generations, Traditions Group was known as Great Traditions – and known for building exceptional lifestyle communities in the Cincinnati area. With the name change, Traditions Group came to us for a brand refresh as memorable as the communities themselves.

IDEA: We created a look and feel that was rooted in their past but designed to shape a flourishing future.

STORY: Updating a brand after decades of widespread recognition throughout a market isn’t without risk. Especially when you’re Great Traditions. Since 1978, Great Traditions had been creating modern communities with an old soul – distinctively blending the “Great Traditions” of Cincinnati’s classic neighborhoods with innovative community planning concepts and home designs.

Twice named the #1 homebuilder in the country for Outstanding Customer Experience, and “Developer of the Year” five times, Great Traditions wasn’t merely “great” in name only.

So we set out to create a brand refresh that not only reflected their strong heritage, but also signaled that they were looking ahead with a consistent dedication to quality.

We started with the logo, giving it a more contemporary and clean illustrated style, detailed enough to appear realistic but not too whimsical. The tree’s thick trunk conveys the brand’s strength and stability. The deep, rich blue of the background and the subtly gold leaves reflect the brand’s classic, trustworthy and sophisticated nature, while the two fonts – one serif and one sans serif – further mirror the combination of classic and contemporary.

The brand website and sales materials were updated as well, with a voice and style more relevant and appealing to the modern home buyer. The new branding for Traditions Group extended to their individual communities, too, including The Retreat at Summit Park and the City Series.

The refreshed brand has accelerated Tradition’s Group momentum. Home sales, new construction and the development of new communities continue to climb. Life is good for our client, just as it is for all their homeowners.

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YAGOOT

Brand Identity | Campaign | Environmental Signage

A brand built around its unique cöre essence.

CHALLENGE: Yagööt is a brand as unique as its name. They took a forgotten recipe for tangy frozen yogurt developed in the 1970s and opened a small chain of retail locations. They had a great product that was truly different from the competition. All they needed was a brand.

IDEA: Creative Department defined a primary target (teen and young-adult females) and created a logo and visual equity that was as bright and refreshing as the yogurt itself. We touched every point of the brand, including equity, print, web, digital, store interior and uniform design.

STORY: In order to reach a nearly unreachable demographic, messaging is fun and simple. Because Yagööt wants to constantly remind customers of the healthy aspects of their product, communication is a balancing act of wit and education.

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THE RETREAT

Brand Identity | Campaign | Digital Design

Home shouldn’t be a retreat from life. But rather to it.

CHALLENGE: The Retreat at Summit Park is one of Traditions Group’s most captivating new residential communities. Our challenge was to create a brand as breezy, inviting and welcoming as the community itself.

IDEA: Develop an aspirational brand and voice, presenting a life characterized by simplicity and casual sophistication.

STORY: Winding walkways that lead to charming pocket parks. Nights spent around the fire pit, watching kids run barefoot across the grass. An evening stroll to nearby Summit Park for an outdoor concert. And thoughtfully designed courtyard homes built around what really matters: family, nature, neighbors.

That’s the Retreat at Summit Park. Traditions Group came to us to create a brand that captures the spirit of this new and unique community – where every day is far from the everyday.

The scope of work was a full branding campaign extending from brand voice and visual identity to print, collateral, website, and even sales center interior design.

For the logo, we drew on the iconic Adirondack chairs that anchor The Retreat’s many pocket parks. Classic, chic, and quaint, the Adirondack chair symbolizes the comfort, ease, and connection of The Retreat’s homes and community, evoking the simple joy of basking in the open air, communing with nature and friends.

The website, brochure, print ads and sales center follow suit and are breezy and welcoming, with messaging and imagery that gives readers an overall feel for the community’s values and vision.

The branding campaign continues to evoke joy in our clients, too. Both Phase 1 and Phase 2 lots have sold out quickly and the neighborhood has established itself as one of the most vibrant lifestyle communities in Cincinnati.