April 13, 2015
As creatives, we tend to carry our office with us wherever we go (even when we are going to and from our actual office). This new blog series will show what happens when our designers and developers let us take a look inside their backpacks/briefcases/bags, revealing the items they don’t want to leave behind! Let’s start with Miranda… Read More >
April 9, 2015
We are back in the office after exhibiting at the 2015 St. Louis Business Expo. The expo provides a platform for businesses to enhance their relationships, research the market for the leading products and services, and learn about the latest best business practices. Now that the enhancing, researching and learning is complete it is time to get back… Read More >
April 2, 2015
A creative block is one of the utmost frustrating challenges a graphic designer or artist faces. We have compiled a list of 4 ways to help you find inspiration and overcome your creative block: 1. Traveling We are not talking about relocating to a new city, although that would probably be a great remedy to your creative… Read More >
March 31, 2015
The fourth installment/month in our best worst calendar ever made, including some of our actual stock image searches and descriptions: “Young beautiful woman with spaghetti noodles in her hairs.”
March 26, 2015
We are happy to introduce Tim Holdmeier as our new Art Director and Jenny Lin as our graphic designer. Tim Holdmeier, Art Director Tim is responsible for assisting us in brand coordination and design projects, as well as project delegation and scheduling. He is highly skilled in finding the right combination of visuals and information to… Read More >
March 6, 2015
We are pleased to announce that a recent project our Back Forty Creative team designed for TeraGanix, Inc. has received a 2015 American Package Design Award from Graphic Design USA (GD USA). Feel free to stop by our office to take a selfie with the award. We know you want to.
March 2, 2015
The third installment/month in our best worst calendar ever made, including some of our actual stock image searches and descriptions: “Beautiful male model with great body in romantic rustic outdoor setting with red barn background.”
February 27, 2015
Bottle of red? Bottle of white? It all depends on what kind of wine label design you are in the mood for tonight. We recently designed the logo and wine labels for Kleine Himmel, a vineyard in Hermann, MO. The gold foil and embossed lettering of the Traminette and Norton labels lets you know this is great wine… Read More >
February 2, 2015
The second installment/month in our best worst calendar ever made, including some of our actual stock image searches and descriptions: “Children fashion farmer girl holding hen in retro vintage background.”
January 29, 2015
We recently collaborated with NYC-based Baby Roues® to help rebrand their baby stroller business. We developed a logo and a stand-alone icon to reinforce two prominent features of their high quality, fashionable line of strollers: lightweight and comfortable.
January 14, 2015
Amanda created this calendar as a holiday gift to Miranda using some of our best stock photo image searches of 2014, including the actual image descriptions. It’s the best worst calendar ever made, so that means we’ll be revealing a fantastic stock image page each month. Enjoy.