Clients
American Canine Academy
Axios Estiatorio
Big Compass
Black Gold Suites
City Fruit
Colorado Preservation, Inc.
Creative Strategies Group
Savoring the City
e-Collective
Easton Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Electronics By Design
Guardian Urgent Care
Honaker Law
IAALS
K. Prince & Company
Lanza Language
Loveland Landscaping
Lu-Tek Window Treatments
Montessori Workspace
Ponderosa Wealth Management
Portable Green Energy
Peaks Real Estate
Qdoba
Republic Financial
Savoring The City
Shining Mountains Press
Simple Spoon
Southwest Scooter News
TAPS Dance Studio
The Jack Tracy Company
The Sports Authority
Third Avenue Eyecare
Trust Company of America
University of Denver
Untamed
Wealth Legacy Institute
Wink Optical
Who is PinkShag Design?
PinkShag Design is a boutique studio in downtown Denver that specializes in branding, but we also pride ourselves on partnerships with other talent to scale teams on a per-job basis. This “virtual-agency” keeps us small but powerful, and we are able to pass the cost savings of low overhead on to you as a client. Our business model enables fresh thoughts to flow through our network, and with the vast changes taking place in today’s technology and world of communication, we are well aware that we need to stay as fresh as possible. Owned by an award winning designer with over 15 years experience, and supported by an extended network of seasoned professionals, we have experience working with companies ranging from start-ups to well established corporations. We offer competitive pricing for high end design with copious amounts of creativity. Our goal is to help our clients maintain a level of professionalism and quality in their image that exceeds their competitors, boosts revenue and gets them noticed – in a good way.
Diana Merkel
The creator of PinkShag Design, Diana has opened an office at Laundry on Lawrence to serve as the PinkShag ‘hub’. She’s a 15 year veteran of the design world that creatively finds ways to bring great design to her clients. Her drive and work ethic are exhausting (to everyone else on the team), but she always finds time to laugh and have lots of fun. She truly cares about every one of her clients, and goes the extra mile to try to make each of them feel special. Her do-it-yourself hobbyist obsessions makes for interesting décor at times – the latest braided rug experiment or silk screened event posters are sure to catch your eye on a visit to PinkShag.
Courtney Kraig
Courtney greatly enjoys the design process, and has an uncanny love for creativity. From logos to posters to brochures to websites, she enjoys the creative challenge and pushing herself to produce the best work possible. Drawing, painting and sculpture have always been a passionate focus. However, Courtney found that she loved the fusion of practical projects with the creative process. For the last 15 years she has worked for design firms and ad agencies where she designed, produced and managed projects; including publications, brochures, posters, and websites.
Kami Johannes
With a background in graphic arts and interactive media, Kami brings over 8 years of experience to PinkShag. She has worked a diverse range of gigs including agency, in-house, and freelance. A known optimist and a stickler for clean design and proper kerning, she really enjoys collaborative design processes with a belief that the best ideas come from multiple minds. Most of her free time these days is spent enjoying her family and introducing her young son to art through crayons and finger painting.
Tara Wenger
Tara’s right brain holds a degree in Theatrical Scenic Design, but her left brain realized the difficulty of making a living within the highly funded theatre world. Ironically, left brain had to become creative to provide basic bodily needs such as food and shelter, and kicked in the organizational and efficient management instilled by her Virgo Mother. Since this realization, Tara has turned left within multiple art-based companies in the Pacific Northwest and Denver areas including management and accounting at a music school, concert hall, and fine art services company. Her bull-fighting work-ethic will triumphantly assist you with a successful project fruition. Tara is ecstatic to bring her remarkable juggling brain to PinkShag Design and welcomes any challenge!
Clyde Merkel
100 lbs. of teeth and claws – Clyde depletes the stock of paper towels in the office with an efficiency and fervor that keeps us all smiling. His dedication to ball retrieval and client licking are unmatched. Don’t worry, if you don’t love dogs like we do, we can always stow him away in the back room for meetings.
- Logo Design and Branding
- Print collateral
- Publications
- Events
- Web design and development
- Blogs and HTML Newsletters
Logo Design and Branding
PinkShag has worked with companies of all sizes – from startups to Fortune 500′s – to create logos and brand guidelines that help to solidify their image and boost the way they are perceived in their marketplace. Brainstorm sessions with the client determine the vocabulary and personality of each brand we develop. Great design and copywriting take all your touchpoints to another level.
- Discovery Sessions
- Logo Design
- Copywriting
- Brand Guidelines – the voice, the colors, the look, the messaging
From head to toe, PinkShag creates a consistent platform for your company’s look and feel. We take your vision, polish it up, and make it a beautiful reality.
Print Collateral
From brochures to bumper stickers, we’ll design print pieces that support your brand. PinkShag has great relationships with printers that produce affordable marketing pieces for a huge variety of purposes. And we don’t mark up printing costs!
- Brochures
- Business Papers
- Pocket Folders
- Ad layouts
- Flyers
- Posters
- Signage
- Stickers
- Banners
- Sales Sheets
- Packaging
- Vehicle Graphics
- Catalogs
- Invitations
Publications
From monthly newsprint jobs to annual glossy mags, PinkShag creates publications with a critical eye on design and your bottom line. We understand that large projects don’t always have to equal sky-high budgets, and we have well developed processes in place to manage all the pieces and parts. We also provide licensing for online flipbook versions of your pubs so that readers have more access to them than ever.
- Newsprint Inserts
- Bi-annual and Annual publications
- Catalogs
- Online Flipbooks (including video and iPad capabilities)
Event Graphics
From the direct mail invite to your trade show booth, to the signage for your corporate function, PinkShag supports your brand with a variety of materials that you need to make your presence well-known.
- Trade Show Graphics
- Invitations
- Conference Guides and Workbooks
- Signage
- Name tags, table tents, and giveaways
Web Design and Development
PinkShag’s approach to online solutions begins with cost-effective, creatively designed, and high impact websites built with robust, easy-to-use Content Management Systems (CMS). Our strategy will put you in control of your own website editing, allowing your site to adapt and grow along with your business while helping you stretch your marketing dollars. We have developers in place to create sites using a variety of platforms, like WordPress and Drupal. We run the gamut from customized themes to completely original designs… it’s all about what works best for your company. We will also help you set up social media pages, links, and Google Places, and keywords to maximize your sites potential.
We’ll walk you through an in-depth discovery process to determine the best approach for your business.
Blogs and HTML Newsletters
Do you have something to say? Have you tried to set up a WordPress blog yourself and it took 7 hours to get through the 5 minute install? PinkShag can help. We can create quick, economical blog sites so that you can get your posts, videos and photos online quickly and hassle free.
We can also create HTML newsletter templates on a variety of platforms – if you need to send out invitations, company updates, or sales messages, we can design and build templates for you and test them on a variety of browsers. You just log in, edit and send to your mailing list. We’ve installed and tested templates on:
- Constant Contact
- Vertical Response
- Mailchimp
- Benchmark
- iContact
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Third Avenue Eyecare Website
PinkShag created a great website for Third Avenue Eyecare.
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Black Gold Suites Website
This single page site is the first glance of our client’s new hotel in the boom-town of Tioga, North Dakota!
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Axios Greek Restaurant
PinkShag created a great website that reflects Axios Greek restaurant’s fun and delicious atmosphere. It features a full menu and calendar of events.
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Pilates of the Rockies
A bright, fun site that reflects the attitudes of the owners of Pilates of the Rockies, it features editable schedules and appointment requests to keep visitors up-to-date and in contact.
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Wealth Legacy Institute
Wealth Legacy Institute, Inc. is a national, independent wealth advisory consulting firm. Their uniquely warm and friendly approach to planning is clearly illustrated in every facet of their branding.
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American Canine Academy
American Canine Academy needed a branding refresh – from logo to signage and an updated website, we helped them develop a more approachable look and feel.
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Zalinka Parsons
We created a sharp, simple, editable site that would appeal to Zelinka and Parsons high end clientelle.
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Loveland Landscaping
This simple site shows off landscaping projects in the beautiful Hudson Valley in upstate New York.
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The Jack Tracy Company
Jack Tracy is an artist that creates in many mediums. This site profiles his talents and links to fulfillment sites where he can sell his artwork.
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Texas Military Forces
This site was built to securely connect members of the military with their friends and family, FRG’s, and commanders.
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Simple Spoon
Simple Spoon, is a site that advertises private chef Casey Easton’s classes and catering services.
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Savoring the City
This annual publication profiles exclusive boutique businesses in the Denver metro area.
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University of Denver
PinkShag partners with Kelly Marshall to produce The University of Denver Sturm College of Law alumni magazine (both in print and online versions) on a bi-annual basis.
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Peaks Real Estate
PinkShag works will Bill Fandel of Peaks Real Estate in Telluride Colorado to create stunning real estate promotional inserts for exclusive property listings in the region.
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Southwest Scooter News
Southwest Scooter News is a monthly biker pub that informs readers of all things Harley in Colorado and beyond.
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Qdoba
Pinkshag provided brand execution & production services to Qdoba for menus, rewards brochures, vehicle wraps, direct mailers, and their annual FBU conference.
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Sports Authority Benefit Materials
These marketing materials for Sports Authority Benefits, feature associate guides and posters.
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Sports Authority Guides
PinkShag has created Assortment Guides for Sports Authority – Ski and Snow, Outdoor Adventure and Golf. These in-house employee instructional materials give their sales teams a foundation for much of their product knowledge.
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IAALS
Pinkshag created this Annual Report design for the Institute of Advancement for the American Legal System.
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A Backpack Journalist
A Backpack Journalist Binder Covers – part of a series of freshly re-branded materials for military youth programs that teach journalism, photography and more.
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Share In The Care
This brochure is one of the many pieces that have been created to raise awareness and funds for the restoration of Denver’s Capital Dome.
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Lu-Tek
PinkShag created a series of sales sheets, along with a direct mail piece, sample binder, video and booth graphics to help Lu-Tek create a strong presence at a recent trade show.
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Wink Optical
This ad campaign for Wink Optical, a fashion-forward presecription eyewear shop in Boulder, CO, features real clients as the “real faces of Wink”.
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University of Denver-Admissions
This printed and online viewbook features course descriptions, student photos, and online videos to assist potential law school students in their decision making process.
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The Trust Company of America
PinkShag has created several printed and online pieces for the Trust Co. of America that follow and expand on recent branding initiatives.
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Ponderosa Wealth Management
We provided re-branding for Ponderosa Wealth Management. With the mighty pines that are prevalent in the area serving as inspiration, their new company look better reflects the enduring relationships between them and their valued clients.
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Big Compass
PinkShag is working with Big Compass to develop their brand – from logos and b-cards to a website and sales sheets, we are working together with them to build a strong, cohesive presence that clearly explains their complex processes.
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City Fruit
City Fruit – Denver’s newest pedi-cab service. PinkShag designed a logo and other promotional materials to brand this great, new, local company.
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Share In The Care
SITC Colorado – is a 4 year initiative to raise money for the State Historic Fund and the capital dome restoration. Dimes for the Dome raises awareness of the project in Colorado Schools.
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Wealth Legacy Institute
Wealth Legacy Institute, Inc. is a national, independent wealth advisory consulting firm. PinkShag created the logo, palette, business papers , website and office signage.
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American Canine Academy
American Canine Academy needed a branding refresh – from logo to signage and an updated website, we helped them develop a more approachable look and feel.
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Barbara Huff Branding
Barbara Huff is a high end real estate advisor in the Cherry Creek area. This letterpress business paper set reflect her classic taste and personal style.
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Republic Financial Corporation
Pinkshag created a series of branded event graphics for the 2008 Partner’s Conference for Republic Financial – a gathering of influential clients from the global financial world in Beaver Creek, CO.
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GMT Global
The GMT Global Winter Outing in Aspen, CO was a fun filled gathering of Republic Financial corporate executives. PinkShag branded everything from the invitations to the takeaway pendants.
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Focus on the Future
Trust Co. of America hosts Focus on the Future – an annual event that brings in high level writers and politicians to speak about topics that include industry trends, and plans for growth. PinkShag designed invitations, guides and more.
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Activation
PinkShag executed branding and creation of a variety of materials for the Republic Financial Activation Conference.
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Republic Private Equity
This table top trade show panel for Republic Financial – Private Equity was built for easy transport to a variety of trade shows and events.
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Qwest Business
Pinkshag assisted e-collective in the creation of Qwest branded graphics for a trade show booth promoting Qwest Business.
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Lu-Tek
PinkShag created a series of takeaways, videos and booth graphics to help Lu-tek create a strong presence at a recent trade show.
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IAALS – ETL
Pinkshag created this html email newsletter template for the recently branded Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Lawyers initiative for IAALS.
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Simple Spoon
This Simple Spoon blog was a late addition to the whole Simple Spoon website. Casey’s blog showcases amazing recipes and healthy options.
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IAALS
This email invite was created for the Transparent Courthouse Awards Dinner honoring leaders in the Federal Judicial System.
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University of Denver
This blog for the University of Denver Sturm College of Law updates readers on the progress of their Strategic Plan.
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TAPS Dance Website
Honaker Law Website
IAALS 2012 Annual Report
Business Card Designs
Wow! That’s a huge logo.
PinkShag Design, in collaboration with eightbysix Design, created a logo and supporting campaign (ads, brochures and promo items) for non-profit Colorado Preservation Inc.’s campaign to restore the Statehouse dome, which has fallen into disrepair and desperately needs restoration. For more information about the campaign to save the dome, visit http://shareinthecarecolorado.org/
We’re proud to be part of a campaign dedicated to preserving our history. Next time you cruise by the Capitol, check it out!
Loving the New Office Space!
After lots of blood, sweat and stripe painting, PinkShag Design is now happy and very comfy in our new office space. The open house event was a great success! Thank you to everyone who stopped by that night to check us out along with all the other great spaces in the Laundry on Lawrence building. We had a great time and if you missed us, please drop by anytime to say hi, we’d love to see you!
THE LONG AWAITED GRAND OPENING IS ONLY A MONTH AWAY!
January 27, 2012 6:00- 10:00pm
Lawrence will be open to the public!
You’re invited to come celebrate!
Join us for food, drinks, film showings, live music, a juried art competition, photobooth, caricature artist, and more!
Time line:
Opening: 6:00pm
Ribbon Cutting: 7:00pm
Juried Art Exhibition Awards: 8:00pm
Having the time of your life until 10:00pm!
To see this article from the source: http://thespacecreators.com/blog/laundry-lawrence-grand-opening
PinkShag Moving to Laundry on Lawrence
PinkShag has outgrown it’s space on 2921 Walnut and is excited to move into a creative community space at 27th and Lawrence! As soon as The Space Creators are done with construction, we’ll dive into decorating. We have high hopes for an Open House in November. Come by and check it out! We’ll update you as soon as we have more information.
With over 120 years of history, The Laundry on Lawrence is entering a new period in its evolution. The oldest portion of the building was built in 1886 and the building was used as a laundry consistently since the 1890′s through to 2009, having survived major renovations and several major fires through the years. The spirit of the building will be kept alive in its rebirth as one of Denver’s most dynamic creative communities.
We like people, so say hey!
If you have a specific project and want to know how PinkShag can help, just fill out the form to the right and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can!
- Address: 2701 Lawrence Street, Suite 24 :: Denver, CO 80205
- Phone: (303) 875-0401
