Design Rangers Camp Blog

The RGB (Over 16 million strong) and CMYK (Dots on a mission.) stickers have arrived! They are the first “official product” of the Design Rangers. YAY!

In the next few weeks I hope to set up an online ordering system (to-do list!) but until then we are kickin’ it old-school with the self addresses stamped envelope plan. Check!

UPDATE: We now have a e-commerce site set up for ordering the stickers!

Click here to head on over to that site.

Also, we’d love to see your stickers in action by posting your photos to our Facebook page!

As some of you may know, Chris and I are members of the American Advertising Federation Colorado Springs’ (AAFCS) board. We’ve enjoyed being a part of this amazing team and becoming a part of the AAFCS community. The ADDYs Awards are a huge event for us as well as the AAFCS & after attending many ADDY celebrations over the years I did find myself wondering how all of it comes together -  the answer is LOTS of hard work by LOTS of amazing people.

Design Rangers volunteered to design this years ADDY program and I found myself taking the lead as Chris was/is wrapped up in several big web projects. Carleen Clearwater, the ADDY chair, provided me with the cover artwork and then pretty much just set me loose. Her main objective was to make it cool and make it different, way different, than any program ADDY attendees had seen before. (more…)

In the Summer of 2010 our good friend Tammy Oler began talking to us about creating a new business that would focus on marketing and organizational strategy for companies, non-profits, and entrepreneurs. She asked us if we would be interested in doing the identity work and website design, we of course said yes! (Well, let me tell the truth here – we agreed to the identity work and said that we were too busy to dedicate the time to her new website. Then, after hearing about all of the cool ideas she had for the website, Chris couldn’t resist and we agreed to that as well.)

In the fall, Tammy sent us an email with the business name – StellarEngine. I immediately fell in love and became super excited to work on her identity. The crazy thing is, after presenting her with 12 different type-only logos, she chose the one I “saw” in my head the very first time I heard the name StellarEngine. (more…)

A few months ago we attended an American Advertising Federation / Colorado Springs luncheon where Justin Ahrens, the Principal of Rule 29, spoke to a packed house about life kearning aka balancing a busy creative life. Justin told many touching stories and at one point had most of the room in tears.

One tip Justin presented was about service, quoting from his life kearning blog post…  “Serving: Do you want to change the way you run your life, your firm, and your perspective on the world? Then start to serve. Not just with your work, but with your time and your team. Even if you are a team of one. I guarantee your life will be better for it.”

We took Justin’s advice to heart and started to actively look for a non-profit who’s mission was close to our hearts and needed our creative help. (more…)