# May

> May was a Southern California creative agency founded by designer Garth Humbert in 2009. It served as an embedded creative department for startups and established brands, carrying ideas from logos and identity systems into websites, product interfaces, print, campaigns, apps, investor decks, and launch collateral. Its archived portfolio shows a studio built around long relationships rather than one-off decoration.

- **Founded:** 2009
- **Headquarters:** Murrieta, United States
- **Founders:** Garth Humbert (Founder and designer)
- **Products:** Brand identity systems, Web and product experience, Campaign and company collateral, Brand consulting and copy
- **Notable:** Built RightSignature's original identity and extended the system into digital product and promotional work., Helped rebrand and relaunch Copper after strategic product acquisitions, covering identity through product-level branding and merchandise., Designed measurable social-campaign landing pages with BitTorrent's in-house team.

## Products & services

- **Brand identity systems** — Logos, marks, typography, color palettes, style guides, product branding, naming support, and launch foundations.
- **Web and product experience** — Websites, landing pages, front-end design and development, admin interfaces, online experiences, custom icons, and iOS app design.
- **Campaign and company collateral** — Business cards, social assets, investor decks, print and ebook layouts, apparel, stickers, promotional merchandise, and marketing campaigns.
- **Brand consulting and copy** — Creative direction, brand consulting, content strategy, and copywriting provided as part of broader engagements.

## Achievements

- Built RightSignature's original identity and extended the system into digital product and promotional work.
- Helped rebrand and relaunch Copper after strategic product acquisitions, covering identity through product-level branding and merchandise.
- Designed measurable social-campaign landing pages with BitTorrent's in-house team.
- Created startup packages that connected identity, website, collateral, and app design for clients including Tidy.
- Founder Garth Humbert's client history included startups and major names such as TechCrunch, John Mayer, Aimee Mann, and RightSignature.

## Latest updates

- **2018-05** — Intervals published its refreshed logo, crediting Garth Humbert with preserving the product's rings metaphor while modernizing the mark.
- **2021** — Garth Humbert co-founded Perfect Strangers, a Temecula design studio focused on branding, packaging, print, illustration, and web design.
- **2024** — May's original domain was observed as parked rather than operating as an active studio site.

## Links

- Website: http://www.mayhq.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/may
- Twitter/X: http://twitter.com/mayhq
- Instagram: http://instagram.com/mayhq
- Facebook: http://fb.com/mayhq

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Last updated: 2026-09-19