Integrated Marketing Services built an agency around the least glamorous part of branding: making sure the idea survives contact with ink, vinyl, deadlines and the loading dock.
A Menlo Park color lab survived the digital revolution by becoming something harder to replace: the crew that turns a designer’s file into a place people can actually navigate, touch, and remember.
A hospital corridor, a model-home turnoff, a library aisle: MSI works at the moment someone needs a clue. Its business shows how much thinking can hide inside a sign.
A logo can survive the boardroom and still unravel in a sales deck. Brick Design’s work for Mood, Qwilt and Localytics shows why a brand needs more than a good first impression.
A painted waterfront, a conference sign, a wall about prunes. The San Francisco studio finds the stories inside places - then gives people a reason to notice.
For Tommy Hilfiger, Image Options built wood-veneer displays for flagship stores, then photographed the finish for a wider rollout. Inside the company that makes a design survive its budget, its materials, and opening day.
From Cisco’s event graphics to Sumo Logic’s virtual conference, the Aptos studio works where brand design meets the practical business of getting people together.