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09.21.10
Top Dog! – SullivanPerkins wins top award for Kitchen Dog Theater graphic design
Our work is honored in the CA Design Annual of the best design of the year. Our collateral/direct mail for Kitchen Dog Theater has been recognized as among the finest of the year by Communications Arts magazine. Get a better look at the posters and brochure here. And look for the special issue on newsstands…
09.21.10
A Major Ad/Design Industry Award
Placing work in the CA Design Annual is a great distinction for a creative services firm. This year, only 187 projects were selected from more than 4,500 entries. Not only was our work selected for the special issue, but it also won a coveted spot on the cover. If that’s not enough, the image CA…
09.02.10
Agility Wowed by our Ability
We recently completed a website for AgilityDocs, a document management systems firm based in Houston. Here’s how they responded: “The site is great! Our people were blown away when we presented it on Friday. You guys have exceeded our expectations to say the least. If at any point in the future you would like to…
08.18.10
Knockout Design
It’s always fun to see your work in unexpected places. When we designed a logo for the Maple Avenue Boxing Gym in Dallas, we never expected to see it make an appearance on HBO to an audience of millions. But a few months ago, when champ Manny Pacquiao fought Joshua Clottey at the new Cowboys…
08.16.10
He’s a Phan
SullivanPerkins completed website and blog development for Austin-based lawyer Phong Phan. One recent morning we received the following unsolicited email from him, praising Sam Toerper (interactive), Rob Wernersbach (project manager), and David Braddock (design). We have to admit, it phelt pretty good: “Over the course of the last few weeks, I have interacted…
07.20.10
Hard Money Lending, Easy on the Eyes
What makes a good client? For SullivanPerkins, it’s neither the size of the business, nor the industry, nor the budget – it’s the opportunity to make a positive difference for the client. Ellis Capital Group is a Texas company that provides private money lending services (often called hard money lending) to clients who either don’t…
06.16.10
Who’s the Kid in this Photo?
That youngster in front is Stan Richards. Ron Sullivan, now retired from SullivanPerkins, stands alongside him. That guy in the upper left corner who doesn’t know enough to look directly the camera? That’s Mark Perkins. This circa 1980 photo was sent to Mark via email last week (better late than never?) by Jesse Williamson. We’ve…
06.15.10
Ooh La La! SullivanPerkins Creates Signage for the French Family Center!
On May 7, 2010, Ursuline Academy of Dallas celebrated the dedication of the new French Family Science, Math, and Technology Center (FFC), a high-tech learning facility and the first LEED Gold-certified sustainable school building in the Southwest. The day was magnifique! At the speaker’s podium was Melinda French Gates, an Ursuline graduate and the wife…
06.09.10
Kitchen Dog has its Day
At the Dallas Show on June 5, the Dallas Society of Visual Communications awarded SullivanPerkins two of the coveted Gold Light Bulb Awards for our work on Kitchen Dog Theater 2009-10 season collateral. In addition to taking home the Best in Show award, we also got Judge’s Choice! Photo by UnderConsideration LLC The collateral for…
02.16.10
Our Most Important Design Project Ever™
This is what happens when you unleash designers on a pinewood derby. Clockwise from the left: Kelly Allen's son's "Wildwing," Kelly Allen's "Outlaw," and Brett Baridon's menacing "Popper." Good luck at the races!