Notes from A Production Manager: Signage Edition

What to consider, when considering signage? To answer that question simply, consider everything. Seriously, everything. Whether you’re looking to light up the night sky or do your wayfinding in a building or environment, signage requires a tremendous amount of consideration…

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Jun
4

A Connoisseur Cannabis Brand Elevating the Denver Retail Experience

EBD is located in Colorado, so our feature for April is one of our clients in the Cannabis and CBD industry. We’ve worked in consumer goods and retail for over a decade, so when two independently successful retail entrepreneurs, Amanda…

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Apr
20

Beautiful Again, Naturally

In honor of Women’s Month, we’re championing two of our favorite client-sisters, Dominique and Flora Waples, M.D. Natural beauties and smart, capable entrepreneurs, we began working with them in 2015 to refresh their medical spa brand, Restōr. Their collective approach…

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Mar
30

36 Hours- Curated by EBD

Over the last three years, Denver has grown by over 100,000 people and shows no sign of slowing down. Perhaps it’s the 300 days of sunshine or maybe it’s the proximity to nature? All we know is that it’s easier…

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Feb
5

Wrapping Up 2020

As the year comes to an end, a year unlike any other at EBD, we look back at the triumphs, new relationships, and work we were able to accomplish…all while working remote.  In 2020, we watched McGregor Square Residences top…

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Dec
17

Branding A Wholehearted and Independent Home Builder

Nathan Smith met Elizabeth Meade when they were introduced by a shared sub-contractor. They were in different areas of building: he, in a roofing sales business; she, in health and wellness. The sub is long gone, but there was a…

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Nov
12

Building a Boutique Agency

Ellen Bruss Design – EBD began after I had been working for a few years in both the music business and for agencies big and small. I primarily worked for Fey Concerts, the largest music promoter between the Midwest and…

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Oct
30

Celebrating a Century of Sweetness

‘I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.’ -Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  When Carl T. Hammond Sr. opened his candy factory in 1920, he probably couldn’t imagine that his business would still be flourishing 100…

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Aug
12

High-Rise in the High Desert

In 2019, Lennar Multifamily Communities (LMC) approached EBD to brand a luxury multifamily project right in Scottsdale Quarter, a mixed-use development with a high-end outdoor shopping area. Our scope-of-work included naming the project, the brand identity collateral, temporary signage to…

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Jul
1

Family, Friends & Freedom

Whiskey tastes better in good company. Pair that good company with a campfire and you’ve got an unbeatable recipe for cultivating great ideas.  A few years back, a group of three work friends were drinking whiskey, around a campfire, and…

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May
29

4/20 Wellness

Wellness and self-care are currently at the forefront of everyone’s mind. COVID-19 has many people reaching for different modalities as they navigate this challenging time. A time where feeling ‘well’ seems harder to come by in all corners of life….

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Apr
20

Support Local Business

As a society, we’re all experiencing and learning about the COVID-19 pandemic in real-time. And we’re doing it together. The concept of community has taken on a whole new perception in the past couple of weeks. Here at EBD our…

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Mar
25

Luxury Living with Historical Roots

Denver’s development has occurred at such a rapid pace over the past decade, it sometimes appears as if the construction crane has become the new state bird of Colorado. As much as we have seen the downtown area booming from…

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Feb
28

Bringing Farmers Market to Family-Owned

Neil Young said it best in his 1977 country-infused ballad, Saddle Up the Palomino, ‘It’s a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down.’ Neil knew and understood that a great, warm bowl of chili was comparable to a…

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Feb
14