Creating the ideal office environment is something we have worked hard to achieve and maintain. For any business, a positive and collaborative office culture is essential. Here are a few tips and practices that we continue to integrate into our workplace.
We sat down with Ellen Bruss and the owner of Marczyk, Pete Marczyk, to learn more about their relationship, the branding process and the evolution of a growing business. Together EBD and Marczyk have built a brand that has been durable over 20 years.
Just outside Downtown Denver is the Golden Triangle neighborhood. This area is rapidly growing into a cultural hub. The new Citizen W10 apartments brand identity was heavily inspired by this neighborhoods artistic community.
The Holidays are a time filled with family, friends and good times. However, with all that fun comes the daunting task of gift giving. Here’s a curated guide from some of our clients to help make your holiday gift giving simple.
Since starting EBD, I’ve learned a lot from the team and from our clients about what makes life and work truly exceptional. To celebrate our birthday, here are a few of the things we all try to live by.
Located in Denver just a few steps aways from Union Station stands the Kimpton Hotel Born. The hotel was part of a much larger project to transform Denver’s Union Station into a vibrant downtown neighborhood.
When Quarterra Multifamily, formerly known as Lennar Multifamily Communities, approached EBD to brand a sophisticated multi-family project in Elmhurst, IL we were thrilled about the opportunity to provide a cohesive brand experience.
Every great design firm needs at least one realist, aka the Print Production Manager. My name is Tiffany Gronski and my purpose is to fabricate and print projects to align with the vision of our designers and clients.
Ellen Bruss, Kate Lucks and Steph Bruss from the EBD team gathered with LeVon Terry, CEO of Capfluent, Amanda Fox, Co-Founder of Lova and Scott Calliham, Co-Founder and President of Collective Hemp, to share insights on the intricate cannabis industry.
We’re giving you a window into our world today, and we hope you enjoy a peek behind the scenes. Learn what drives us, what makes great client partnerships and how we create.
Great things usually start in an unusual way and this project is no exception. Ellen Bruss, our agency founder, met Federico Solmi at the Site Santa Fe annual gala. It wasn’t long before we were creating packaging for his celebrated seasoning salt.
2021 proved another challenging year for the world, but we weren’t going to let the ongoing pandemic get in the way of exceptional creativity. This year, we’re celebrating our fantastic clients who trusted us to create and grow their brands.
An insightful conversation between Ellen Bruss, Jennifer Hohn, and Andrew Hoffman on The Ad Club’s Design in Advertising Panel – Why Design Driven Brands Are So Successful.
Market Station is a 1 block, 2-acre, mixed-use development at the corner of 16th & Market Street in Downtown Denver. It includes 85,000 SF of retail, 90,000 SF of office, and 225 market rate and luxury apartments.
McGregor Square Residences began marketing efforts in late 2019, just in time to face a global pandemic. EBD employed strategies such as digital advertising to keep the units front and center for people moving to Denver from larger markets.
Whether you’re looking to light up the night sky or do your way-finding in a building or environment, signage requires a tremendous amount of consideration and time to accomplish. A qualified design & production team is a great place to start.
When Amanda & Matt Shifrin, came to us to talk about their new dispensary operation, product lines, and cultivation operation that would serve both the current and third wave cannabis markets, we saw a lot of opportunity in the space.
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.
The recent lack of travel and exploration has many people down thirsty for wanderlust. Luckily, however, we are here to plan a weekend that you can experience here and now in Denver. Come along with us for an EBD branded weekend.
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.
It all began in February of 2020 with an email entitled “Interested, confused and excited”. Needless to say, our interest was piqued! Nathan Smith and his partner Liz Meade visited our studio to inquire about where we could take their brand and marketing.
“When I started EBD, I decided to try to strike a balance between efficient business solutions and wild creativity, something I found was a rare combination.” – Ellen Bruss
When Carl T. Hammond Sr. opened his candy factory in 1920, he probably couldn’t imagine that his business would still be flourishing 100 years later. However, that’s the beauty of life, sometimes it gives us something beyond what we even imagine.
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.
A few years back, a group of three work friends were drinking whiskey, around a campfire, and decided to take their shared passion and make it their own. Enter Branch & Barrel, a delicious small batch whiskey.
Wellness and self-care are currently at the forefront of everyone’s mind. Luckily wellness is a benefit that the cannabis industry has been offering for years. So here are some Tinnie & Smalls client products that can offer you that.
The concept of community has taken on a whole new perception in the pandemic. Here at EBD our clients ARE our community. Here’s some of our favorite local ones.
At EBD, we understand when designing a multi-family brand that giving it a sense of history that ties to the place it is located is pivotal. The Milo Luxury Residences is no exception to this with its rich history.
The Johnson Chili brand is woven with pride & stewardship and it is important to them to give back to the Colorado community. They wanted their product to convey this ethos and their hands-on approach to making their products.
The Wilson Hotel, which opened summer 2019 In Big Sky, Montana, took design inspiration from the historic architecture found throughout the state—an overt nod to the grand hotels of Montana’s past.
For Hope Foods, what started as a weekend hobby selling a few tubs of hummus at the local Boulder Farmer’s Market has grown into a national organic food company. So, when they came to us with their latest invention, we were eager to dive in.
Ellen Bruss gave an inspiring keynote speech at the Rocky Mountain College of Arts & Design graduation ceremony in Lakewood, CO. Read along as she speaks about design, her experiences and congratulates the class of 2019.
It was 2004. All contemporary art museum brands looked the same. Adam Lerner, the Director of MCA Denver, wanted to try something different so he presented EBD with a challenge. Build a brand for his new contemporary art institution and programs.
Every year, EBD is tasked with designing the gala invitation for MCA’s Luminocity Gala. As one of our most anticipated projects every year, our firm creates a piece to reflect the current exhibitions.
TARRA is an organization devoted to cultivating the next generation of entrepreneurs, creators, innovators and business women. We were excited to launch their new brand at their annual summit in 2019.
Spinelli’s is a small, Italian market in Denver curated for the family that shops daily for their meals. When the Spinelli’s Sauce Co. spun off from the market, we created a brand that was rooted in the history, but no longer featured a picture of the market.
