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June 18, 2009
Iron Designs New Boys & Girls Clubs Web Site
This week the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco launched their new web site which we designed and helped to develop over the past 6 months. The site is intended to provide a more interactive, informative and user-friendly experience and…
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June 18, 2009
Iron Team Performs at Pecha Kucha
Last night Alice (pictured above) and I performed at Pecha Kucha in San Francisco. The theme for the evening was “CAUSE” and the event was part of San Francisco Design Week.
The format of the event is simple. You present 20 slides…
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May 8, 2009
Gala Invite Helps Raise Record Funds for Bay Area Non-Profit
We recently designed the Gala Invite and event program for the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco, and we’re pleased to report the event was a huge success.
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May 1, 2009
Iron Do-Gooders Present at PINC Conference
This morning I was delighted to be part of a panel discussion, along with my colleague Alice Bybee, about designing for social responsibility at the PINC 2009 Conference in San Francisco.
The seminar, entitled: “Making a Difference. Designing for Social Responsibility”, gave…
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April 1, 2009
Iron Duo Launch Social Impact Design Competition
Working as board members of the local chapter of the AIGA, Alice Bybee (Iron Design Director) and Matt Cooke (Iron Principal) just issued a call for entries for cause/affect – a biennial graphic design competition which celebrates the work of designers…
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March 18, 2009
NGO’s Need Branding Now More Than Ever
According to a recent Advertising Age article Nonprofits need to rapidly embrace modern branding strategies in order to reclaim the cause-marketing arena which has been co-opted by traditional for profit companies.
“It’s simple. In today’s market, brands matter. In fact nonprofits, NGOs…
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March 12, 2009
Iron Duo Featured in Do-Gooder Exhibition
Iron design duo Matt Cooke and Alice Bybee are included in a exhibition of designers working for social good. The exhibition, called “What The *#&! is Social Design” is running at the AAU Gallery from March 10 - March 31st.
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August 26, 2008
Venture Conference Goes Live With Viral Marketing Campaign
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The last thing you’d expect from a venture conference would be an innovative viral email campaign. But that’s exactly what we just produced for the visionary folks over at Astia. Parodying the industry’s staid public image, we threw out the… -
August 20, 2008
Stationery Design Delivers On Non-Profit’s Strategic Promise
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This week we delivered the full stationery system to Springboard Forward, as part of our larger re-branding project (see our July 8 posting for more on the story). The business cards, shown here, dramatically deliver on the organization’s promise that they… -
August 18, 2008
Stanford Puts Its Faith in Iron Graphic Design Services
We are thrilled to report that the Stanford Cancer Center (SCC) has commissioned Iron to design a new science report, which will showcase the myriad achievements of one of the world’s leading Cancer Centers.
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July 8, 2008
Iron Develops New Brand Identity for Bay Area Non-Profit
This month we launched a new brand identity for a local non-profit organization, visually bringing to life their place at the intersection of working families and the businesses who employ them.The new logo we developed for Springboard Forward literally represents the crossroads…
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June 29, 2008
Astia Gives Entrepreneurs A Boost. Iron Gives Astia A Boost.
As a resource for fast-growing, women-led enterprises, Astia has built a network of advisors
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January 11, 2008
The Importance Of Emotional Branding For Non-Profits
In a recent study, linking and organization to an emotion was found to be one way that non-profits can differentiate themselves from their competitors. And since giving is considered a function of a brand’s differentiation, having characteristics that stimulate emotion…
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