APRIL 20, 2012

Interviewed for an Atlanta Business Chronicle article written by Tonya Layman: "Branding identifies corporate personality".

August 08, 2011

Acting Brand Design Strategist and Creative Director for large LHB&F project.

May 10, 2011

Acting re-brand strategist and design consultant for large cloudshare project.

JUNE 22, 2011

Attended: GeekWire Launch Party. What a riot. Met several famous and upcoming entrepreneurs. Who knew geeks were so much fun? Good times.

FEBRUARY 6 - 9, 2011

Attended: Destination Design Management.

JUNE 21 & 22, 2010

Jeffrey Hamilton Smith as key speaker on the topic of' Agricultural Branding" at the' 2010 North American AgriBrands Conference'. Held this year at Riverside Country Club in Chehalis, WA the NAABC attracts representatives from over 200 of the most prolific agricultural brands on the planet; And stands as the largest private invitational event of its type anywhere.

APRIL 04, 2010

Smith Design Works nominated for an ACHKO Award for it's brand-design-web solutions for the 2009 AYPE event 'American History Days'.

MARCH 15, 2010

Jeffrey Hamilton Smith as guest speaker to cover Sensory Branding at the 2010 Vogue YMN Conference at 'W Hotel' in Seattle.

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Santa Fe, NM. "TAOS Wins at Santa Fe Film Festival!
Winning the award for Best New Mexico Film at the Santa Fe Film Festival in December was an unexpected surprise for TAOS. Alan Arkin, Ali McGraw and festival executive director Jon Bowman personally presented the award to first-time writer/director Brandon Schmid during the festival's Milagro Awards ceremony. The award represents a tremendous achievement for TAOS and testament to the hard work of the cast and crew on making such an entertaining and meaningful film. The award ceremony was attended by dozens of stars and several academy award winners, including Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons , and James Cromwell. For more info visitwww.santafefilmfestival.com

Smith Design Works acted as a marketing, brand and design consultant early in the film's creation. Congratulations Brandon, we knew you'd be a success!

JULY 07, 2008

Washington, DC. - "Seattle graphic design studio, Smith Design Works, named '2008 Seattle's Top Design Studio' by the American Design Consortium. Since 1991, the ADC has attracted hundreds of educators, marketing gurus, and affiliated corporate professionals to assess and promote the evolution of design integrity and its effectiveness on United States commerce, city by city. Tallying responses from local educators, past clients and Puget Sound businesses, SDW piqued over tens of similar sized firms which employ 1-10 creatives. James Finn, ADC chair wrote, '[ADC] challenges and awards solely on the recipient's consistency of effective design during the previous year. Not just annual sales. There is no money exchanged, no advertising interests. We focus on rewarding design houses purely for their exceptional work. We found [Smith Design Works] development philosophy and creative ability a definitive formula which deserved a commensurable guerdon.' SDW Principal, Jeffrey Hamilton Smith admitted to ID/USA, "At first glance I thought this was a hoax. Especially given that we hadn't submitted work to any major competitions in quite awhile...we just no longer felt the need. Only after I received a call from [ADC], did it dawn on me, that this is genuine. I felt quite embarrassed afterwards. Appreciative, and embarrassed.' With an introduction to design in Seattle of 1984, Jeffrey later co-founded SDW in San Francisco in March of 1989. Armed with a young staff of newly graduated design students, SDW quickly built an impressive portfolio on chair designs for Giorgio Armani™ boutiques, packaging designs for Oceanic™ scuba equipment, and corporate brand and rebrand strategies for several mid-sized and large corporations, beginning with PageNet™. Its Principal designer currently acts as Director of non-profit American Branding Association [Seattle], and International Academy of Design and Technology [Seattle], and has authored several books which discuss design methodology. Congratulations Smith Design Works." - ID/USA.

MAY 07, 2008

Salem, OR. - "WildernessBrand™ investors prepare WanderKit™ launch for 2009. Creators of WanderKit™ have proposed to government, national and international, parks department officials; Including the U.S. Dept. of the Interior and U.S. State Parks, items to be made available for outdoor use which hikers, campers, and backpackers have need for. These items would be offered via specially made vending kiosks. 'We've targeted public lands where studies have proved these products considerably desirable. As our parks and wilderness areas are now more accessible and overused, our kiosks will provide a safety net to curb remote emergencies and assist the overall natural experience. WanderKit™ kiosks would be deployed to trail base areas on public lands, where hiking, rafting, canoeing, camping, backpacking, and other overnight activities are becoming more frequent; with products having a proposed median price range of about $25.00 USD.'
Interactive kiosks for their smaller sibling projects, NaturKit™ and TrailKit™ are planned respectfully, for 2010. Both are catered to wildlife (bird, moose, whale, etc.) watching activities, with species identification booklets, binoculars, health snacks, cameras, small backpacks, mosquito repellent (Skin So Soft™), branded clothing, etc. offered.
All WildernessBrand™ products are packaged using 100% biodegradable materials." - Oregon Magazine, Hiking magazine. See work.

MAY 24, 2008

"'Adrian Frutiger turns 80. Born in 1928 near Interlaken, Switzerland, Adrian Frutiger is one of the predominant figures in twentieth century European design. His career has taken him to many countries, and his work has touched designers around the world, inspiring generations of newcomers since the 1950s. Adrian Frutiger’s career path is legendary. During the late 1940s, while he was still a student in Zürich, he created an extraordinary piece for his graduation project: a woodcut series of lettering styles illustrating the evolution of the Roman alphabet. After Charles Peignot at the Deberny & Peignot foundry in Paris received a copy of the prints, he quickly brought the young Adrian Frutiger to France. Although he returned to Switzerland many years ago, Adrian Frutiger spent most of his professional career in Paris. For almost a decade, he was employed by Deberny & Peignot, until he set off on his own in 1961. Over the course of three decades, he designed numerous typefaces still used around the world today, including Apollo™, Breughel®, Frutiger®, Meridien®, OCR B, Ondine™, President™, Serifa®, and Univers®.
Along the way, he took the time to teach younger generations and develop on large-scale projects as well, such as typefaces for the signage system at Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris and the Paris Metro. Since the 1980s, Adrian Frutiger has designed typefaces exclusively for release through LinoType, including Avenir®, Avenir® Next, Linotype Centennial®, Frutiger® Capitalis, Frutiger® Stones, Herculanum®, Pompeijana™, Vectora®, and Westside™.

'Herr Frutiger, in 1989 when I was studying design at CCAC (hypnotized by the Univers family) I can honestly admit to remembering the day when Avenir came available. Like the legacy of young designers-to-be before me, we were elated. Since then, I've made numerous opportunities in actuating your typefaces. Timeless, precise, passionate detail and forethought, thank you for creating such an excellent feast of typographical delicacies from which to savor. On behalf of my staff and clients, -Mit tiefer Dankbarkeit. Wir wünschen, ihnen einen fröhlichen 80. Geburtstag, und viele mehr zu kommen! — Jeffrey Hamilton Smith, USA.'" - Linotype.com.

MARCH 31, 2008

Seattle, WA. - "Andtego Financial Group™ launches new rebrand. A process which was completed in 5 months with introduction of the Wealthstyle™ retirement strategy, presents the Andtego™ methodology as one which is easily accessible to the vast number of individuals wishing to gain critical knowledge with regards to acquiring wealth for retirement and their families. Branding agent, Smith Design Works managed intense efforts in helping to support this philosophy. Tari Coffey, Vice President for Andtego, "Though Andtego stands alone in providing information and services critical to a successful retirement, we were so engulfed by our own internal projects we had little time to focus on our identity, branding, and marketing; Nor how best to deliver our message. While there are a few others who provide some of the information we do, we're the only ones who not only offer all the information needed, we offer all the services which the information addresses. In that, we're unique. It was very important for us to connect to the American public who greatly benefits from what we offer.Smith Design Works helped us with this immensely. It has allowed our message to become widely accepted as the sole means to a comfortable retirement. Furthermore, now that this wisdom is fastly becoming common knowledge, it has even been highlighted on PBS numerous times. We feel honored and very good about what we do here, and even happier now that our brand reflects it." NW News Report, PR Web.

MARCH 22, 2007

London, UK. - "Abercrombie & Fitch, the casual luxury clothing brand founded in 1892, opened its first ever store in London today in a Grade II listed building. The shop - in Burlington Gardens - will be the retailer's first ever venture into Europe. Mike Jeffries, the chairman and chief executive of Abercrombie & Fitch, said: "We are thrilled by the opening of the London store, which will truly become a worldwide flagship. Its location in one of the most historic districts in the retail world will provide an extraordinary showcase for the Abercrombie & Fitch brand."
The company said the building in Burlington Gardens, originally built as a home in 1725, had been restored over 18 months to incorporate the brand with the historical attributes."
When A&F faced bankruptcy in 1977, it was acquired by Oshman's Sporting Goods retailer. As it continued to struggle, it was purchased up by The Limited, Inc. (currently called Limited Brands), and was rebuilt as a youth- lifestyle clothing retailer. By 1996, thanks to support from design and brand specialists (such as Smith Design Works), it was taken public on the New York Stock Exchange, where it was made to thrive and has continued to gain in popularity ever since. - Business Guardian Unlimited, UK.

FEBRUARY 07, 2005

New York, NY. - "Pacific Northwest studio Smith Design Works to consult on development, isolation and creation of Peacock's ColorFan™ U.S. 2006 industrial color palette system. The Peacock Co., notoriously coined by Vogue magazine in 1984 as "...a hit man for the Color Mafia" - the company who rates then deems what colors are 'in' for forthcoming seasons - has selected SDW as consultant to its now overwhelming role in creating palettes which reflect, transcend and carry next year's numerous and illustrious trend line-ups. Formerly top private color consultants for the American clothing and home decor industries (e.g., DKNY, Esprit, and Ralph Lauren Home to name just three), PC has newly become a who's who for lifestyle, beauty, industrial and furniture products via its work with plastic mold-injection colorant manufacturers. Major manufacturing designers from Apple to Martha Stewart use such palettes to arrive at colors which benefit a product's look leaving marketers and retailers jumping for joy. Last week SDW granted us access to two colors expected to be seen on retail goodies by very late Winter; These are 'Misti, a subdued mossy green, and Glace, a smokey cream lavender'." - Fashionista magazine.

APRIL 09, 2004

Sumner, WA. - "'TransGenGroup, partnering with Battelle and the NWNL, announced today a move towards rebranding their 8 year old firm to depict a simpler, more contemporary identity. Choosing Smith Design Works to head the rushed 2 week commitment, SDW began immediately to explore aesthetic solutions and a new name in advancing the firm's existing public image. 'After realizing our partners were about to surpass our own current marketing blueprints, we concluded that now was the right time for us to follow suit with a rebrand. They (SDW) have been very helpful in giving us valuable direction on how this was to be done quickly, and in keeping with our future marketing efforts. We're extremely satisfied with the results' - CEO Dr. Mark C. Jameson". - Science News, Bio IT World.

MARCH 12, 2004

Redmond, WA.- NetServe, Inc. has contracted Smith Design Works to execute it's rebrand. CEO, Duncan Moore, sought SDW because of it's strong emphasis on critical research, client mentoring skills and integrity to intelligent solutions. NetServe, whose partners include Microsoft, Symantec, CA, HP, Compaq, Cisco, and a host of other top-tech players, chose SDW from a long list of firms within the greater Seattle area, "Frankly, I think it all came down to the trust factor. I was willing to personally explain every detail of the branding process which I will continue to provide throughout every stage to finalization; A commitment which they found very refreshing. They get to learn about our industry and we have the fortune of learning from theirs; Apart from the obvious success we foresee, in and of itself, this cerebral exchange is a welcome benefit for our part" - Jeffrey H. Smith. - Puget Sound Business Journal.