Two decades shaping
what comes next.
Driving brands, ventures, and education with clarity, creativity, and collaboration.
About The FounderDriving brands, ventures, and education with clarity, creativity, and collaboration.
About The FounderFor nearly two decades, Stressdesign collaborated with leading regional and national organizations. This selection highlights the breadth of companies and institutions that trusted the firm to define and strengthen their brands.
Stressdesign was founded in 2000 as a design studio serving regional and national clients. Today, it serves as a platform linking that strong history and current ventures in branding, creative leadership, and design education.
Marc V. Stress partners with high-performing brands to drive clarity, creativity, and growth. Over two decades he built Stressdesign and later co-founded 76West. Today, he advances design education as Program Coordinator and Professor at Syracuse University, while continuing to serve organizations in fractional C-level capacities.
These microbrands began as creative experiments and grew into ventures with distinct voices, blending design, culture, and identity into consumer-facing retail businesses.
Bringing the original 1970s Bent Wing Eagle℠ back to life in red, white and black. Classic heritage vibes with a historic sense of cultural humor.
Polish Racing Team
Born from internet culture, punctuation, a beret and memes. Not a political statement of any kind. L'MAO to you all.
Chairman L'MAOAlongside client work, Stressdesign created ventures that strengthened brand communications through hosting, compliant email, and strategy initiatives. Alpha Six and AXNT™ continue to serve organizations today, and their current offerings can be explored on their websites.
Alpha Six provides secure, high-performance hosting on a robust LAMP stack — delivering reliability, speed, and confidence for modern brands online.
Alpha Six Hosting
AXNT™ is a bespoke email platform designed for compliance and clarity, ensuring messages land directly in the inbox every time.
AXNT™ Email
Coming soon: a new space for brand strategy, leadership, and collaboration — connecting vision with action and preparing brands for growth.
Coming SoonInquiries about brand strategy, design leadership, speaking engagements, and venture collaboration are encouraged.