For the third year since the contest began, stressdesign has received a number of awards, including our third Gold from Portfolios.com.

The firm also received 3 other awards in the world-wide competition.

Stressdesign recently completed and delivered a custom brochure for the medical device company, Medical Acoustics. The brochure helps the company introduce its breakthrough respiratory device, The Lung Flute^®.
The Lung Flute^® is cleared by the FDA for the collection of diagnostic sputum samples for multiple pulmonary disease states, such as pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, asthma, lung cancer and tuberculosis. Lung Flute^® features include:

1. Simple hand-held disposable device
2. Low pressure operation
3. 510(k) FDA clearance
4. U.S. Patent No 6984214

Stressdesign delivered the brochure on time for a major trade show appearance where the company was scheduled to meet with prospective investors. The compelling piece for the uses custom illustrations which demonstrate the devices operation, and provides visuals to indicate its use of low-frequency sound energy.

Take a look around the web, and you will notice there’s more to see. Almost weekly, at least one Fortune 500 company unveils a web redesign, and they’re all pushing site design standards to new widths. Less than 2 years ago, major sites like Microsoft, CNN, all fell with in the standard lowest common screen width of 800 pixels. Most sites, due to browser chrome issues were quite a bit smaller to allow for scroll bars and window borders and interface elements to be displayed. (more…)

Stressdesign will be closed in observance of Independence Day holiday weekend. The office will be closed from Wednesday July 4 - Friday July 6. We hope that you have a happy and safe holiday with your friends and family.

For years, designers have been in a position to affect the use of resources required in their projects. As environmental issues continue to be more important to our day-to-day lives, the designers role as a facilitator of this information is critical. A site called Design Can Change offers information and resources for being responsible to the environment through design.

Stressdesign recently completed a web design project for Avalon Copy Centers. Development of the new site involved the delivery of a more high-tech, professional look as well a platform that would allow Avalon to collect and manage content. (more…)

We’ve been working with some folks in San Antonio for a couple of months, on some projects which will launch in early Q2. The fine people over at TexasDesign were kind enough to list us on their creative resource website.

TexasDesign.com is a resource for graphic designers, art directors, illustrators, photographers, printers, and others involved in the business of graphic design. The site was originally launched in 1998 as a portal and was a finalist in the SXSW web design competition. Since then, the web site has gone through many transformations, but has always served the design community.

Thanks to Dan Sturdivant for his help in getting us listed on the site.

Thanks to the folks at LogoLounge and the throngs of viewer that have been visiting stressdesign since being featured on their front page. An identity we developed for ClayScapes Pottery will be featured in LogoLounge III which is available now at Amazon, and other purveyors of high quality design books world wide.

Stressdesign has completed an identity and web development initiative for Infotrak Record Management, LLC. The project scope included the design of an updated graphic identity program as well as an overhaul of the company’s web site (www.infotrakrecord.com) to increase functionality and enhance the user experience. (more…)

Anyone who’s ever been involved in the development of a new trademark or logo will tell you it’s a challenging task. At the outset, the development of a new logo frequently seems like it will be clean, clear path from concept to production. The optimism that the logo will ever appear as hundreds—perhaps thousands— of variations evolve can be difficult to maintain. (more…)