Distinctive Design Concrete, LLC

A few months ago, we introduced you to Distinctive Design Concrete, LLC. We're happy to say that, with the help of Eclipse Media Solutions, Vivid City is proud to announce the official launch of DDC.

Here's the final logo, the website is up and running, and Distinctive Design Concrete, LLC is open for business.

Congratulations, Chris and Mike!

Check out their new website here.

Baby Shower Fun

Vivid City recently designed the cutest baby shower invitations (if I do say so myself). I love the little birds, and the font.

More invitations coming soon!

A Meaningful Memorial

Vivid City's most recent project was a more somber occasion than the usual. Recently, PJ Livingston, the father of one of Jamie's close friends passed away suddenly, and we were tasked with organizing a memorial reception. Jamie took the reins on the event itself, while I handled the creative side.

PJ was quite the chef, and so his family had the idea of making keepsake recipe cards at the memorial service, instead of regular programs--what a great idea and great way to honor him.

Although I never met PJ, through everything I've heard about him in working on this project, it sounds like he was truly an amazing man, and really lived life to the fullest. We wanted to share the recipe cards we designed here on the blog, so that PJ's recipes can reach even more people! I love the casual, improvisational directions provided on the cards. (You can click on them to make them bigger) Hope you enjoy.

Christy's Bridal Shower Invitation!

Sorry for the delay in posting to the blog. We've been busy designing, printing, planning, and more! I'm happy to unveil a wedding shower invitation I recently designed for my good friend Christy. She's getting married here in Seattle this summer (I'm also designing her wedding invitations!) and we're having a bridal shower for her next month. I love the way they turned out, and they are part of our larger decorating theme for the shower! Congratulations Christy!

New Client--Distinctive Design Concrete

Vivid City Marketing & Events is excited to announce one of our newest clients, Distinctive Design Concrete, LLC. DDC is a new Seattle contracting company. Owners Mike Jellison & Chris Lyons are specializing in residential and commercial concrete, pavers, hardscaping, outdoor design, water features, and more. Mike and Chris have more than 20 years combined experience and their work is truly beautiful. Congrats on the new business.

This logo is the first of our work with Distinctive Design. More to come, including helping with a website launch, marketing materials, and advertising. Stay tuned. And, if you're interested in sprucing up your home this spring/summer, contact Chris Lyons at christopher.lyons04@gmail.com.

Design at the Olympics

Say what you want about NBC's coverage (or lack thereof) of the Olympics this year, but it's hard to not get sucked into Olympic fever. In fact, I'm watching the Men's Half Pipe Final as I write this.
The Olympics are great not only for the sports, but the fanfare, branding and design, fashion, and the way the host city goes all out with new buildings.
Fast Company has a slideshow about design elements at the Olympics, and is is really interesting. Did you know the Olympics logo was picked as the winner in a contest of 1,600 entries?
The slideshow talks about the interesting new buildings, the US team's uniforms, and even the design of the medals, which are made of recovered gold, silver and bronze from computer motherboards.
What do you think about the 2010 Olympics? Check out the article here.

The Uniform Project

Here at Vivid City Marketing & Events, we're all about creativity. So when a friend sent me the link to this amazing site called The Uniform Project, I had to share it. I love when people combine their passion with community service. In this case, a woman named Sheena is wearing the same dress every day for a year, as an exercise in "sustainable fashion." (Don't worry, she has 7 different copies of the same dress, she's not wearing the very same dress every day!)

The Uniform project is a fundraiser for the Akanksha Foundation, which raises money to send underprivileged children in India to school. She is collecting donations online. And, followers from around the world send her accessories to wear each day. She takes a picture of each outfit and posts them online, and all of the accessories will be sold in an auction at the end of her project as a final fundraiser. What a great way to involve people from all over the world. Her year-long experiment continues until May 2010.

Check out the video for the project, and visit the website here.

The Uniform Project Trailer from The Uniform Project on Vimeo.