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Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together?

A request designers get from time to time is to combine two different concepts. If a client likes both designs for a website so much they can’t choose one, a natural urge is to try and combine the two. When you’re dealing with unique themes, however, combining them doesn’t always work out so well.

To illustrate this idea, the Bottle Rocket team recently conducted a video shoot for a segment entitled “Steak Cake”. If steak and cake are each great on their own, wouldn’t they be better if combined? We shall see …

The video will go live soon. In the meantime, here are some photos from the shoot. Enjoy!

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The Shoot Steak Cake Family The Steak Cake





Color Inspiration

The importance of color in design cannot be overstated. In fact, research has shown that color can increase brand recognition by up to 80%. This article explores some useful techniques for effectively utilizing color.





Target: On Point as a Marketing King

Retailer Target understands it’s core demographic and designs slick campaigns targeting them. This article discusses how the recent Lilly Pulitzer brand debut is just the latest marketing win for the company. Without strong design, their marketing campaigns would not resonate so strongly.