Mattson Creative

Mattson Creative in Logo Lounge 7

We have 6 logos featured in LogoLounge Volume 7! We’re honored to have these designs included in the best-selling series. Below are the winning entries.

Mattson Creative in LogoLounge 7

The winning entries have been announced and 6 of our logos will be featured in LogoLounge Volume 7! We’re honored to have these designs included in the best-selling series. The book will be out next year, but you can see the selected logos below.

Natalie Ebnet Logo & Business Cards

Usually when I’m working on a logo project I’ll do hundreds of sketches, explore a wide variety of executions, and then work through multiple rounds of revisions with the client to get to the best solution. But every once in a while I’ll have a project like this, where the logo almost designs itself.

I got a call from Natalie Ebnet, a talented editor who’s worked on shows for NBC, CBS, VH1, TLC, Discovery and others. She wanted to develop a brand identity and business cards. I had the idea for the logo while we were talking on the phone and showed her the concept the next day. She loved it, and that was it. One idea. No revisions. Done.

We applied the logo very simply to business cards. The cards are a 2.5″ square and are printed on 110lb. Crane Lettra Flo White which we duplexed to get to 220lbs, so they are extremely thick. Because the logo is so colorful, we used 4 color offset printing on the front and a printed a spot color on the back. We just got them back from the printer this week and they turned out great!

Mattson Creative in 2011 Logo Trends Report

Each year Graphic Design USA publishes the Logo Lounge Trend Report and we’re excited that one of our logo concepts for Discovery Channel was selected to appear in this year’s edition.

It’s always an honor to be recognized by Logo Lounge but to be included in the trend report is a special distinction, because the small selection of logos represents the most progressive and fresh identity work being done in the industry. This is our third year to appear in the annual report and we are very proud.

You can view the full report here.

Every Card Has a Silver Lining

Just got these little beauties back from the printer and I love the way they turned out! We designed this logo and business card for Rogers Reel, a Southern California based film and video production company. The business cards are letterpressed on 200lb duplexed Wausau Eclipse Black paper. We printed with metallic silver ink on both sides and on all 4 edges. The cards are petite, 2×2″ which, along with the reflective ink, gives them a very special quality. Our friends at Studio On Fire printed the cards and we couldn’t be happier with the results.