Borders Painting & Wallcovering

Borders has made a successful inroad targeting industrial and commercial contractors throughout Washington. Looking to stand out in the crowd of subcontractors, we developed an identity to differentiated them.

Celebrate Skagit Harvest - 10th Annual Dinner & Auction

Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland engaged us to create an identity for their annual art show. For continuity, we did so by utilizing elements from their brand identity.

Cinema Under the Stars

Each summer the City of Everett in Snohomish County presents Cinema Under the Stars. The movies are free to the community and selected for the entire family. The logo conveys the concept through simplicity.

City of Mount Vernon: Best Small City in America

The "Best Small City in America" identity was commissioned by the Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce. This commission followed Mount Vernon receiving a number one listing in the The New Rating Guide to Life in America's Small Cities, a guide evaluating small cities throughout the country.

CPI Plumbing & Heating

CPI Plumbing is a full service plumbing and radiant heating company excelling in both commercial and residential projects. They have served the Puget Sound region for more than 20 years.

As an embellishment, we also designed a graphic "hero" element that is used in conjunction with the logo.

CPI Plumbing & Heating Case Study

Economic Development Association of Skagit County (EDASC)

A strong supporter of business in Skagit County, EDASC commissioned us to update their image. We also moved this vibrant networking group to full time use of their acronym as their name.

Economic Forecast Dinner (EDASC)

Each year, EDASC holds The Annual Economic Forecast Dinner, where a nationally recognized economist presents his predictions for the upcoming year. You never know who will be sitting at this year's table, a bear or bull?

Golf Tournament & Wine Festival (EDASC)

This popular golf tournament attracts the who's-who of business in and around Skagit County and features a wine festival following the tournament event.

Schmooze Fair (EDASC)

EDASC holds an annual B2B trade show for its members. The trade show is one of their most popular functions and best opportunities to schmooze. After deciding upon a new name for the event, we created this published identity.

Swing Into The Holidays (EDASC)

Swing Into The Holidays is an annual dance and auction celebrating each holiday season. Swing dance classes taught by the EDASC director are offered in the weeks leading up to the event.

EdgeWise

EdgeWise developed an innovative transition product for the floor covering market and hired us to produce all marketing material including this identity.

The Edison

Under new ownership, we helped The Edison maintain its heritage while encouraging new diners to enjoy this regionally top-rated dining restaurant in a tavern environment.

embellish

Looking to attract both male and female customers, we assisted embellish in the development of their name and identity. embellish is a retail store in downtown Mount Vernon featuring products for the home, bath and individual.

Employee Benefits Planning (EBP)

Employee Benefits Planning (EBP) is a brokerage and consulting firm (with offices in Bellingham and Mount Vernon) that assists businesses with group insurance and employee benefits. Considering the target audience of EBP was getting younger each year, we developed a modern, cutting-edge identity for the growing benefits company. The launch included an eye-catching change-of-identity direct mail piece followed by a clever advertising campaign.

Everett Soccer Arena

Everett Soccer Arena is an established indoor soccer arena. Looking to upgrade its identity under new ownership, we crafted their look to reflect the origins of soccer in the European leagues.

FirstStop Clinic

One of the partners in Physicians Care came back to us to develop, name and create an identity for his concept of in-store clinics. The first of what is expected to be many opened in January 2009 in Ferndale, WA, just north of Bellingham.

Furin & Company, P.S.

An established accounting firm in Anacortes was transferring ownership, acquiring a new name, and looking for a fresh approach in a typically conservative field.

Gretchens

Gretchens is a retail kitchen and wine store located in downtown Mount Vernon, WA. A large working kitchen was incorporated into the store for regularly scheduled cooking classes. Owner Gretchen Pickett has worked with BrandQuery for many years on other ventures including Foot Zone, embellish, and Pacioni's Italian Restaurant.

Guardian Northwest Title & Escrow

Looking to separate themselves from a national title company, Guardian came to us to help them do so. It was important to convey strength in name and identity to their existing regional and national client base.

Hansell Mitzel Homes

Hansell Mitzel builds and develops homes throughout the state of Washington. Their focus on quality construction and thoughtful neighborhood development has created great demand for their homes.

M&H Contracting (Hansell Mitzel Homes)

M&H is the commercial contracting arm of Hansell Mitzel Homes. They wanted an industrial looking identity that related well to the large group of vendors and subcontractors they work with.

NorthHill (Hansell Mitzel Homes)

NorthHill is located in Mount Vernon and possesses some of the most unique views in Skagit County. Developed as a mixed residential neighborhood, it successfully mixes single family homes with multi-family condominiums.

Foot Zone (HMC Sports)

Foot Zone was a client-operated franchise of Athlete's Foot stores looking to create its own brand. Located throughout Washington and Oregon with stores in Seattle, Bend, Bellingham, and Mount Vernon, Foot Zone was well ahead of the curve, offering a reuse and recycling shoe trade-in program based on Nike's Grind pilot program. The treads created new athletic tracks and the uppers became stuffing for dog beds.

HomePlace

HomePlace is a full-time care facility located in Skagit and Island counties (Burlington and Oak Harbor, respectively) serving Alzheimer's and related dementia residents. The innovative architectural design places all residential rooms around the dining, living, and activity room. This unique design easily engages residents on a daily basis.

Where the Heart is

The assisted living facility is owned by HomePlace Corporation and located in Burlington, WA. The identity's heart incorporates the HomePlace heart (designed in a different style) to create corporate continuity.

HowMac

HowMac produces three-dimensional signage and is located in Sedro-Woolley, WA. The company came to us looking to upgrade their identity, website, and collateral materials. A tight schedule was met to introduce the dimensional letter and graphics client to a new audience at an annual trade show.

BigFir (Landed Gentry)

Landed Gentry develops communities for the 55 and better population. Nestled in a beautiful, forested area at the base of Little Mountain inMount Vernon, BigFir was developed for the homeowner looking to scale down in size and eliminate maintenance.

Farmington Square (Landed Gentry)

Another 55 and better development by Landed Gentry, each home's design was based upon a farmhouse theme. The community's activity building was designed and built to look like a barn. Farmington Square is located in Burlington, WA.

Hidden Lakes at Little Mountain (Landed Gentry)

Hidden Lakes is to become one of the regions most diverse neighborhoods. The development will feature multi-level homes both attached and detached, 55 and better homes, and wildlife viewing platforms.

StoneBridge (Landed Gentry)

StoneBridge was Landed Gentry's first 55 and better community. Built to incorporate the "Stone Bridge," this development type has proven to be a successful niche for Landed Gentry.

Whidbey Green (Landed Gentry)

Whidbey Green is sited adjacent to the Whidbey Golf and Country Club. Home ownership in this 55 and better community includes access to the course and club.

Mount Vernon School District

A committee directed by the Mount Vernon School District superintendent was assigned the task of hiring and collaborating with a design firm to develop a new identity for the district. The committee interviewed five firms and selected us to design the new identity.

Music in the Parks

The Music In The Parks identity was commissioned by the City of Everett. Each year, the community is offered a diverse mix of free concerts in a variety of parks throughout Everett.

North Cascade Women's Clinic

We gave this Mount Vernon OBGYN clinic dedicated to the health of women a unique, recognizable look. The art is produced as a blind emboss on both the letterhead and business cards.

North Star Medical Imaging (Skagit Radiology)

North Star Medical Imaging is the latest radiology imaging company from Skagit Radiology, and the first outside both Skagit County and Washington State. To capitalize on North Star’s Alaska home, we used Ursa Major in the identity, outlining The Big Bear it represents and highlighting the North Star.

Northwest Properties

With the growth of the Skagit County and a burgeoning housing market, Northwest Properties wanted a more regional look - a departure from their previous small town identity.

ochres & oxides

This company imports colorful, dry, natural pigments from France. The pigments are used in a variety of ways as an additive to paint, varnish, stucco, cement and other products to create intense colors and interesting effects.

Pacific Northwest Cardiology

Serving three hospital districts for over twenty years, this large cardiology group hired us to create for them a more distinguished presence. Following the identity work, they engaged us to develop messaging and advertising for them.

Pacioni's Italian Restaurant

Under new ownership, Pacioni's underwent a complete cosmetic overhaul while maintaining the restaurant's recipes. After consultations and dropping "Pizzeria" from their name, we assisted with an identity that emphasized "Italian" for this popular eatery.

Performance Tracking

This investment management firm wanted an identity that would reflect growth and upward movement.

Physician's Care Family Medicine

A group of family physicians were looking to move away from identifying their practice by physician name. We recommended the name and created an identity that is simple yet modern and unique.

Skagit Valley Hospital

Skagit Valley Hospital interviewed and selected our firm (from multiple others) to design their new identity. Skagit Valley Hospital has grown to become a premier hospital adding 220,000 square feet, a cancer center while enhancing their service lines.

Skagit Valley Hospital Case Study

50 Years: 1958 - 2008 (Skagit Valley Hospital)

Utilizing the trees emphasized in our Skagit Valley Hospital logo, our fifty years logo is a classic play on integrating a brand into areas beyond its original logo. This technique is used frequently in our identity work for the hospital.

Cancer Care (Skagit Valley Hospital)

Skagit Valley Hospital's regional Cancer Care Center opened in 2006 with state-of-the-art procedures in radiation oncology, chemotherapy and complimentary procedures. It is currently expanding based on rapid growth.

Family Birth Center (Skagit Valley Hospital)

The Skagit Valley Hospital Family Birth Center identity is a simple play on the Skagit Valley Hospital logo, emphasizing the service line's focus - providing excellent care for women, their newborns and families. You can see a mother and infant protected under the poplar trees cover.

Skagit Regional Heart & Vascular Institute

Skagit Valley Hospital engaged us to work with a committee made up of the Hospital's leadership, key management and collaborators. We facilitated the development of the name and identity utilizing the brand mark.

Skagit Radiology

Comprised of more than a dozen radiologists, Skagit Radiology provides high quality diagnostic and interventional radiology services to three hospital districts within Skagit County.

Skagit Wild & Scenic River System

The Skagit Wild & Scenic River System protects the quality and natural beauty of the Skagit River and provides recreation and resource uses of minimal impact to water quality. It was important to identify the Skagit River independently while marrying into the national identity.

Sorticulture

Sorticulture is an annual garden arts festival featuring spectacular works including blown glass, water features, trellises, metallurgy, ceramics, and more. This event, put on by the City of Everett, is part of the city's emphasis on the arts.

Swinomish Building & Permitting

The Swinomish Tribe manages multiple acres of land. We worked with the building and permitting department to provide a unique and distinguishable identity that related to their culture.

Valley Cabinets Kitchens & More

Valley Cabinets Kitchens & More first engaged us to develop a marketing plan. Within the plan we designated multiple items to be executed and implemented including a website, direct mail pieces and a targeted advertising campaign. We began with the identity.

Valley Cabinets Case Study

Viva Argentina

Viva Argentina was developed as part of a complete invitation package created for the Skagit Hospice Foundation and their annual Hospice Auction and Brunch.

WallSmith

WallSmith provides custom wall paint and interior design themes, serving the Seattle area from their headquarters in Bellevue, WA. While developing the brand we assisted WallSmith with tagline generation; “High Style. Low Impact.” is a tag that boasts modern color palettes using environmentally friendly paint.

WeeCare

Working with WeeCare during their recent renovation, it was determined a new identity was appropriate. We chose to maintain some of the custom typography for familiarity purposes. The new mark targets young parents.

Williams & Nulle

Williams and Nulle is Mount Vernon's oldest and largest accounting firm. A typographical treatment was appropriate to convey stability and longevity. To maintain respect for the firm's tradition, a distinguished typographical treatment seemed the best solution.

Y2Kids (YMCA)

In the year 1999, YMCA committee members came up with the theme "Y2Kids" to describe their annual auction held to raise funds for the Skagit Valley Family YMCA. The ID was so well received they continued to use it the following years.