Here at Atomicdust, we’ve rediscovered our favorite way to kick off a new year: finding our name in Feast Magazine’s annual Tastemakers issue. After appearing in the 2013 issue for our work with Pastaria and Goshen, we’re pleased this year…
Since 1959, Communication Arts has served as a source of inspiration for designers, illustrators and photographers worldwide, including those here at Atomicdust. After appearing in CA’s pages for our Pastaria collateral and online for our Goshen Coffee packaging and Yurbuds website, we’re…
At Atomicdust, we know COCA. We put COCA on a pedestal. We’re an agency with an unusually large number of amateur musicians, actors and dancers parading as designers, writers and account managers. So when COCA approached us for a new website, the reaction in our office was a weird mixture of pride, excitement and crippling self-doubt.
Picture this: your company can’t promote its greatest strength because the market sees it as a weakness. More on that in a moment. Last summer Atomicdust began working with Buildingstars, a St. Louis-based commercial cleaning business looking to recruit new…
In the fall of 2014, John Kasman and Ben Cober offered Atomicdust the opportunity to help global design and planning firm PGAV Destinations tell a more focused story on the web.
It’s a classic marketing situation. You’re introducing a new product that’s genuinely different from anything on the market. And while the product’s features and benefits are convincing, they’re also overwhelming. Your audience doesn’t have a moment to spare. What do…
I would rather go through 1,000 rounds of client feedback on the way to groundbreaking work than spend my time on something easy and run-of-the-mill. I think most agency creatives feel the same way. Feedback is a tough topic. It…
Brands don’t live in strategy documents. Even a brand that’s crystal clear on paper can get cloudy if it isn’t carefully translated to real marketing materials. That’s why we were happy to give the in-house team at Propper the tools they…
Publication timelines can be excruciatingly long, but the wait is finally over. Atomicdust’s work for the Best New Poets 2014 cover is now on bookstore shelves – both real and virtual. Since 2005, the Best New Poets anthology has recognized…
Every year, AIGA Saint Louis’s Annual Meeting brings people together for presentations, hors d’oeuvres, and a chance to reflect on a year’s worth of design achievements in our region. It’s also an opportunity to recognize local organizations that have made…
