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  • The Atomicdust logo on the bookshelf in their lobby

    A New Face at Atomicdust

    The Atomicdust family is welcoming its newest member- baby Miles! Miles (and his full head of hair) joined the Spakowski clan on Monday, July 19th. Weighing in at 8 lbs.…

  • Website design for Thompson Coburn

    Redesigning the Law

    Thompson Coburn, a nationwide law firm, was seeking a consultant to help plan and design their content-rich website. In order for them to stand out among outdated law firm sites,…

  • Mosby's Branded Marketing Brochures

    New Work for Mosby

    We’re happy to show our latest work for Mosby’s Nursing Suite, which occupied a lot of our team’s time earlier this year. We created marketing materials, including a revamped website,…

  • Atomicdust Celebrates 8 Years of Design

    Atomicdust Celebrates 8 Years of Design

    Ah, graphic design. This month, we celebrated our eighth year of business with our usual office party full of food, drinks and friends. Thanks to everyone who came by to…

  • Inside the Atomicdust office

    Atomicdust Social Media Pro Chosen for MTV TJ Contest

    MTV has announced that Danielle Hohmeier, our resident social media pro, has been selected as one of the 20 finalists in MTV’s “Follow Me: The Search for the First MTV…

  • The creative team inside the office of Atomicdust

    Are You Playing Hide and Seek Online?

    First off, I assure you this blog isn’t becoming a commentary on Facebook (note the previous posts Facebook Success Story: The Pickle and Facebook is Taking Over the World), but considering it…

  • The Atomicdust - Branding & Marketing firm office

    We’re Ready for Our Close Up

    Last week, our fearless leader (otherwise known as ‘Creative Director’), Mike Spakowski, was interviewed by The St. Louis Egotist on how we got started, our project philosophy, and his advice for…

  • Inside the offices of Atomicdust

    It’s Official: Summer is Here

    How do we know this? Because Memorial Day has come and gone? Because Saint Louis has already seen temperatures rise to above 90 degrees? No. We at Atomicdust know that…

  • The offices of branding and design agency Atomicdust

    A Call for Content

    Often, potential clients will ask us to build a new website for their company. They are typically unhappy with their current site and ask us to do a “facelift” to…

  • Project Manager at Atomicdust

    Facebook is Taking Over the World

    Ok, maybe I’m exaggerating. Facebook is not taking over the world (yet), but it is taking over the internet with their recent changes. I’m not a Fan anymore… In fact,…

  • Books on a bookshelf inside Atomicdust

    Knowledge is Power

    Growing up, my parents placed a strong emphasis on education. Whether for the purpose of instilling a love of knowledge, or in an attempt to live vicariously through us the…

  • The Atomicdust office in St. Louis

    Designing Retirement

    To many, investment strategy is a mess of numbers, formulas and equations that quickly add up to confusion and frustration. And while they should be planning for a retirement full…