Serving Up Branding for Small Circle
The first thing that you should know about this story is that R.J. Hartbeck is an idea machine. I’ve known R.J. for a couple years now, and every time we meet for coffee or lunch, he’s constantly telling me new…
Blog: Food and Beverage Marketing
Four Atomicdust Clients Win Sauce Magazine Readers’ Choice 2019 Awards
We’re never surprised when our clients get recognized for the great work they do, but it’s always fun to celebrate. Sauce Magazine just published its 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards, and several of our restaurant clients are included in the lineup.…
The Honest, Straightforward Story of Branding The Midwestern
Last summer, we got a phone call from Stephen Savage and the partners of 1000 Spruce about opening a new restaurant, half a block away from their already mega-successful ventures in downtown St. Louis, Wheelhouse and Start Bar. We’d met…
Atomicdust vs. The Volcano – Branding Yellowbelly
I have never lived in Polynesia. I (sadly) have never even been to the area. I did not grow up there in the ’80s. And even if I did – I bet the locally produced, small-budget television commercials weren’t half as…
Igniting a New Restaurant Brand for Cinder House
It was late in the afternoon, and Katie Werges and I were laying out design expressions in rows on the conference table. I had just started to brew a fresh pot of four o’clock coffee. Do you know how nerve-wracking…
Don’t Read While Hungry: Atomicdust Designs New Website for Sauce on the Side
When Sauce on the Side decided they needed a new website, they did a quick search on the web for local web design firms. There, their team saw a name they knew well – Atomicdust. Yes, that’s right. They recognized us from…
Finding the Perfect Recipe for Executive Dining Branding and Website
How do you keep a business, particularly a large one, on course? It’s all about energizing people. Keeping them healthy and happy. And if you ask the folks at Executive Dining, that starts with the right food. Executive Dining builds,…
Branding Pastaria’s New Nashville Location
When James Beard award-winning chef Gerard Craft told us he was opening a second location of his acclaimed St. Louis restaurant Pastaria down in Nashville, Atomicdust was thrilled to be a part of branding and design for the space. Back…
Crafting a Brand Identity for Wheelhouse
The team behind Wheelhouse, a wildly successful restaurant and bar in downtown St. Louis, turned to Atomicdust to help them refine their brand identity and design new menus. After success with the original Clayton location, the team set their sights…
Turning an Inspirational Mission into Art for Anew
We always strive to create work that’s both beautiful and meaningful, but it’s not often that we’re called upon to make something that could be considered, and treated as, art. That was exactly the assignment, however, as Big Brothers Big…