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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
This past summer, Start Bar, St. Louis’ first true bar-arcade hybrid, opened in downtown St. Louis. It’s a tribute to everything we loved about arcades in the ’80s and ’90s. The dimly lit rooms. The glowing arcade cabinets. The mystery that…
Entering a new market provides a golden opportunity to take stock of your brand. That’s why Crazy Bowls & Wraps approached Atomicdust as they prepared to expand their restaurant franchise to Ohio. The Crazy Bowls & Wraps story began in…
