Atomicdust works with clients all around the country, but we’re also drawn to projects that have a profound impact on our own city. One such opportunity was something we’d passed every day on our commutes down Highway 64/40: a vacant,…
The hardest part of our branding and web project for the city of O’Fallon, IL was, admittedly, the first. During a City Council meeting last year, the Assistant City Administrator introduced us, and explained the project: we had been hired…
When a small, independent insurance agency named IBA approached us to help with their branding, we knew it wasn’t going to be an easy project. The problems they were facing with their brand were the same ones that plagued the…
The beginning of each new year is always full of good intentions. Even as I write this, my wife is walking around the house, telling me that this is “the year of gutting the basement” – getting rid of the mountain…
GDUSA’s American Graphic Design Awards honor outstanding graphic communication. For 55 years, Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) has been an essential resource for graphic designers looking to keep up with the latest news, people, trends, technology, products and services. Each year,…
Let’s talk about the chicken and the egg for a minute. For centuries, this question of which came first has kept us all up at night staring at the stars, looking for answers. Okay, that’s a little dramatic, but it’s…
We’re always exploring new ways for designers to do great work. That’s why we’re proud to be hosting the Webflow STL Meetup on September 27th. Here’s the link for the event on Facebook. Webflow is a web-based drag-and-drop tool for…
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…
Graphic Design USA (GDUSA), one of the longest running design publications in the industry, has selected six Atomicdust website projects in its 2018 American Web Design Awards. Our winning work was selected from more than 1,500 entries nationwide. These websites…
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…
