I donated back to the Hospital and all I got was this, um...actually, wait. I might just wear this.

The Development staff at Memorial Hospital in WA asked us to develop a series of Tshirts for their employees who donate a portion of their income back to the organization.

They had three criteria: The shirts needed to be blue, to reinforce Memorial's internal Into the Blue initiative. They asked for long sleeves, so that nurses could wear them under scrub tops. And they had to be, well, good enough to actually get worn.

Click on the images for a larger view.

Cure what ails you:

'Nuff said.


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The higher we'll bounce

January can be a grizzly month; with potent holiday hangovers, gray forecasts and general blahness pervading the workplace. Not so, here at Trampoline. We're heralding the new year with a fresh hire, a sweet return and a natural evolution.


Fresh to the Trampoline team is the seasoned and sensational Mike Sylvia. An accomplished photographer, designer and strategist, Mike has been hired as Creative Director. Officially just two days in and he is already handling accounts and clients with ease and finesse. His handling of the rest of the staff is as if he's always been with us: helpful, sincere and wickedly sarcastic at just the right moments.







Not to leave anyone out, we must also note the return of Amy Stevens from maternity leave. While we're all proud of what we managed in her absence, she takes the cake for her exquisite daughter Ellie, not to mention the speed at which she has jumped back into things taking on The Sagamore, Slurp and Burp and a few of our own little things.











After five years of working behind the scenes, pitching in, cheering on and just generally wearing whatever unpaid volunteer hat was necessary, silent-on-the-surface-partners, Paula Slayton and Amanda Magee officially joined the Trampoline team. Paula will be the face of the agency as she greets clients from her desk in the heart of the office. Managing the books and handling aspects of account management, Paula will be an agent for streamlining the Trampoline process (she also boasts an arsenal of zingers that keep us laughing and humble.)





Amanda will continue to copywrite and manage accounts, but will now be handling new business development. She'll also continue to cultivate infamy for bounding up the stairs loudly and running to every appointment.

Next up: the completion of our new website, some exciting prospects, and more of our trademark Trampoline creative.

Happy new year to your and yours.

Happy Boxing Day

A Bear of a Client

Just wrapped up a holiday promotion for a client. The fastidiousness of this particular client, from type treatment and color, to message and approach was, in a word, exhausting. We went round after round trying to get it just right.

"No, no, no, too grey, it needs to be warmer."

"Meh, I'm not feeling the graphic."

"We absolutely have to do the custom band."

"Let's do 50."

"Make it a hundred."

"Change 'chump' to 'freeloader' and then it's good."

"I just really prefer 'torrent' to 'barrage' in this case."

I'll be honest, there were moments when I doubted we'd be able to get it out on time, but just before the refs called it, we eked out one last swing. And so, without further ado, the Trampoline Design* holiday promotion.







*Yes, we are our own worst client. Thank goodness this only comes once a year.

5 Years Strong

Here we are, five years later. Our offices have changed, growing and reflecting a greater body of work, our families have changed, one growing and the other entering the, gulp, teen years. The approach we take to design and messaging has changed very little, we weave honesty, daring and irresistible design into every project. We are at once humbled and proud of these first five years. We are looking forward to the challenge of continuing to stay fresh, relevant and, simply irresistible (or cheesey). C'mon, you love it.

Click here to see us at our start.


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Artful Repurposing

The white, winter wonderland concept was a little overdone—and conjured images of a snarling Billy Idol. The Berkshire Museum wanted to stand out, to present a different kind of holiday extravaganza. What better way to do it than to go green in the whitest time of the year!

This year's Berkshire Museum Festival of Trees is green— abundant with incredible artistry using sustainable materials and presenting an earth-friendly, eye-dazzling display of holiday cheer.


Billboard


Exhibit Panel


Gala Invitation

Go Green!

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Breathless

Winters in the Adirondacks can be rough, the whole, "you can see your breath" thing loses its charm after, oh I don't know, three days. It's probably not a turn of phrase that anyone suffering with asthma really appreciates as they can't catch it, let alone see it.

A while back we mentioned a project we did with the North Country Asthma Coalition. This morning we received word that people can now see how to catch their breath in a bigger-than-life fashion.





Here's hoping this campaign helps kids in the North Country Ease Their Wheeze.