Los Angeles, CA (March 14, 2012) – The Professional Series: Importance of Studio Culture & Identity will be held this year at Continuum Studio in Venice where Partner and Creative Director, Michael Stinson will be participating as a panelist about today’s business of design.

Michael will be speaking on Wednesday, March 28 with moderator Eduardo A. Braniff and a panel of Creative Directors, Executive Directors, CEOs and Studio Mavericks for a conversation on the importance of studio culture and how to create a prosperous environment. Fore more info, view the AIGA/LA event page.

About Ramp Creative
In the nine years since its founding, Los Angeles-based design firm Ramp Creative has garnered national and international recognition for its work from such prestigious institutions such as the Communications Arts Design Annual, How Magazine International Design Annual, Blackbook’s AR100, Appleton Design Council Showcase and the Mohawk Paper Show. The firm handles design thinking for their clients through creative communications services in visual branding, corporate collateral, marketing communications, broadcast graphics, interactive design and packaging. For more information, please visit rampcreative.com.

Los Angeles, CA (March 2, 2012) – AIGA/LA Student Portfolio Day will be held this year at Westwood College where Partner and Creative Director, Michael Stinson will be participating as an industry professional reviewer for student portfolios.

The AIGA Los Angeles Student Portfolio Day is open to all college-level design students who are AIGA student members. The review is on March 10, 2012 with special guest Robynne Raye from Modern Dog. For more information about AIGA Los Angeles Student Portfolio Day, please visit the AIGA/LA Website at http://aigalosangeles.org/features/comments/aiga_student_portfolio_day_2012

About Ramp Creative
In the nine years since its founding, Los Angeles-based design firm Ramp Creative has garnered national and international recognition for its work from such prestigious institutions such as the Communications Arts Design Annual, How Magazine International Design Annual, Blackbook’s AR100, Appleton Design Council Showcase and the Mohawk Paper Show. The firm handles design thinking for their clients through creative communications services in visual branding, corporate collateral, marketing communications, broadcast graphics, interactive design and packaging. For more information, please visit rampcreative.com.

Los Angeles, CA (February 17, 2012) – The brand identity system and packaging system for Agostoni Chocolate were recognized as winning entries in Creative Quarterly’s CQ26 competition. The logo and brand identity system received a winning honor, and the packaging received a runner-up honor. Both systems will be published in the CQ26, which will be available online and on newsstands in Spring of 2012. For the full list of winners, view the Creative Quarterly web site at: http://www.cqjournal.com/winners.html

The Agostoni Chocolate Brand system received a winning honor.

The Agostoni Packaging system received a runners-up honor.

About Ramp Creative

Since 2002, Los Angeles-based design firm Ramp Creative has garnered national and international recognition for its work from such prestigious institutions such as the Communications Arts Design Annual, How Magazine International Design Annual, Blackbook’s AR100, Appleton Design Council Showcase and the Mohawk Paper Show. The firm handles design thinking for their clients through creative communications services in visual branding, corporate collateral, marketing communications, broadcast graphics, interactive design and packaging.

About Creative Quarterly

Creative Quarterly publishes quarterly issues of Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design exploring inspiration in fine art, design, illustration and photography. http://www.cqjournal.com/

Los Angeles, CA (January 30, 2012) – The Agostoni Chocolate logomark, designed by Ramp Creative, was recognized by the Type Directors Club for typographic excellence.

“We are extremely excited to be recognized by one of the world’s most prestigious typographic design competitions,” said Michael Stinson, creative director at Ramp Creative. “The Agostoni Chocolate logo is a carefully crafted mark designed to embody the company’s chocolate-making process: which is a bit of both traditional and modern philosophies, a combination of hand-crafted and technological processes, and blend of Italian and American cultural sensibilities.”

Agostoni Chocolate Logo

The annual awards competition of the International design organization, Type Directors Club (TDC) presents the best typographic design in the world. The awards are renowned for the quality of their selections and the accompanying annual book published by the TDC. The judging panel comprised of Karin Fong, Ian Albinson, Matt Lambert, and Shane Walter. Of the nearly 1800 entries, from 35 countries, only 223 were selected.

Ramp Creative’s winning entry in TDC 58 will be shown at the 58th Awards Exhibition in New York will travel with others in a global exhibitions touring cities in the United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia, Spain and Vietnam. The winning entries will also be featured in Typography 33, the Annual to be released next year.

About Ramp Creative

Since 2002, Los Angeles-based design firm Ramp Creative has garnered national and international recognition for its work from such prestigious institutions such as the Communications Arts Design Annual, How Magazine International Design Annual, Blackbook’s AR100, Appleton Design Council Showcase and the Mohawk Paper Show. The firm handles design thinking for their clients through creative communications services in visual branding, corporate collateral, marketing communications, broadcast graphics, interactive design and packaging.

About the TDC

The Type Directors Club is the leading international organization whose purpose is to support excellence in typography, both in print and on screen. Founded in 1946 by some of the industry’s leading practitioners, the TDC’s earliest membership included Aaron Burns, Will Burtin, Freeman Craw, Louis Dorfsman, Gene Federico, Edward M. Gottschall, Herb Lubalin, Edward Rondthaler, Bradbury Thompson, and Hermann Zapf. The TDC today represents the best of today’s type design and type use.

Los Angeles, CA (January 2, 2011) – Four logos designed by Los Angeles-based design studio Ramp Creative have been included in the Graphis Logo 8 Annual. The four logos from Ramp Creative are Mantova 449, AIGA/LA Shoptalks, Agostoni Chocolate and UCLA STPP.

Mantova 449 Logo

AIGA Los Angeles Shoptalks Logo

Agostoni Chocolate Logo

UCLA STPP Logo

The Graphis logo series of annuals are published every few years as an outstanding collection of original logos, corporate symbols, and trademarks created by prestigious designers all over the world. The Logo Design 8 annual is available for purchase on the Graphis Web site.

About Graphis
Graphis, The International Journal of Visual Communication, was first published in 1944 by Walter Herdeg in Zurich, Switzerland. Graphis has upheld its reputation as the premier publication covering graphic communications worldwide and has been revered for its artistic presentation, impeccable design, and exemplary production qualities. Global in scope, Graphis is a compelling record of the most significant and influential communication work being produced today.

Ramp Creative
Since 2003, Los Angeles-based design firm Ramp Creative has garnered national and international recognition for its work from such prestigious institutions such as the Communications Arts Design Annual, How Magazine International Design Annual, Blackbook’s AR100, Appleton Design Council Showcase and the Mohawk Paper Show. The firm handles design thinking for their clients through creative communications services in visual branding, corporate collateral, marketing communications, broadcast graphics, interactive design and packaging.

www.rampcreative.com

Meson G Identity

Quite a few Ramp Creative-designed identity systems were included in the newly published twelfth edition of the Logo + Letterhead series. We were excited to see Agostoni Chocolate, New Hat, Meson G Restaurant, Denimhead Wash Box, and Mantova 449.

Agostoni Chocolate

New Hat ID system

More great work is included in the Logo + Letterhead 12 book, available on Amazon.

Logo + Letterhead 12 by Oxide Design and Rockport Publishers

Los Angeles, CA (July 10, 2011) – Los Angeles-based design studio Ramp Creative received three honors at the NIRI OC (National Investor Relations Institute Orange County) 2011 Investor Relations Achievement Awards Ceremony in early July for their work on the 2010 Edwards Lifesciences Corporate annual report, “Partnering for Life.”

The annual report received Best Innovative Idea or Concept, Best Create in Online Annual Report, and the People’s Choice awards. The report was awarded three winning spots out of 19 design-related categories from over 25 public companies.

About The NIRI OC IR Achievement Awards

The IR Achievement Awards is an annual event that recognizes excellence in investor communications among public companies located primarily in Southern California. This year, the awards were celebrated at a dinner gala held in Irvine, California on July 7, 2011 by the Orange County Chapter of National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI OC).

About Ramp Creative

Since 2002, Los Angeles-based design firm Ramp Creative has garnered national and international recognition for its work from such prestigious institutions such as the Communications Arts Design Annual, How Magazine International Design Annual, Blackbook’s AR100, Appleton Design Council Showcase and the Mohawk Paper Show. The firm handles design thinking for their clients through creative communications services in visual branding, corporate collateral, marketing communications, broadcast graphics, interactive design and packaging.

Ramp Creative Partners Invited to the Investor Relations Achievement Awards Judging Panel

Los Angeles, CA (June 10, 2011) – Partners Rachel Elnar and Michael Stinson have been included on the judging panel for the Investor Relations Achievement Awards. The partners took on the task of judging the design and messaging of annual report entries, developed in Orange County or for Orange County-based public companies.

Gold and Silver awards will be awarded to companies based on their reports and investor relations communication excellence. The award gala and dinner will celebrate winners at Andrei’s in Irvine, California on June 30, 2011.

About the NIRI OC 2011 IR Achievement Awards
While the annual report remains the cornerstone, an effective IR program is so much more. As a result, the NIRI Orange County 2011 IR Achievement Awards event is designed to recognize additional key components that are critical to a successful IR program today. For additional information visit the NIRI OC Investor Relations Achievement Awards event website at www.IRAA2011.org.

About Ramp Creative
In the eight years since its founding, Los Angeles-based design firm Ramp Creative has garnered national and international recognition for its work from such prestigious institutions such as the Communications Arts Design Annual, How Magazine International Design Annual, Blackbook’s AR100, Appleton Design Council Showcase and the Mohawk Paper Show. The firm handles design thinking for their clients through creative communications services in visual branding, corporate collateral, marketing communications, broadcast graphics, interactive design and packaging. For more information, please visit rampcreative.com.

Ramp Creative Partners Michael Stinson and Rachel Elnar to participate as reviewers at the AIGA Los Angeles Student Portfolio Day

Los Angeles, CA (April 29, 2011) – AIGA/LA Student Portfolio Day will be held this year at Woodbury University in Burbank, California where both partners will be participating as industry professional reviewers for student portfolios.

The AIGA Los Angeles Student Portfolio Day is open to all college-level design students who are AIGA student members. The review session starts at 10:00am on April 30, 2011 with special guest Rebeca Méndez.

For more information about AIGA Los Angeles Student Portfolio Day, please visit the AIGA/LA Website at http://aigalosangeles.org/events/2011/04/aigala-student-portfolio-day.php.

About Ramp Creative
In the eight years since its founding, Los Angeles-based design firm Ramp Creative has garnered national and international recognition for its work from such prestigious institutions such as the Communications Arts Design Annual, How Magazine International Design Annual, Blackbook’s AR100, Appleton Design Council Showcase and the Mohawk Paper Show. The firm handles design thinking for their clients through creative communications services in visual branding, corporate collateral, marketing communications, broadcast graphics, interactive design and packaging. For more information, please visit rampcreative.com.

Los Angeles, CA (March 21, 2011) – Creative Director Michael Stinson of Ramp Creative will be judging the OneShow College Competition, a tradition dating back to 1975.

The judging will take place in New York City on March 24 and 25, 2011. Michael was chosen to be on a jury along with other notable creative collegues, Rob Baird (Mother/NY), John Boone (Boone Oakley/North Carolina), Desmond Hall (GlobalHue/NY), Jd Michaels (BBDO/NY), Neil Robinson (AKQA/SF), Matt Rollins (Iconologic/Atlanta), Beth Ryan (BBH/NY) and Amee Shah (Freelance/NY).

The $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000 prizes are awarded to the Gold, Silver and Bronze Pencil winning teams, respectively. The Pencil winners are awarded at the annual One Show Education Festival awards ceremony and finalists are published in the One Show Annual. The finalist works also will be exhibited as part of the One Show Traveling Exhibition in many US and international cities.

For more information about the OneShow College Competition, visit http://www.oneclub.org/oc/education/college/ and http://theyoungones.org.

About Ramp Creative
In the seven years since its founding, Los Angeles-based design firm Ramp Creative has garnered national and international recognition for its work from such prestigious institutions such as the Communications Arts Design Annual, How Magazine International Design Annual, Blackbook’s AR100, Appleton Design Council Showcase and the Mohawk Paper Show. The firm handles design thinking for their clients through creative communications services in visual branding, corporate collateral, marketing communications, broadcast graphics, interactive design and packaging. For more information, please visit rampcreative.com.