Stewart Design is a brand consultancy that builds identities worth celebrating through verbal and visual clarity. We help companies feel proud of who they are by clearly expressing their value so that they can become industry leaders. We work with ambitious companies who feel held back and are ready to change. We know that most businesses get stuck when they fail to clearly express their value.
Feeling held back?
Unlock your brand's full potential by presenting the unique value of your company in a clear and compelling way.
Struggling to grow?
Invest in your authority to gain trust in your market. When people trust you emotionally, they will justify their desire to buy from you.
Better than you look?
Many companies feel like the world's best kept secret. We help companies offering undeniable value look the way they feel.
Clarify
Our collaborative process begins with a clear understanding of your vision. We believe a clearly defined objective is the first step to achieving it. Before we create, we must first uncover why your company exists, who it champions, and how you are distinctly different. Our brand strategy is conducted via two half-day workshops, resulting in an actionable design brief.
- Discovery Call
- Brand Strategy
- Design Brief
Create
Creation begins only once a clear direction has been defined. Our work highlights your unique strengths through a recognizable and unified identity. Every phrase and form is carefully crafted to capture the individual personality of your brand. Ultimately, we help connect your company with its ideal customers through consistent communication and identification.
- Brand Messaging
- Logo Design
- Style Guidelines
Consult
Strategy and design are step one. However, we understand that your brand is only as strong as its execution. We believe tools without instruction are useless. At Stewart Design, our goal is to facilitate a seamless transition and establish enduring brand health through training, consultation, marketing, and production. Beyond your identity, we're here to help you bring your brand to life.
- In-House Training
- Vendor Consultation
- Templates & Production
Creative collaborators
We ask valuable questions to solve critical challenges as the guide in your journey. We know that no two brands are the same. Ou results-driven approach begins with a clear understanding of your unique vision and objectives. We believe clarity produces the best results. This means asking, defining, refining – even challenging your vision.
Deliberate design
We are not artists, we are strategic business people passionate about building better brands. We believe subjective expression is the enemy of effective design. Our problem-solving approach is objective and methodical, focused on real business goals. We obsess over every detail with our solutions rooted in function over fashion.
Simple is smart
Stewart Design is known for our creative solutions delivered with refreshing simplicity. We believe that effective communication is simple. Brand identity design is a process of reduction. Our work distills the essence of a company into a single, inseparable identity. Simplicity is clarity. We believe that clear brands own markets.
Stewart Design is unrecognizable from our start as a print shop in 2006. Everything changed in 2015.
Publish.
We’d done it again. Another beautiful logo design to share with the world. Our team was beaming with pride, ready for the next challenge. The check cleared and we moved on. A few weeks later, we eagerly huddled around the screen, adrenaline pumping. “Check out our new site! Thanks again for all your help!”, the message flashed. Our hearts sank as we looked in disbelief.
Our work had been mangled beyond recognition. The logo was barely visible, skewed over an image so grainy we could count the pixels. The colors were all wrong. There were a half dozen fonts, none matching the design we had created. Even the drop shadows had drop shadows. The design we had so carefully crafted was in shambles. “Honestly, this might be worse than before,” Blake sighed. We shook our heads, knowing this project could have been so much more. The worst part? We knew it wasn’t their fault. It was ours.
Our epiphany was painfully clear: we hadn't helped at all. We thought logo design was the solution to every business problem. Everything changed that day. Our purpose, process, and products radically transformed to help our clients reach their greatest potential. This transition meant we’d have to stop designing for our portfolio and start equipping our clients for the spotlight. We stopped asking what and started asking why – a lot. We began to filter every client conversation and design decision through objective business goals. Beyond a logo, our identity projects expanded to forming the unique personality of each brand: the way it looks, feels, acts, and speaks. In doing so, our work has gotten better too.
Today, our consultancy is stronger than ever as we guide our clients to reach their greatest potential.
- HOW Design Logo Awards
Stobitan Sports Surfaces logo - American Graphic Design Award
Get Fit Juices & Shakes logo - American Graphic Design Award
Get Fit Juices & Shakes cards - American Graphic Design Award
Regional Eye logo - American Graphic Design Award
Marion County Parks & Recreation logo - American Graphic Design Award
BCP Maintenance logo - American Graphic Design Award
Cairo 2 Go logo - American Graphic Design Award
Poppie logo - American Graphic Design Award
Owl Creek Contracting logo - American Graphic Design Award
Blue Ridge Merger Summary - American Graphic Design Award
Appalachian Revival logo - American Graphic Design Award
Cosmo advertising campaign - American Graphic Design Award
Crab Shack Caribba identity program - American Graphic Design Award
Princeton Entertainment Group logo - Worldwide Logo Design Award
Cosmo logo - Worldwide Logo Design Award
Blue Ridge Risk Partners logo - Worldwide Logo Design Award
Princeton Entertainment Group logo - Worldwide Logo Design Award
Forge logo - Worldwide Logo Design Award
Regional Eye logo - Worldwide Logo Design Award
Slither logo - Worldwide Logo Design Award
Bank Talk Records logo - Worldwide Logo Design Award
Crab Shack Caribba logo - Worldwide Logo Design Award
StructurePlus logo - Logo Wave 12
Slither logo - Logo Wave 9
Crab Shack Caribba logo - Logolounge 12
Slither logo - Logolounge 12
Taco & Tequila logo - Logolounge 12
Cross Lanes Child Care logo - Logolounge 12
Owl Creek Contracting logo - Logolounge 12
Bel-Cross Properties logo - Logolounge 12
Eastern Flooring Products logo - Logolounge 12
Van Deysen Law logo - Logolounge 11
Senya Education logo - Logolounge 11
El Jefé Texican Cantina logo - Logolounge 11
Forge logo - Logolounge 11
Brooks Building + Design logo - Logolounge 11
StructurePlus logo - Logolounge 10
Twinkle logo - Logolounge 10
Crab Shack Caribba logo - Logolounge 10
Farmhouse Café logo - Hiiibrand Awards
Tires.Auto logo - Hiiibrand Awards
Eleven Eleven Media logo - Your Brand Matters
Stewart Design’s book on the value of logo design - Morgantown Magazine
Best Graphic Design Services - The Book of Bird Logos
Owl Creek Contracting logo featured in Logoinspiration's The Book of Bird Logos: Volume 1 - Graphic Design USA Magazine
In & Out Tire logo featured in Logolounge's 2020 Logo Trend Report in Graphic Design USA's magazine - Logolounge 2020 Logo Trend Report
In & Out Tire logo featured in Logolounge's 2020 Logo Trend Report - HOW Design Logo Awards
Stobitan Sports Surfaces logo design selected as the 10th Annual HOW Logo Design Award grand prize winner and featured on HowDesign.com - 57th American Graphic Design Awards
Owl Creek Contracting, Appalachian Revival, Princeton Entertainment Group logo designs, Crab Shack Caribba identity program, Blue Ridge Risk Advisors merger summary, Get Fit Juices & Shakes business card, and Cosmo advertising campaign awarded an American Graphic Design Award and featured on GDUSA.com - 56th American Graphic Design Awards
Get Fit Juices & Shakes, Poppie, Cairo 2 Go, BCP Maintenance, Regional Eye, and Marion County Parks & Recreation logo designs awarded an American Graphic Design Award and featured on GDUSA.com - Logolounge 12
Slither, Cross Lanes Child Care, Owl Creek Contracting, Bel-Cross Properties, Taco & Tequila, Eastern Flooring Products, and Van Deysen Law logo designs published in Logolounge 12 - Logolounge 11
Forge Business Solutions, El Jefé Texican Cantina, Brooks Building + Design, and StructurePlus logo designs published in Logolounge 11 - Logolounge 10
Crab Shack Caribba, Farmhouse Café, and Twinkle logo designs published in Logolounge 10 - Logo Wave 9
Crab Shack Caribba logo design awarded third place in Logo Wave 9 on MyLogoWave.com - Hiiibrand Awards
Eleven Eleven Media and Tires.Auto logo designs awarded in the Logo Design category
Leadership
Blake Stewart
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Aaron Johnson
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Since 2006, we have created iconic identity solutions for corporations and startups worldwide, helping hundreds of companies thrive through the transformative power of clarity.
We engage with a limited number of clients, allowing us to work closely and personally throughout the intricacies of each project. If you’d like help with your transformation, we’d love to hear from you.