You take your customers + donors on a journey.

We help design the map.

Since 2012, we’ve brought story building + design thinking to an array of services, from social media management to branding.

Our services

web + app design
graphic design
full-suite development
UX/UI
IT infrastructure
Ruby on Rails

design + development

design + development

branding
story telling
mission crafting
messaging
voice
logo design

identity

identity

photography
videography
editing
casting

production

production

advertising
social media
PR
event production
content creation
photo + video

marketing + messaging

marketing + messaging

about us

we work differently.

We’ve always been selective with our projects–meaning we take on a limited number and only those that we really want to dive into.

Our core team includes founder and lead designer Max Mogensen, project manager Catherine Tanous and lead developer Sam Brown. We also rely on a small group of highly skilled creators and coders as needed.

Our combined backgrounds touch multiple fields: journalism, event management, public relations, computer science, nonprofit organizing and fundraising–to name a few.

Today, we work with pens, tablets, computers, cameras and copy. We use Adobe Lightroom, the old-school darkroom (well maybe not that one in a minute), Instagram, Ruby on Rails and JavaScript.

All to help tell your story.

some of our clients

fine jewelry

healthcare

pharma

professional services

dining + desserts

conservation

education

music nonprofit

housing nonprofit

rentals

college retail

social justice

recent projects

photo + art design

product photography | lifestyle photography | video | social media

A. Jain Jewlery

Fine jewelry designer + retailer

Introducing the Urban Chic collection

official website

web design | development | art + content creation | hosting

Colby Co.

Engineering + architectural design

Showing off a fresh, new face

branding

official logo design | brand assets | strategy

Chronicare

Medicinal cannabis cultivation + processing

Reinforcing brand values

communications

strategic planning | meeting facilitation | marketing guidance

Maine State Museum

Museum

Overcoming social challenges

official website

website redesign | custom development | WordPress

Waban

Social services provider

Meeting program users where they are

product photography | lifestyle photography | video | social media

We helped launch the A. Jain brand more than five years ago, creating art and establishing social media, in addition to building their e-commerce platform.

In 2022, A. Jain introduced their newe line, Urban Chic–inspired by their hometown, New York. For the launch of this collection, we helped with photography, new art assets and updating the A. Jain site and sales portal.

This added to a growing body of art assets, videos and graphics that we've crafted for use on A. Jain's social media channels, with partner retailers, at trade shows and online.

A. Jain Jewelry

Introducing the Urban Chic collection

web design | development | art + content creation | hosting

The new Colby Co. website needed to showcase the company culture: employee-centered, imaginative, collaborative and professional.

After many years with their previous site, the company also wanted something more dynamic and engaging, but without requiring a custom platform or extensive development.

Using their branding and inspired by the staff, we envisioned a new user experience, outlined the important UX pathways, then designed and developed a customized WordPress theme.

Colby Co.

Showing off a fresh, new face

official logo design | brand assets | strategy

Before launching in 2022, this Maine-based cannabis producer wanted to establish a very specific identity.

The company founders have backgrounds in medicine, so wellness has always been central to the company's culture. When dreaming up their brand identity, we were tasked with embodying this health and wellness background while alluding to their new endeavor, tech-forward cannabis production and retail.

Chronicare

Reinforcing brand values

strategic planning | meeting facilitation | marketing guidance

The Maine State Museum needed a new plan to stay connected with visitors and members–not just because Covid was forcing people inside, but because the museum was about to undertake a two-year closure and renovation.

We analyzed the museum's existing communications channels and helped them establish a process for managing and planning their messaging–establishing a unified organizational voice, prioritizing the messages and better understanding which audiences were connectng through different channels.

Maine State Museum

Overcoming social challenges

website redesign | custom development | WordPress

We've worked with Waban–which serves kids and adults with disabilities through all sorts of awesome programming–for 10 years. Their old website, developed in 2017, needed an update.

They had new programming and content to share, and the old site had become hard to use and edit, with pages and pieces added over the years–a common issue.

We designed a new, stream-lined WordPress site, cutting down the content and focusing on a specified and simple user flow. We also made sure the new, customized WordPress theme was simple enough to be edited by Waban staff.

Waban

Meeting program users where they are

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