X BUILDING BUSINESSES

Whether you are an emerging company, or an industry leader, Red Barn Creative can help develop your brand and BUILD your business. We've enjoyed working with many clients in a variety of industries:

> Abbott Laboratories > Above & Beyond > Alareo Inc. > Amazing Chicago > Athletes for Athletes > Blind Exchange > Chicago Alternative Investment Partners > Chicago Partners > Construction Business Media Family   - Architectural Products   - Architectural SSL   - Illuminate > Crime-Tips > Emmett's Tavern & Brewing Company > Emmett's Ale House > Executive Coaching Partners > Farmer Toms > Fontijne Grotnes > Global Economics Group > Green America > Hot Shots USA

> Ingenium Partners > Jon Mendelson Real Estate > L'Boutique > Market Platform Dynamics > New-Think Inc. > Ogden Blinds > Primus Realty > RealityCheck Inc. > SART (Chicago) > Service Printing Corporation > Shades of Green > Stone Ridge of Lake Geneva > The U-Group > Traditions > University City Education FDN > University-Watch > Water Lily Ponds > Weiss + Company > Wheeling Service & Supply > Winnemac Consulting > Woodstock Dental Associates

X SERVICE

Our diverse SERVICE offerings allow our clients to reach their target audiences in the best way possible, on paper and on screen.

> Advertisement Design > Annual Reports > Billboards > Brand Consulting > Brand Management > Brochures + Newsletters > Business + Product Development > Content Management Systems > Corporate Stationery   - Business Cards   - Letterhead   - Envelopes   - Mailing Labels > Corporate Folders/Presentations > Custom Design > Custom Direct Mail > DVD Communications > E-marketing   - HTML Email Communications   - Newsletters > Identity/Logo Development

> Interactive Annual Reports > Interactive Presentations > Invitations > Marketing Collateral > Packaging > Postcards, Posters, Signage > Print Advertising > Product Catalogues/Booklets > Sales Kits > Sales Flyers > Special Promotions > Team Extenstion/Assistance   - Graphics/Creative   - Marketing   - Digital/Print > Trade Show Graphics/Exhibits > Training Materials > Websites > Website Maintenance > Web Applications > Video Communications

X CREATE

We love designing, but we believe the first — and most important — thing we CREATE is a relationship with each client. Every business is unique, and we make it our business to learn about yours. Here's how we do it:

1. LISTEN  >  2. LEARN  >  3. ANALYZE  >  4. LEVERAGE  >  5. EXECUTE

We LISTEN to you — your desires, your business needs, your goals, what works, what hasn't — and we learn. We LEARN about the heart of your business — your clientele, your business process, your core competencies, the pulse of your business, what makes it tick, and how you make your clients' lives better. We want to know what your competitors are doing, how they are positioned, what makes them successful, and how can we counteract that to better position you.

Then we ANALYZE — everything we've learned thus far and more. We turn this information into key concepts, philosophies and ideas.

Then we LEVERAGE these key findings into your development strategy and marketing materials. We turn these insights into a re-energized brand that is built from the heart of your business, providing a new and fresh look for the future.

Once we have assembled all these pieces, and have a clear strategy outlined, we EXECUTE. This is where the visual concepts are born. And we'll know they're original and on-target, because we did our homework first.

X MEET

Red Barn Creative is a unique full-service graphic design firm located in Woodstock, Illinois, a charming little suburb of Chicago. Every day, we use our talent and skills to build businesses, by creating solutions that connect people. Our work encompasses multiple disciplines of visual communications — corporate identity, websites, interactive multimedia, annual reports, brochures, direct mail and marketing collateral. Our design solutions are as diverse as the industries they represent, and we can deliver them on paper or on screen. We are passionate about what we do, and we're dedicated to exceeding our clients' expectations.

Brian Larson
President + Creative Director of Digital Communications

Tiffany Larson
Vice President + Creative Director of Print Communications

Cooper
Office Mascot

X MEET:   Brian Larson  |  Tiffany Larson  |  Cooper

Brian Larson
President + Creative Director of Digital Communications

As one of the founders of Red Barn Creative, Brian brings over 16 years of experience to the digital solutions front. Brian has been involved in designing and directing a wide array of digitally-based projects; Websites, Intranets, Web Applications, HTML Email Campaigns, Viral Marketing and Video Components.

Before co-founding Red Barn Creative, Brian was an Associate Creative Director for Influence and a Senior Designer for Toky Branding + Design, both St. Louis-based firms. He worked closely with the development, creative and client teams, managing all aspects of digital projects — competitive analysis, strategy, concepting, design, work flow, staffing assignments and project budgets.

Prior to his move to St. Louis, Brian was the Creative Director for Fry Multimedia’s Chicago location. He established a creative team, and was responsible for various creative components for many of Fry’s e-commerce clients, such as Spiegel, Eddie Bauer, Godiva, and Crate & Barrel, Whitehall Jewelers and Successories.

Brian graduated from Illinois State University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Graphic Design. He began his professional career with Chicago-based Black Dog Design, as the Internet was in its infancy. In three years, he quickly jumped the ranks from an entry design position to Multimedia Director, and managed a creative staff ranging from 5-7.

X MEET:   Brian Larson  |  Tiffany Larson  |  Cooper

Tiffany Larson
Vice President + Creative Director of Print Communications

Tiffany graduated with honors from Illinois State University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Graphic Design. She began her professional career with St. Louis-based firm Hawthorne-Wolfe (which became ProWolfe Partners in 1999). In her 8 years with ProWolfe, Tiffany became a Design Director, and led a team of designers to produce award-winning identities, more than 50 annual reports, corporate brochures, marketing campaigns and trade show exhibits for national clients such as Cinergy Corp. (now Duke Energy), McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing), Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Mohawk Paper Mills, and Monsanto. In 2003, Tiffany co-founded Red Barn Creative with her husband and business partner, Brian Larson.

Tiffany is the Creative Director of Print Communications at Red Barn Creative. She has designed and produced a wide range of marketing materials for clients such as Abbott Laboratories, Construction Business Media (the producers of Architectural Products, Illuminate and Architectural SSL trade magazines), Emmett's Tavern & Brewing Company, and St. Louis-based RealityCheck, Inc. A variety of projects have included corporate identities, marketing campaigns, corporate newsletters, editorial design, and integrated corporate branding campaigns.

Tiffany's vast annual report experience makes her an unusual breed of designer. She is used to managing a project from strategy through production, and especially enjoys seeing the final product roll off the press. She is detail-oriented, and extremely knowledgeable about the printing process. Tiffany believes an integral part creativity involves working closely with a printer to plan the most cost-effective production solution for a project, without sacrificing its visual interest or communication effectiveness.

X MEET:   Brian Larson  |  Tiffany Larson  |  Cooper

Cooper
Office Mascot

Cooper is an 11-year-old Labrador Retriever, who enjoys coming to work at Red Barn Creative every day — even on weekends. His responsibilities include notifying us when a visitor arrives, when it's time to play fetch, when it's time to nap, and when it's time to eat dinner. He also occasionally empties the trash can, even when not asked to do so! Cooper is admired for his innate ability to keep his priorities in check, and stay calm under pressure. Dressed in always-appropriate balck, and named after an infamous typeface (just kidding), Cooper is truly a creative pooch.

X CONNECT

Red Barn Creative is located 90 minutes Northwest of Chicago, in a charming suburb called Woodstock. Woodstock is a quintessential small town, boasting a quaint town square lined with specialty shops, and a park with a community bandshell in the center. It is far from the hustle and bustle of the big city, but the vast array of Chicago resources are just a short ride away.

If you'd like to see additional samples of our work, or learn more about how Red Barn Creative can help you CONNECT with others, let us know! Give us a call, or drop us an email...we'd love to hear from you!

Red Barn Creative 2024 Red Barn Road Woodstock, Illinois 60098

P: 815.206.5100 F: 815.206.5111 E: info@redbarncreative.com