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    Feature on Packaging of the World

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    We are proud to be recognized for our Package Design, especially next to International Ad Agencies like Ogilvy & Mather.

    Cheers to Tarara Winery for allowing us to think outside the box,

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                                We are proud to be recognized…

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    What is a Brand Refresh?

    Branding. The ‘it’ word of today. Branding means creating a cohesive message and experience across your brand, no matter where the customer meets your company. From your visual brand identity (think ‘logo’) to your website, social media, print and advertising, merchandise and signage, it should all deliver a consistent experience.

    Watermark can start with a brand at any point. We can start from scratch or we can start in the middle, where a business already has an identity but no marketing collateral.

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    Branding. The ‘it’ word of today. Branding means creating a cohesive message and experience across your brand, no matter where…

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    2014 The Richmond Show

    Watermark Design had a great showing and night out at this year’s Richmond Show, put on by the Richmond Ad Club. Surrounded by the most prestigious Ad & Design Agencies in Richmond, VA – producing spots for Geico and BF Goodrich, Watermark’s work hung proudly from packaging to logo design and print. We walked away with the Cannonball awards (who doesn’t want a cannonball?!) for our hand-illustrated and laser engraved self-promotion piece (see below and here).

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    Watermark Design had a great showing and night out at this year’s Richmond Show, put on by the Richmond Ad…

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    PMS & other phrases we use more than once a month

    Your designer may spit out abbreviations like they are going out of style, so we are here to help you understand what they are talking about and how it relates to your project! Below are some commonly used color and file formats that you may hear when speaking with your design firm or printer.

    COLOR

    PMS :
    This is an abbreviation for the Pantone Matching System. If there is a color you just have to nail,

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    Your designer may spit out abbreviations like they are going out of style, so we are here to help you…

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    Watermark wins 3 Package Design Awards

    Yesterday, we came back from lunch to a wonderful package. We opened it to find 3 certificates, each stating that we had received a American Package Design Award for 3 of this past year’s projects! We would like to thank the following clients/winners for allowing us to work with you on your brand & packaging. Congratulations!

    The winners are:

     

     

    South Street Brewery
    brand,

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    Yesterday, we came back from lunch to a wonderful package. We opened it to find 3 certificates, each stating that…

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