15 Years!

This year we celebrate 7,888,680 minutes in business!

New brand, new website, same us.

New brand, new website, same boring people.

New brand, new website, new news banner!

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Branding

Brand Messaging Brand Workshop Visual Identity Guidelines Typography system Purpose Statement Logo Suite Illustrations

Branding

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We create original brands that connect with people.

Capabilities

Brand Strategy

  • Competitor brand analysis
  • Brand attributes / personality
  • Positioning
  • Purpose statement
  • Personas
  • Naming

Brand Messaging

  • Brand voice
  • How we sound
  • Key talking points
  • Words to avoid
  • Slogan taglines
  • Headlines
  • Elevator speech

Logo & Brandmark

  • Primary logo
  • Secondary logo
  • Submark
  • Wordmark
  • Icon mark
  • Logo usage guidelines

Visual Identity System

  • Color palette
  • Typography system
  • Photography direction
  • Graphic elements
  • Iconography
  • Illustrations
  • Visual identity guidelines

Brand Assets

  • Blog illustrations
  • Packaging
  • Presentation decks
  • Environmental graphics
  • Print collateral
  • Social templates
  • UI components
  • Websites

Process

Strategy

Beautiful, functional brands designed with strategy and intuition.

  • Discovery
  • Strategy Workshop
  • Brand Messaging

Design

A great brand is unique, differentiated, and memorable. Its design should be supported with clear rationale.

  • Logo & Brandmark
  • Visual Identity System

Implementation

The brands we create transcend their brand guides. They don't just look great in theory, they actually work in the real world, maintaining their beauty and function when applied to signage, apparel, collateral, and the web.

  • Asset creation

“Thank you for your clever design and branding. You found a way to visually capture the essence of what we are all about! You Rock!!!”

Coneflower Creamery logo

Brian Langbehn
Coneflower Creamery

“Honestly, it would have been a much more monumental project without the creativity, guidance, professionalism and tenacity of the G&M team!!!”

Matcha.com logo

André Fasciola
Matcha.com

“Grain & Mortar was creative, communicative, detail-oriented, and helpful!”

Soaring Wings Winery logo

Clara Antonia Vieira
Soaring Wings Winery

“Responsive, creative, strategic, detail-oriented, fresh thinking.”

University of Nebraska logo

Jackie Ostrowicki
University of Nebraska