HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT?
Daedalus Creative Design + Marketing is a creative agency in the North Bay Area of California,
that provides beautiful, affordable design and strategic branding services.
We specialize in graphic design, web design, digital marketing, and public relations. Through creativity, strategy and technology, we get things done for our clients to help them stand out. The difference is in the details of our commitment.
Discover, Imagine, Create…that’s what we do!
We’re a small group of designers, marketers and programmers with a funny name…
In Greek mythology, Daedalus (dade-da-lus) was a legendary artist and inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings of feathers and wax for him and his son Icarus. According to the legend, he began to mold his vision with the smallest feathers first, building layers, adding larger pieces until he created masterful wings.
It’s a funny name¸we know¸ but "Daedalus" is also the title of the 4th Season episode of Star Trek Enterprise…and that’s good enough for us.
We have a similar method, beginning with the small, but critical details like learning the audience, developing a strategy, and layering on the intricate creative details and marketing tools that enable a project to reach new heights. We are the artisans that create the wings for your project.
That’s how we think of our role; as a creative accompaniment to your business objectives. We add the notions, the details, and the sparkle that makes ordinary objects extraordinary.
Daedalus Creative Design + Marketing is a full-service marketing and design company located in the San Francisco Bay Area, serving clients worldwide. We specialize in public relations, social media, corporate identity, U.S. product branding, SEO, website content and design, package design, merchandising artwork and event signage.
We place media coverage for our clients in major newspapers, magazines, TV and online. Additional services include byline articles and press releases, analytics and tradeshow support. We also implement analytics to measure lead generation from online public relations and emerging media efforts. We think it only makes sense to stand behind our work.
Ready to create the business tools to advance your company′s position? Let’s get in touch and get started. We work collaboratively to effectively promote our clients products and services. We focus on solving problems to produce intelligent designs, deliver engaging experiences and build meaningful connections. We work with great clients all over the world to create thoughtful and purposeful products. Deadalus Creative Design + Marketing are members of the ASM, Association of Strategic Marketing and the AIGA, American professional organization for design.
Ready to create the business tools
to advance your company's position?
Let’s get in touch and get started...
Contact us via the web or call us at 310.741.8846.
Services
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WEB DESIGN
Daedalus Creative Design offers the cutting edge web design services tailored to our clients needs. We offer ground up custom website programming and design to redesign of your current websites architecture and design, Daedalus Creative has you covered for all your companies Digital Design.
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LOGO DESIGN & BRANDING
We offer forward creative design services like logo design and branding. Custom corporate typefaces, logo's, brand creation and implementation along with asset management we cover it all for you.
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PRINT DESIGN
Daedalus Creative Design offers traditional print design services from package design, collateral and poster design.
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PHOTO EDITING & ILLUSTRATION
We are trained artisans and highly skilled at photo editing and illustration, from fashion to complete traditional and digital illustration we pride ourselves in making each piece pixel perfect.
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DIGITAL MARKETING
Although all marketing is rooted in traditional marketing ideation, digital marketing is the latest medium to market your products and company services.
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PUBLIC RELATIONS
Press releases, product launches and promotion, Daedalus Creative manages your public relations for you.
Our Process
We focus on solving problems to produce intelligent designs, deliver engaging experiences and build meaningful connections. We work with great clients all over the world to create thoughtful and purposeful products.
Design, technology and communications have been parallel industries for years, but we challenge ourselves to create integrated work that compliments all three fluently. We begin by asking a lot of questions and getting to know your company. Focusing on business goals, brand values, and consumer behavior allows us to creatively imagine and strategically construct solutions that engage and inspire.
Whether it is visual design, content and messaging, or creating an interface with your brand, our process is iterative so we are always trying to find new and better ways to do things. We believe that success doesn’t depend on the width of your wallet, but by creating brand transparency and authentic relationships with your audience.
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DISCOVER
Construct a thorough understanding of the organization, project, audience, and objectives.
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DESIGN
Develop purposeful visual concepts that reflect the objectives and outline the project's solution.
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CREATE
Implement and integrate components and structure into functional prototypes, ready for review.
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DELIVER
Review and prepare final product. Polish, test, finalise, launch, and deliver. High fives all round.
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GROW
Monitor the project's growth as it comes to life, evaluate and prepare for the next cycle to begin..
Our Team
Damon Merten
art director
Damon is a third generation design artist with over 15 years of expertise in graphic design, branding, packaging, exhibit design, web design, and fine architectural signage. He was worked extensively in multi-dimensional mediums of design work for over 150 clients ranging from small businesses to conglomerates in a vast array of industries.
Stacey Spiegel
marketing & PR
Characterized by enthusiasm, hard work ethic, quality leadership and top-notch strategic consultation, Ms. Spiegel executes marketing plans specific to her clients goals, which provides the foundation for successful publicity and integrated marketing campaigns. With over 10 years experience, Stacey has the expertise to produce outstanding results.
Fred Moyer
software engineer
At Daedalus we have the talent to tackle any task before us. Our associated pool of talent can be brought to task for any project large or small. From software engineering, skilled artisans and the list goes on, from software and app to classic artwork we have you covered for your creative needs.
PORTFOLIO
Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.
OUR CLIENTS
Check out some of our Clients and Projects
•Click Here to see a partial list of clients we have had the privilage to work with•
We’ve had the pleasure and good fortune of working with some great clients over the years, from well known brands to small start-up companies, from travel and lifestyle to auto and packaged foods . We truly enjoy working with clients of all sizes in a range of industry sectors, creating and implementing inspiring and diligent products and campaigns for business-business and business-consumer clients.
What They Say...
See what our clients think about us.
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Howard Lapides-HT Seafood, Inc.
Damon is an outstanding graphic designer and has a tremendous amount f experience in various mediums. He works quickly, is a great listener, reasonably priced and has the highest level of integrity.I would recommend Damon to anyone I know who is looking for the best graphic design skills in the industry.-Howard Lapides, Exective Director of H&T Food Company, Inc.
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Stephanie Seaholm-Owner Dogstar LA
Working with Daedalus was so important to the start-up success of my business. They were so creative, always collaborating together on new, cost-effective marketing solutions. I had such a limited budget to start, but they jumped in and provided me with top-notch designs for my logo, flyers, and business cards, and implemented a smart social marketing strategy. Now, my business is growing so fast, that I’m ready to upgrade to responsive website! I’m a recurring client! Yay!
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Marshal Terrill-MidAmerica Auctions
I worked with Stacey on the MidAmerica Antique Motorcycle Auction and Races, and she proved to be a huge asset to our marketing efforts. She provided insightful counsel for our social marketing efforts, media outreach, and produced top-notch event collateral. She played a key role in the highly successful event promotion and media placement and I look forward to working with her on future projects. –Marshal Terrill, PR Director for MidAmerica Auctions
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-Jaime Nack, CEO of Three Squares Inc.
Stacey took on a near impossible task and performed extraordinarily. She created a volunteer recruitment strategy and conducted outreach to a wide range of groups. Not only does Stacey inspire the team around her, she is able to infuse her enthusiasm about the project into each interaction which was extremely helpful in volunteer recruitment. She is patient, calm under high pressure and delivers quality every time. -Jaime Nack, CEO of Three Squares Inc. (Contractor for the California National Democratic Convention 2012)
NEWS
Check out our Blog "Feathers for Daedalus"
Feathers for Daedalus-Mad about the French 75...
Mad about the French 75...Following the season premiere of Mad Men, I had the urge to time travel back to an era where men wore slick suits and skinny ties and had a bar trolley in their office. Everything was sleek and chic and Madison Avenue cocktail parties meant sipping your libation from a martini glass. Ahhhh, the French 75. Don’t let the “pinky up” notion of this champagne concoction fool you. After all, it’s named after a gun...
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Feathers for Daedalus-A bird does not sing because it has an answer…
Some might interpret the meaning as a bird sings to celebrate the joy of life and not to for any other purpose other than it can sing which is in itself a very romantic and inspirational notion about being true to oneself or something like that. However, the proverb doesn’t take into account recent scientific findings that according to ornithologists, birds actually sing to attract a mate and proclaim territories. So they may not have an answer but they sure do have a reason – basic survival of the prettiest. This could easily be applied to the one of the most important concepts of social marketing for business.
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Faether for Daedalus-Taking the Plunge into the Social Marketing Pool
Just last week I met with a prospective client, an older businessman with a hugely successful financial portfolio and a slight case of ADD. I’ve known him for years and he wanted to get together to discuss his restaurant’s website and how to improve his marketing. I came prepared with a complimentary written analysis of is website’s online presence just an ice-breaker, of course.
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Feathers for Daedalus-
Google Basics: Pulling Back the Curtain on a Google Search
collecting inspirations for design, marketing, and creative impulses
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CONTACT
Stay in Touch.
Please contact us for more information on all your graphic design and marketing needs.
- Phone: + 310.741.8846
- E-mail: info@dcreativedesign.com
- Website: www.dcreativedesign.com
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Info @dcreativedesign
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