Exhibition design considerations

The right exhibit design supports your business goals and will best serve your marketing and sales efforts. While your display should look good from every angle on the show floor, it should also be oriented to face the heaviest flows of traffic. Graphics are the most important factor of your display. Graphics attract attention, convey your business message and build identity of your brand, complementing your marketing strategy, and presenting a unified and cohesive message. Draw visitors to you with commanding graphics at high points where they may be viewed from a distance and ensure that you’re visible from every direction. An open design is easily accessible from multiple entry points, welcoming to potential clients and offers easy visitor flow within your space. Use something or someone to attract passersby and encourage them to stop. The attraction you choose may involve one or more of the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Studies indicate that a display featuring an activity creates more memorability than a static one. Highlighting new and popular products is essential. Which products you need in your exhibit, their sizes and quantities will guide where and how to show them to their best sales advantage. [...]

Make a Lasting Impression with Great Business Cards

Have you ever had a business card that you were embarrassed by or that didn't make you feel good about yourself or your company? You know the ones—the paper is flimsy, the design is unattractive, and it does not represent what you do. Some people even apologize as soon as they give out their card. Why Business Cards Matter Often, your card is the first point of contact that many people have with your business. When you are out networking or meeting new clients, business cards are exchanged and instantaneous judgments are made about your business. Make this first impression count. Your business card needs to represent you and your company with clarity while reflecting your unique personality. That’s a tall order for a little piece of cardstock! 3-Keys creates business cards that truly represent your business, with messaging that attracts your customers, and a design that suits your brand and that leaves a lasting impression. Guide to Good Business Card Design Your card should have all your important contact details, and it should be accurate. Don’t print a few hundred cards with the wrong email address just because you didn’t take a few moments to proofread your copy! Be [...]

By | February 24th, 2014|Categories: Graphic Design|Tags: , , |0 Comments

How Colors Affect Your Branding

Colors. They’re everywhere. Colors emote. They inspire. They are vibrant or dull, energetic or languid, exciting or peaceful—and everything in between. Have you considered the colors used by your business? Do the colors displayed on your website, logo and other marketing materials support your company’s style and purpose? It may be that you’re due for a color update! The colors on your website should be appropriate to your industry. For example, using bright reds, yellows and greens would be appropriate for a daycare’s website, but probably not for a medical doctor’s. Colors also create atmosphere on a website. To use a doctor’s website as an example again, you could utilize pale blues and grays for a sterile, clinical feel, or beige and gold for a warmer, more comfortable feel. Using contrasting colors is a good way to add accents stylistically, or to make part of your message stand out. A lot of research surrounds the psychology of color. While it is commonly understood that various colors have different associations, it’s also notable that even different hues or saturations can change our feelings about different colors. Color perception is also very subjective. People understand color differently based on their cultural background, [...]

By | February 6th, 2014|Categories: Graphic Design|Tags: , , |0 Comments

If a Picture is Worth 1000 Words, a Logo is Worth Even More

Your company’s logo is much more than a pretty picture that you slap on your signs and brochures; it is your business identity and the first point of contact many have with your business. A logo has power – power to represent your brand, to showcase your uniqueness, and most importantly, to lodge itself in the thoughts of your potential customers. Designing the perfect logo is a process, but it’s worth your time to put some serious energy into creating a stellar logo for your brand. We’re outlining a few of the biggest reasons below. First impressions are everything! Make your logo count. Your logo is likely the first thing a customer sees on your business card or store sign. People make judgments within the first few seconds of seeing your logo as they pass it by. It must make a positive first impression, and it should give an idea of what your business does. A logo should have staying power: a good one sticks with the customer. Ideally, customers will recognize you by your logo. Logos should be memorable and iconic. Repeated exposure (on letterheads, truck sides, freebie handouts, etc.) creates a sense of familiarity with you and your [...]

By | November 22nd, 2013|Categories: Graphic Design, Marketing|0 Comments

Printing Award Winning Children’s Books

In addition to providing design and print services for businesses, we combine our creative skills in design, illustration and printing to help authors bring their stories to life. Working with Sanjay Nambiar of Umiya Publishing, we have created and printed 3 award-winning children's books, with more stories and a new series on the way. Our team of talented artists developed and chose a final design style of vector cartoon characters over a handcrafted watercolor background. A Little Zen for Little Ones™ puts classic and new Zen stories in an accessible context for today’s kids (and adults!). With children as central characters and narratives that reflect modern culture, these stories help us examine our values as our world becomes more complex and confusing. After all, if our children can get a little bit of Zen in their lives, perhaps they’ll grow up to be adults with a little bit of Zen as well. Wouldn’t that be great for all of us? Sanjay Nambiar, A Little Zen Three award winning children's books illustrated, designed and printed by 3-Keys Communications   If you have any questions about developing your own stories, please contact us to help bring your ideas to life. [...]