Independent design studio. Logos, identity, posters and fast SEO-built websites, designed and hosted under one roof.
Write the alphabet on paper, snap a photo, and GlyphSnap recognizes every character and turns it into a real, installable font. Shape the letters, add patterns and export in minutes.
My own app, designed, branded and built end to end.
Logos, marks and illustration for breweries, dealers, fairs and shops, built to work on a sign, a shirt and a phone screen.
Covers, CD and LP packaging, discs, merch and gig posters for bands and labels, from first sketch to print-ready files.
Marks and wordmarks with the system around them: colour, type and guidelines that hold up at 16 pixels and on a billboard.
Event posters, business cards, product labels and flyers, delivered print-ready and web-ready.
Fast, responsive WordPress and React sites with SEO built into the foundation, not added later.
Managed hosting, free SSL, backups and a real person to call when something needs changing.
Goals, audience and competitors. A clear scope and a fixed quote.
Concepts and direction. Logo routes, moodboards and layouts, refined together.
Final artwork, print files, development and content.
Launch, hosting and SEO care so the brand keeps getting found.
“Kurt’s skills embrace artistic imagination and technical prowess, making him the perfect choice for web design and implementation.”
“Kurt’s website design helps my bottom line by driving new customers to explore and utilize my services.”
“If you need someone to design or host your website, Kurt is your man!”
AboutKurt played guitar in Mazzy Star and recorded for A&M Records with his own band, Pretty Mary Sunshine. In the early 2000s he worked for San Francisco startups as a video consultant, encoding engineer and video production manager, then toured as video production manager with HPX, running stage video for Radiohead, the Beastie Boys and many others.
He now runs DigiGardin from Brookings, Oregon, designing brands, websites, album art and apps, including GlyphSnap.
Tell me about your business and what you need. Quotes are free, and I reply within a day or two.
541 251 0739 Brookings, Oregon · working with clients anywhere