Name:
Valarie Martin Stuart

Company:
Wavebrain Design

Job title:
Owner/Designer

Services:
Where creativity and practicality merge...
Design for identity, print and web.

Print services include:
Brochures
Catalogs
Annual reports
Product/marketing collateral
Newsletters
Signage
Stationary packages
Invitations
Project management

Web services for both internet and intranet sites include:
Concepting
Turnkey design and production
Flash graphics
Project management

Practising since:
1987

Country:
USA

City:
Dallas, Texas

URL:
www.wavebrain.com

Email:
Valarie

Selected client list:
Stanley Korshak/The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
La Madeleine French Bakery and Cafe
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.

Success story:
Jenkens & Gilchrist

One of the largest law firms based in Texas needed a flagship newsletter publication showcasing the talent and personalities of the firm. The firm, which consisted of nine offices across the United States, desired to promote unity and communication between each member of all their individual offices, scattered across the country ˆ from New York to Chicago to Los Angeles.

A successful first meeting with the client produced many ideas with which to work the client had culled a stack of collected newletters from many industries down to her favorites, creating a springboard from which to begin concepting and defining a clear direction. Upon presentation of three design concepts, the client quickly chose a strong favorite, and photography, layout and production began. The first of many issues was soon launched of this 12-page, tabloid-sized four-color showpiece.

This beautiful newsletter was designed to be flexible, and proved to be such as the client's needs for each issue varied in page numbers, fold-outs, and special editions. The newsletter was an exciting recruitment tool for the firm, and improved communication was seen between offices as employees learned about the talents of collegues in other cities. An intranet site for the newsletter, maintaining the bold look and feel of the newsletter, was soon in development to quickly disseminate information between all offices.