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We are working on a project developing an identifier for a family property in Michigan. The client wants a mark they can use as a symbol for this special gathering place, to use as a sign on the dirt road, but also on small products as gifts for visitors. This is one direction we shared this morning in our first round design presentation. We always give a range of options right at this first phase, like this one which represented a more soft look. By seeing this design, it helped us and the client decide one of the other ideas presented feels more appropriate to represent their place. In this next phase, we will refine even further, getting closer to exactly what the client needs and wants. Our design process has these types of edits and moments for collaboration built in, making sure the client is heard through-out. Want to work with a designer this way? Send us an email.

Check out our interview in the @designsingapore publication and the most adorable portraits of us we’ve ever seen! You can tell by our interview one of the most memorable parts of our trip was Street of Clans, produced and designed by @outeredit. Want to know more about it? Head to our website to read about what made it a great community event. Thanks @outeredit for the 📸!

Meet our coach this fall, @herboldvoicespeaks! We will be working with Kim Boudreau-Smith preparing for our @miwomenforward pitch in November, competing for $10,000 to invest in Unsold Studio to better serve you. Say hi to Kim!

Congrats to @wassermanprojects on their Commerce Design Award Win! Happy to be a small part of their story and to be recognized as a contributor. So honored to be chosen by @designcoredet and the jury for two years in a row. And congratulations to the rest of the winners and finalists! #detroitcityofdesign #commercedesign

We are excited to announce we’ve been selected as Finalists for the SE Michigan WomanUp and Pitch Business Plan and Pitch Competition by @miwomenforward. This fall we will be participating in their program, working with a business coach to develop a formalized business plan to better our studio and will pitch the idea in November to a panel of judges. We have the opportunity to win the grand prize, $10,000 to implement the big plan! We’re honored to be selected and can’t wait to see how this experience betters our business and ability to serve our clients and community.

CALLING ALL EMERGING DESIGNERS (recent grads and current college-level students) Want to learn more about being a working designer from us and other industry professionals in an intimate setting? Apply for PROPEL! We developed the multi-day mentoring program for the @aigadetroit, which will help ten emerging creatives go pro. Visit detroit.aiga.org to learn more and to apply. Applications are due Monday, September 16th.

Our partner @meagbarry whipped up this risograph print for her last creative writing class tonight. The workshop leader asked everyone in the group for their favorite quote related to writing/creativity and then M illustrated, laid out, and printed one as a send-off gift for all the participants. At Unsold, we believe making smaller moments like this feel special is really important. Yes, the class could have read their selected quote out loud, but now everyone will have something tangible (and hopefully something they like to look at) to remind them of the workshop. It’s good to celebrate little wins, boost morale, say thank you, archive accomplishments and more using design as a tool like this. Have something coming up you want people to remember? Let us help you!