GRAPHIC DESIGN SERVICES

What We Do

We do lots of things for lots of clients. Big ones. Small ones. Somewhere-in-between ones. It’s all about the opportunity. For them and for us. We wouldn’t want it any other way. They wouldn’t either. Keep scrolling and clicking to check out our graphic design services for brand strategy, logos and identity, custom websites, package design, marketing communications, and environmental branding.

Octavo Designs, an award winning graphic design firm, has been in operation and in good standing since spring 2000. Located in downtown Frederick, Maryland we have four designers on staff – Sue Hough, Seth Glass, Cory McNamee, and Katie Lamb. Octavo specializes in small, niche pieces that are fun, dynamic and unique, and offer a broad range of creativity from corporate to specialty looks.

Octavo Designs is a strong force in the design community along the East Coast with a concentration of clients in the Mid-Atlantic region. We service a wide range of businesses including clients in the areas of publishing, education, retail business, professional and non-profit organizations, and national associations.

With exceptional service and reliability, Octavo Designs provides the creative edge that gets our clients noticed.

Branding

Your brand isn’t just a logo. It’s your story, your personality, the promise you’re making to people. We build cohesive, compelling brand identities that actually resonate. Discovery, strategy, logos, color palettes, typography systems, brand guidelines … the whole nine yards. Startup making your first impression? Established org ready for a refresh? We’ll help you nail down your brand and express it with serious confidence.

Package Design

Packaging is your product’s first handshake. We make sure it’s a firm one. Our team designs packaging that grabs eyeballs, communicates value, and lines up perfectly with your brand voice and market positioning. Shelf presence? Unboxing experience? Compliance stuff? We’ve got it covered. Whether you’re selling in retail or online, we deliver packaging that performs.

Graphic Design Capabilities

Octavo’s designers have a wealth of graphic design experience and knowledge in the print, website design and internet marketing industry. Our expertise is Website design and development from the ground up. Our award-winning interactive designs for our clients range from small, boutique sites to database-driven solutions.

We recognize that the internet is an ever-evolving technology. What was considered cutting edge 5 years ago, no longer is a standard of excellence. Octavo prides itself on providing exciting, unique and fundamentally sound Website solutions for our clients.

Web Design & Development

We design and build custom websites that look gorgeous and work like a dream. Strategy, UX design, technical know-how, we blend it all to create responsive, user-friendly sites tailored to your audience and goals. Templates? Shortcuts? Not here. Every site we build is one-of-a-kind, scalable, and easy for you to manage after launch. Simple marketing site or robust digital platform, we’ve got you covered.

Marketing Materials

We create marketing materials that actually support your sales and communication goals (novel concept, right?). We can do everything under the sun including business cards, brochures, email campaigns, and trade show graphic. We keep everything on-brand across digital and print, helping you tell your story in ways that engage and inform. Need something outside the box? Even better. We love creating pieces that surprise and delight.

Our Focus and Mission

Our goal is to produce work that gets noticed … and gets you results. We recognize the importance of attracting attention and motivating your audience and we never settle for the typical. We strive to go an extra step, creating designs that arouse the spirit, stir the senses and entertain the mind. We pride ourselves on thinking outside the buzzwords.

Our approach to graphic design includes exploring the competition and understanding the market, but ultimately doing what works best for you, your business and your budget. While exceptional design is at the heart of Octavo, you’ll find we are good business people who meet deadlines and are obsessive about customer service.

Environmental Branding

Your physical space is a powerful brand extension. Signage, event displays, murals, interior graphics … we design immersive brand experiences that bring your message to life in the real world. We think about scale, flow, and functionality to make sure your environment looks amazing and supports your goals, whether that’s building awareness, directing traffic, or creating killer customer experiences.

Graphic Design Awards and Accolades

Octavo Designs has received over 500 national and local industry design awards. And recently, MNRA’s site built using WordPress as a CMS, was featured in the WordPress Showcase at WordPress.org.

Octavo has been recognized by Print magazine, Graphic Design USA magazine, David E. Carter (a prestigious graphic design writer and editor), Logo Lounge, American Advertising Federation, and the Greater Frederick Advertising Federation.

Additionally Octavo has been featured on The Dieline and Packaging of the World.