Why Shew Design
We specialize in marketing and graphic design. We create brands, websites, videos, and campaigns, and we do it from an interconnected perspective. Here’s what makes us what we are:
We’re committed to growing and adapting to help our clients grow.
Our business is nearly two decades old. Our work emerges from a lifelong commitment to our craft and our clients.
We’re on your team.
We want your project to succeed. We want you to succeed. We are on your team.
We’re focused on the big picture.
We strive to take the long view, creating solutions for you that will serve their purpose for months and years to come.
We have robust systems and processes so that we can focus on being creative for you.
Record keeping, archiving, billing—all administrative tasks have been honed from years of evolution through daily use. These efficiencies help our costs stay low and allow us to focus on being creative on your behalf.
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Becca Shew
Becca’s formal education is in art history, and she enters projects from a printer’s perspective, creating clean, minimalist designs. At Shew Design, Becca coordinates and implements social media campaigns. She researches, plans, and schedules creative and production work, and handles the administrative side of the business.
Becca guides the creative work using color and texture, and she collaborates with Eric on design tasks. She listens to clients and makes sure the work fits both the letter and spirit of the need.
Eric Shew
Eric enters projects from a writer’s perspective, approaching design as a fusion of visual and verbal thinking. He is a restless thinker, and he wants every project to be as unique as the client and based on their needs and audience.
His formal education is in creative writing, but his work shows other influences as well. His parents are puzzle makers. His dad is a biologist.
At Shew Design, Eric handles most copywriting, illustration, and programming tasks and collaborates with Becca on design tasks.
working with us
We strive to create an efficient, worthwhile, and positive experience for our clients. Here is what to expect from working with Shew Design.
Shew Design 101
Need a new logo design? Here’s what to expect.
Considering a branding or rebranding process? Start here.
Need a video? Here’s how our process works
website development: a phased approach
what we do
branding and identities
The brand we develop for you will be an integrated system that helps your audience find, understand, and value your organization and the products and services it provides. A good brand addresses color, typography, use of language, photography, illustrations, and more.
- logo and tagline design
- print collateral
- brand strategy
- media planning
- content creation
website design and development
We build websites from the ground up to accomplish your specific goals, harnessing a combination of writing, design, and database integration. We develop document strategies that allow you to easily keep the content fresh on your website. We have multiple support options available for the sites we create.
- Sites use the WordPress platform
- Front and back end development using a combination of
- PHP
- Javascript
- CSS
See examples our websites here.
animation and video production
We develop short videos featuring animation, interviews, and infographics that are designed for social media or integration with a website. By following a process of scripting, story boarding, and video editing, we can efficiently work with groups of decision makers to communicate stories in an elegant, economical, fun way.
- Infographics based videos
- Interviews
- Event promotions
- Public alerts and announcements
See examples of our videos here.
what people say
Austin Rose
Natural Resources Specialist II
Whatcom County Public Works – Natural Resources
Shew Design recently completed design concepts to help with messaging to preserve eelgrass within our local State Park. Their team was fabulous to work with. They created materials that aligned with State Park guidelines and provided an attractive appearance with clear educational messaging. The materials were also scalable to how it would be presented (social media, poster, rack card, etc). Communication was always clear and constructive, and the Shews were very adaptable to ensure all parties were happy with the outcome. They even provided a suggested social media rollout. We would love to work with them again and highly recommend their services.
David Stalheim
Consultant
Mud Bay Consulting
When working with Shew Design, I’m reminded of the Calvin and Hobbs “bats are bugs” report. A crisp presentation was meant to overcome the report shortcomings. Shew Design consistently produces crisp graphics, concise text and stunning reports. I’m not sure they would put their name on a “bats are bugs” report, but if they did, someone might just believe it because their work is outstanding.
Riley Grant
Environmental Education Coordinator
City of Bellingham
The quality of the product is exceptional, they were receptive and thoughtful about incorporating feedback and I really appreciate their insights into the end-user experience.
Joe Fuller
Program Specialist
Whatcom County Health Department
We have enjoyed working with Shew Design on a variety of projects. Their expertise and collaborative approach benefits concept planning, design work, and leads to a finished product that is better than expected.
Katie Fleming
Community Engagement Director
Friends of the San Juans
Shew Design not only develops outstanding products for us at Friends of the San Juans, but are excellent collaborators and our staff feels like an integral part of the design team. They are great at organizing project timelines and help us meet our deadline goals.
Karen Parker
Communications and Outreach Director
Whatcom Land Trust
Shew Design was wonderful to work with. They answered all our questions and I felt we were in very capable hands through the entire process. We now have a beautiful website and we’re getting so many compliments from our supporters.
Jacqueline Brawley
Executive Director, Communications and Community Relations
Bellingham Public Schools
We love our new Good Food Project branding in Bellingham Public Schools. Eric and Becca listened carefully to our vision and designed a beautiful, vibrant logo and assets that allow us to move our food services program forward. It is a fresh look that perfectly pairs with our new menu. They are wonderful designers and extremely responsive to our numerous and unique requests, which included a new look for our school menu, an introductory video, buttons, stickers, aprons and even vehicle graphics. In addition to being very talented, they are lovely, funny and fun people to work with.
Kimberly Larson
Communications and Marketing Director
Climate Solutions
Shew Design is a key partner and contributor in our campaign. They care about their clients and take care of their needs from soup to nuts.