nomBat Mascot

nomBat was Born to NOM

By on April 20, 2012 in Branding & Design

I am often asked what our company name means or refers to, and the truth is that it comes from a clever caption on a photo, turned internet meme, and eventually an inside joke among friends. Not the best branding strategy, but still a well loved and unique brand and mascot. The urban dictionary defines [...]

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Terrible Advice for Your Page’s Facebook Cover

Terrible Advice for Your Page’s Facebook Cover

By on March 8, 2012 in Web & Social Media

A picture is worth a thousand words Too bad they aren’t the words you think they are. Proudly display your photo collage No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care. And if you use a photo collage they are probably going to stop caring as soon as they think [...]

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We LOVE Working with Professionals

We LOVE Working with Professionals

By on March 6, 2012 in Branding & Design, Web & Social Media

nomBat is primarily a graphic design company, we really enjoy focussing on the delivery of sharp, professional Graphic Design. Recently we were contacted by Dan Czyzyk at Stunning Peak Media to assist in the redesign of a logistics company’s website. We were more than happy to jump in and help. Now, although we were happy [...]

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Fight Club – Criterion Collection

Fight Club – Criterion Collection

By on March 5, 2012 in Branding & Design

This is something I’ve been toying around with, in my head, since I was in college. I saw another class’s assignment to redesign one of their favorite DVDs and I knew exactly what I would do: Fight Club! I never got that particular assignment, but the idea stuck with me. I found a little bit [...]

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Facebook Timeline for Pages – Ready or not, Here it comes!

Facebook Timeline for Pages – Ready or not, Here it comes!

By on March 1, 2012 in Branding & Design, Marketing & Promotion, Web & Social Media

Facebook announced yesterday that all pages will be moved to the new Timeline format by March 30th 2012. Although this may be scary for some page owners, we really think that this is a great chance to make your Facebook page deliver results. The move to Timeline is one of only a handful of changes [...]

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Business Showcase at the Capitola Mall

Business Showcase at the Capitola Mall

By on February 23, 2012 in Local, Santa Cruz, Small Business

This is what we’re up today! Super excited about this one, so if you’re in the area, come on by the Capitola Mall, say “Hi!” to us a tons of other local businesses! 3:30 – 7:00 1855 41st Avenue Capitola, CA 95010

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nomBat.com Complete Redesign

nomBat.com Complete Redesign

By on February 23, 2012 in Branding & Design, Web & Social Media

I’ve been spending the past couple weeks, whenever I had some time between projects, to work on a top-to-bottom redesign of nomBat.com. It’s been a really fun process; teaching myself some new techniques in coding, adding projects and pieces to the portfolio, and filling the site with photos I’ve taken of Santa Cruz! We still [...]

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Bottle of Wits

Bottle of Wits

By on February 13, 2012 in Branding & Design

Let’s kick off Monday right with some amazing package design, by Austin-based Helms Workshop, for The Alamo Drafthouse! Alamo Drafthouse is delighted to announce the launch of a signature wine inspired by THE PRINCESS BRIDE in honor of the 25th anniversary of the film. The name of this signature wine program, “The Bottle Of Wits,” [...]

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Fresh Impressions on Brandmarks (from a 5-year-old)

Fresh Impressions on Brandmarks (from a 5-year-old)

By on February 10, 2012 in Branding & Design, Humor

Ah, the world of branding through the eyes of a child! It’s fascinating how deeply ingrained these images are and what they represent at such a young age. (My favotite part: “a Cheetah… a Cheetah… aCheetah.”) Added by Jon: I was really impressed by some the logos that did exceptionally well at being recognized for [...]

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