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ith over 30 vendors operating practically year-round, the Market’s culinary delights will make your mouth sweat. Personal faves: Thai Mama’s green onion and garlic wontons, Better Bean Company’s Cuban style black beans, and handmade pita bread by The Hummus Stop. The website is built on WordPress, allowing the volunteers to easily maintain content. No expert programming needed, just an appetite to help.

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epave is all about inspiring and involving community and their old website wasn’t connecting users. They asked and I delivered. Depave’s new WordPress site is full of sledgehammin’ goodness: social media integration, a forum, calendar of events, internal ads, and two blogs. From parking lots to paradise, they will bring it.

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he flexible color palette, allowing for the brand to adapt to each event. For example, “ART” can be a rich copper, bold blue, or or grasshopper green.

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ith over 10 mothers and 15 toddlers in the group, it was important to maximize exposure of the Playgroup Rocks branding. A CafePress site allows the whole family plenty of wearables and household goods: t-shirts, onesizes, coffee mugs, tote-bags, and bumper stickers. What’s more fun than a brand for your own toddler posse? Moms and dads, get your threadz on.

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t’s all about supporting your local business. Recommended products: Biobags, Harvest Roast Gourmet Pumpkin Seeds, Rebinders, anything from Missionary Chocolates. Guess that’s a no-brainer, right?

Local Goods also adorns its walls with exhibitions from Portland artists. It’s always refreshing to walk into their store on NE Burnside and get slammed in the face by bursts of color. And the best part is knowing the artwork has some sustainable or environmentally conscious motive behind it. If you’re in the area, be sure to pay them a visit and tell them that Chuck sent ya.

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ketching is crucial to a strategically planned logo. Thinking from a driver’s perspective, it became evident to incorporate LED indicator lights commonly found on radar detectors.

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he bottle was redesigned and doubled in size. More tea = happy customers. Easily identifiable flavor names like “Asian Pear”, “Niagara Grape”, and “Essence of Peach” now help customers to find their swill quickly. The original logo was used so loyal customers would still recognize the brand. And a vibrant color palette was introduced to give the beverages a welcome visual kick in the can.

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ot all bottled water looks, nor tastes the same. Minimal type and a clean, white palette allow a message of purity to be delivered in a straight-forward, non nonsense manner. On the shelf, the design allows Earth2o to burst from its competition. And the metallic droplet gives the brand a recognizable, iconic shape consumers will remember. Earth2o can be snatched up at your local Safeway, Fred Meyer, QFC, and Zupan’s stores. If you buy it, recycle it.