Monday, February 14, 2011

Announcing Arizona Opera's 2011-12 Season


Arizona Opera announces their season this time each year, and it's always exciting to see how the last few months worth of work will be received. We begin planning for the new season in late November and by early January, we've designed an announcement brochure, renewal invoice, a banner, and a season ad. But none of these items see the light of day until now.

We're usually quite confident that AZO's patrons will love the new season materials, especially when Jacques Barbey has created another of his brilliant photo-illustrations. But with the current economic climate, sometimes even the most compelling design can fall on deaf ears.

Well, not to worry! The 2011-12 Season Announcement has been made and people are listening! It's early, but so far, season subscriptions are up 30% over this time last year, and there has been a good number of people upgrading from mini subscriptions to full subscriptions.

None of this is by accident. Arizona Opera recognizes that it takes a combination of great marketing strategy by Laura Schairer of Audience Magnets, who knows the cultural arts market like no one else; superb copywriting by Jill Spear, magical images by Jacques Barbey; and a design team who can combine type with image in a way that entertains and entices (that's us).

If you're in Phoenix or Tucson, we highly recommend you take in a performance of Arizona Opera. Scott Altman and Joel Revzen create performances that are world-class.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Inviting Design

Cause Design is very proud to announce that three of our studio projects and three of our personal projects were featured in Rockport Publishing's recently released book, 1000 More Greetings, on sale at book retailers everywhere. Appearing in the book are projects we did for Keith Humphreys Realtor and the University of Arizona, as well as personal work for friends of ours. Below are some photos from the book.


Custom correspondence for Keith Humphreys.
















An invitation to an Entrepreneurship Celebration at the University of Arizona's Eller College of Management.