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ABOUT STUDIO ABSOLUTE

A successful and thriving brand is more than

just a pretty face. It’s the result of strategic

thinking, planning, and a bird’s-eye view of the

market and your customer. Design must tell a

story in a way that endears your target market

to your story in a lasting and meaningful way.

Studio Absolute helps develop these connec-

tions, or as we call them–touchpoints.

Our clients are diverse and range from

startups to major corporations with multi-lev-

el, complex brand architecture. Our passion-

ate dedication to our clients allows us to

deliver timely personal service and creative

that is e�ective, intuitive, and beautiful.

Studio Absolute’s role is to ensure your brand’s

touchpoints are clear, consistent, and most

importantly—remarkable.

With the web now being the norm for

communicating your visual brand; some

would say print is losing relevance. We

disagree. Having a tangible and physical piece

that tells your company’s story is extremely

powerful. We love the �ne details and

creativity found in crafting a beautiful

print piece. Typography shines, texture

rules and most importantly the

messaging is there to stay as a consistent

reminder of the brand idea your

company serves and provides.

Print design allows us to explore new textures,

textiles and methods that create a lasting and

unique brand experience. When was the last

time you commented on a book cover,

brochure or business card just because it felt

good in your hands? That’s the power of print.

Print engages emotions,

and drives buying decisions.

It's there when you can't be.

RUSS MCINTOSHPrincipal + Creative Director + Designer

So how does an ex chain puller, ranch hand,

Hawaiian tour guide, forestry technician, log

home builder, butcher and electrician end up in a

design career? Your guess is as good as his…it

would have been a lot easier to have known what

he yearned to do, went to college and landed a

design job. Instead, he took the winding adventure

of life that accidentally landed in design.

Russ’ entry to the design world began at a small

local newspaper in his hometown where on his

�rst day, he struggled to coax a CD from a Mac

and had to teach himself QuarkXpress in two

weeks (the equivalent of learning a foreign

language in the same time frame). In the process,

he realized, “Hey, maybe I have an aptitude for

this?” Yes, organize things, set type, use the grid,

dork out on the details... It was here that his

passion for design began to unfold.

Russ grew up constantly sketching inventions. He was

always curious about photography, signage, industrial

design, dimension, order…yes things neatly placed. The

Reagan administration probably didn’t know what hit

them when Russ’ sketch arrived for the new ship

the government didn’t know they needed.

18 years after fumbling with the Mac CD drive

and sending sketches to the President, Russ’

portfolio includes work recognized in the Oregon

Addy’s and the books, Logolounge and Visual

Marketing. He credits his strength in typography

to several years as design director for a branding

�rm where he had the opportunity to work on

projects for Krusteaz, Ghirardelli and Thomas

Nelson Publishers. This emphasis on strong

typography helps drive the passion of our studio.

While logo design remains the most challenging

item on his schedule every week, helping a

company realize the essence of their brand

through a simple and beautiful mark is also the

most gratifying.

CHERYL MCINTOSHPrincipal + Strategy Director

Cheryl is an entrepreneur, artist, copywriter and

professional chef-in-training at the COCC

Cascade Culinary Institute. At Studio Absolute,

she works hand in hand with our clients to

communicate the essence of their company’s

brand while cooking up ideas on how they can

best engage with their target market.

Her passion for e�cient systems, good

communication, and social justice began at a

young age when she too reached out to Ronald

Reagan in a plea for world peace. This was of

course tempered with a dual plea of scheduling

future addresses to the nation outside of prime

time TV which interrupted the regularly

scheduled shows–Fraggle Rock and Alf.

Cheryl’s career in marketing evolved over the years

while working and volunteering in resource

development for several local non-pro�ts. She entered

the design cosmos when she became the Studio

Manager for FaceOut Studio–a nationally recognized

�rm specializing in book design. Here she served as the

liaison between the design team and major book

publishers to ensure that projects were delivered

on time and according to client direction.

Cheryl’s involvement with the Advertising

Federation of Central Oregon, Opportunity

Knocks and COCC keeps her engaged with the

community and in tune with local and national

trends in branding and advertising.

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