Case Study: Home of the Sparrow

Home of the Sparrow is a caring non-profit, based in Exton, Pennsylvania, that assists women and children with housing and education. Wanting to position themselves as regional experts in homelessness, and ways to combat it, they knew they would need a clean, modern brand to be taken seriously and increase their visibility in the community. We worked closely with the board of directors and marketing committee to completely revamp the brand. We utilized extensive Q&A and brainstorming sessions to begin building a company profile and create a new logo. With a fresh brand in place we designed and developed a new website with increased functionality that gives them greater control over its content. As part of the overall marketing strategy we wrote and directed a web video detailing one woman’s journey at HOS and created a new social media strategy to increase engagement with their online community. 

Client: Home of the Sparrow
Agency: Not Bad Design
Video Production: aideMMedia

Case Study: Community Heritage Partners

Community Heritage Partners, an architectural firm in Downtown Lancaster, was facing a crossroads in late 2008. Should they radically change their branding — even consider a name change — or would a refresh be enough to get them through the next quarter-century? The principal architect feared the community perceived his firm as solely focused on saving and restoring old buildings, which wasn’t the case. My agency worked with CHP to find a happy medium that honors its past while looking to the company’s future.

Client: Community Heritage Partners
Agency: Not Bad Design
Video Production: Not Bad Design

Case Study: Lancaster Buy Fresh Buy Local

Not Bad Design began its work with the Lancaster Chapter of Buy Fresh Buy Local back in 2008. While we brainstormed many concepts, when we hit on the idea of telling their story with video we knew we were on to something. We teamed up with local video studio Otaku Motion (now Postage VFX) and created a 30-minute documentary from the perspective of the farmer, the restaurateur and a local family. The film was released in 2008 and was  premiered as part of Buy Fresh Buy Local week at Lancaster’s historic Eastern Market. The film won a Communicator Award in 2009, is used by BFBL as an educational and marketing tool at screenings around the county and is available for sale on their Web site. After the success of the documentary, Not Bad Design went on to create their Guide To Local Food for the next several years.

Client: Lancaster Buy Fresh Buy Local
Agency: Not Bad Design
Video Production: Otaku Motion