Red Canoe Creative

02/13/2023

Reflections from the road on one of my favorite projects - https://www.redcanoecreative.studio/post/reflections-from-the-road

07/14/2021

We love working with new businesses and startups. Building a distinctive brand is essential to establishing a successful new business. There's more to branding than designing logos, but a good logo is a great place to start. Check out the one we created for Dirty Deeds Earthworks...

We love working with new businesses and startups. Building a distinctive brand is essential to establishing a successful new business. There's more to branding than designing logos, but a good logo is a great place to start. We're excited to welcome one of Kalispell's newest businesses —Dirty Deed...

07/14/2021

Many of you know us for our graphic design and marketing communication services, but a few of you know that music has been part of our scene for a long time. We've written and produced theme songs for organizations and events, and Mark has even begun scoring original music for video projects. Read more...

Many of you know us for graphic design and marketing communication, but a few of you know that music has been part of our scene for a long time. We've written and produced theme songs for organizations and events, and Mark has even begun scoring original music for video projects. Mark's catalog of o...

03/21/2021

We're privileged to work with some amazing people on our creative projects! James Bokovoy, photographer extraordinaire, is one of them. He and his wonderful wife Kim dropped by for a visit this weekend. Together, we've got some interesting projects in the pipeline... Bokovoy Photography James Bokovoy

We're privileged to work with some amazing people on our creative projects! James Bokovoy, photographer extraordinaire, is one of them. We can't overstate how essential quality photography is to good design.

12/27/2019

“Websites are a function of marketing, not IT. The design, structure, and content of your website should be driven by communicators, not technicians.”

Planning is essential for most businesses and organizations. Unfortunately, when it comes to websites there is often a failure to plan properly or at all. This guide aims to change that.

01/12/2018

“Reading more doesn’t accomplish anything. Reading more of substance can.”

One of the most common New Year’s Resolutions is “to read more this year.” Not only is it kind of a cliche, the whole thing is really too abstract to really enrich your life. Reading more doesn’t accomplish anything. Reading more of substance can. And that’s why we’ve put...

11/10/2017

Slip slidin’ around in . Wouldn’t have it any other way!

10/26/2017

“Jobs realized that for computers to be intuitive, their UI’s had to be based on metaphors.”

Beyond some phenomenal products, Steve Jobs helped define exactly what good design meant for the computer age. Here are his most enduring ideals.

10/19/2017

Why red canoe? Because we actually have one. It's a family heirloom. A 1937 Thompson Brothers Hiawatha, inherited by Mark after his dad passed away. Shiny red canvas exterior and all-wood interior. Rescued a couple of years ago from its perch in his parents' garage in Florida where it hung, largely untouched, for decades. It will spend the winter being restored by an artisan in Bigfork, Montana.

10/11/2017

We may or may not have figured out the FB name change issue. In the meantime, we'd love for you to check out our website's updated "Work" page.

WORK

10/11/2017

We're still in the process of rebranding from BONDesign to RED CANOE Creative Studio! Thank you for all the support and feedback! Hope you all can visit us in our new location soon (but not during fire season)! Now, if only we could get to let us change the business name on our page!! We've made the change numerous times but it always reverts to the original. No response from via any of the channels we've tried. Any insiders who know how to actually reach a person at FB? It's been a daunting, eye-opening process...