Tangram (formerly Independent Residential Living of Central Indiana)

Tangram

Independent Residential Living of Central Indiana sought to rebrand itself with an identity that more closely reflected how its services and mission had evolved since it was founded. The not-for-profit organization chose Tangram, naming itself after a classic puzzle that challenges you to build shapes out of a set of seven geometric forms, including five … Continued …

Undon’t

Undont

Because of the importance of building an online presence, naming a new company means creating an identity that hasn’t already been registered as a domain name, which explains some of the (in our humble opinion) downright goofy and contrived names that pop up. For a tech-tutorial website concept focused on graphics software, B Plus C … Continued …

Lee R. Ford

Lee R. Ford & Associates

When the accounting firm of Lee R. Ford & Associates wanted a new logo, B Plus C Communications created a two-color identity design featuring a trio of interlocking plus signs, symbolizing the mathematical underpinnings of the firm’s practice. An optical illusion produces one of the plus signs out of the void between the other two, … Continued …

Thurston Springer logo revision

Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak

B Plus C Communications analyzed our client Thurston Springer’s logo, which required either four or five spot colors to print, including light gold, dark gold, dark blue, black, and an opaque white ink behind it when it appeared on dark backgrounds. We knew we could lower our client’s printing costs by reducing the number of … Continued …

The (inverse) power of 3

Spend even a small amount of time watching TV and you’ll run into commercials in which an advertiser uses three actors to portray the range of diversity in the population that uses its products or services. One after another, each of the three “characters” looks into the camera and intones the same line of dialog. … Continued …

B Plus C Communications capabilities

B Plus C Communications

How do you set yourself apart in a crowded field? At B Plus C Communications, we wrestled with that question until the day we realized that a cat’s successful bids for attention achieved the same results as a successful marketing campaign. Solution to the capabilities brochure problem: Showcase the cat and tell his authentic story. … Continued …

Congressional Choice

Congressional Choice

At the same time that Indiana educational trends pointed to rising high school dropout rates, many Hoosier college students who wanted to pursue teaching careers sought other opportunities because of the widening gap between teacher pay and the compensation in other professions. The Congressional Choice for Educational Excellence scholarship program was designed to help would-be … Continued …