Branding and Web Design Studio
Building brands that break through. Pen & Mug is a caffeine-fueled creative studio that believes great service is just as important as great results.
2024 NTT INDYCAR Series Championship
Big Machine Music City Grand Prix
We’ve been part of the team behind the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix since the race’s inaugural year, working closely with marketing leaders and the Director of Operations.
Our role includes creative design for a wide range of marketing materials, branding support and development, and design for the event banners, stages, and other signage needed to highlight key sponsors and create an electric atmosphere for three days of high-octane thrills.
Unplug. Escape. Explore.
True South Puzzle Company
In honor of their 10 year anniversary in business, True South Puzzle Company hired us to elevate and optimize their brand identity – from logo to tagline to packaging and more.
The objective: “evolution, not revolution.” The True South brand is beloved by puzzlers and independent retailers alike, so we needed to be thoughtful about their brand recognition. Another consideration: the new packaging would have to be phased in over time as they produced new puzzles.
Our challenge was to create a new brand identity system that feels fresh and modern, that still looks recognizable and compatible on a shelf next to their older products, and that remains true to the company’s core values.
Text + Payments. Reimagined.
Solutions by Text
We serve as the outsourced creative department for Solutions by Text, and collaborate with their marketing leaders more closely than the word “outsourced” might make you believe.
Together we’ve elevated their visual brand and developed new styles and guidelines through the process of creating digital ad campaigns, motion graphics, sales materials, presentations, video bumpers and more.
We’ve also empowered their team with resources like custom iconography, slide deck themes and editable templates for documents and social posts.
Where All Neighbors Flourish
Corner to Corner
Help Create a Nashville where all neighbors flourishCorner to Corner is a community-led nonprofit helping to create a Nashville “where all neighbors flourish.” They educate and empower our historically underestimated neighbors in the pursuit of economic equity, and the impact of their work can be felt all around our city – it’s no wonder they’re one of the fastest-growing nonprofits around!
Our team operates as an extension of the Corner to Corner team, working closely and collaboratively with them on all things visual design + website + creative strategy for the organization and their two key programs: The Academy and Script to Screen.
Rachel Solomon
Client Coordinator / Dog Mom / Exclamation Point Lover!!! / Hair Product Hoarder / Cold Brew or Nothing / Former Real Estate Agent
Morgan Gill
Graphic Designer / Motion Designer / Caffeine Connoisseur / Photographer / Animal Whisperer / Stunt Driver
Jeremy Davis
Co-Owner / Front-End Developer / Father / Expert Barista / Researcher / Grillmaster
Austin Schulenburg
Founder / Creative Director / Foodie / WOO / Aspiring Snowboard Bum / Globetrotter