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5 Female Influencers in Advertising: Then and Now

In celebration of National Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting some of advertising’s greatest female creatives who changed the industry, and

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The Polar Bear Plunge Was a Success!

They made it! Tanya and Zach survived the Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge with all of their fingers and toes intact.

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Training for the Polar Bear Plunge

We’re ringing in the new year by venturing into the icy waters of Lake Michigan! Tanya, Brian, and Zach have decided to freeze their Fahrenheits off at Waukegan’s 17th annual Polar Bear Plunge.

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Happy Holidays from Street Level Studio

Last week, the Street Level Studio team took a break from our work to celebrate the close of another successful year.

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Art in the Studio

Art in the Studio

Whether you work in a high-rise in the city, a tiny office in the suburbs, or your own home, the atmosphere of your workplace matters. The average American worker spends 47 hours at work per week, which is a lot of time to spend in uninspiring surroundings. At Street Level Studio, it’s important to us that our studio reflects our creativity, so we’ve infused our workspace with a wide variety of colorful and unusual art pieces.

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Street Level Studio Designer Who Loves to Get Her Bake On

Years ago, a quest to experiment with all-natural, homemade sweet treat recipes quickly grew into a bit of an obsession for Street Level Studio designer Jennie Dembowski. With the emergence of baking shows, blogs, and other forms of social media showcasing eye-catching confections gaining popularity in recent years, the beauty and mystery behind how to make different types of sweet treats fueled Jennie’s passion to another level.

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The Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival Returns

Pumpkins at the Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival

Fall has arrived! At Street Level Studio, we can tell — not by the 75˚ forecasts — but by the wall of orange outside our office doors. That’s the 6th Annual Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival getting underway, with thousands of pumpkins being carved, lit, and carefully displayed throughout Highwood.

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Reflecting on the Life and Work of Adrian Frutiger, the Man Behind the Type

We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of world-renowned Swiss type designer Adrian Frutiger. The world of typography — and the world around you — would be very different without the work of Frutiger, who designed nearly 30 fonts, many of which you use and see every day.

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Street Level Survey

We posed this question to our Street Level Studio team, and here are the responses.

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Congratulations on Ten Years, Jennie

We’re excited to share that last Saturday, September 12th, marked the 10-year anniversary of Senior Graphic Designer Jennie Dembowski! Jennie became a part of Street Level Studio in the fall of 2005 as a production artist and graphic designer and has been an invaluable member of the team ever since.

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What's in a name?

There is more than meets the eye when to comes to color. It plays an important role in fashion, product design, the natural and man-made enviroment, and graphic design. There are about 10 million colors that the human eye can see, which means endless possibilities for color combinations and color names. Take the color quiz below and choose your favorite colors.

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