Phinney Bischoff / Marylhurst University

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5th Avenue Theatre

The 5th Avenue Theater is a world-class venue as well-known for its touring Broadway musicals as for its stunning, Chinese-inspired theater design. By leveraging our research-driven BrandBuilder™ process, we integrated these assets into the...

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Allen Institute for Brain Science

Our team has been involved with the Allen Institute — an organization at the cutting edge of brain research — since its inception. We created the positioning, the messaging, the comprehensive brand identity system and the associated...

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Badger Mountain South

Badger Mountain South is a unique residential and commercial development in Richland, Washington that offers its 20,000 future residents an unparalleled quality of life. In developing the identity, we leveraged the property's proximity to nature...

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BECU

Over our several years of working with BECU, the credit union has grown to over 725,000 members. We've helped fuel its dramatic growth by bringing its retail environments to life all around Puget Sound with award-winning motion graphics, signage and...

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Bezos Family Foundation

The Bezos Family Foundation exists to put education in action. And when it came time to reach students and key audiences with that bold message, they turned to us to craft a website that matched its goals. We honed the messaging and created an...

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

As the largest philanthropic foundation in the world, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation approached our team with the challenge of how to best showcase their global philanthropy in a unique way the provided maximum impact. After first developing...

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Boeing Commercial Airplanes

When Boeing, the world's largest manufacturer of commercial transport aircraft, needed to communicate their environmental commitment to an international air show audience, they called on our team. Under tight deadlines, we effectively crafted...

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Burkhart Dental Supply

As an icon with 120 years of experience in the dental supply, repair and consulting industry, Burkhart Dental was well-known. But they needed to create a more contemporary image and updated website, one that would differentiate them from...

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Charter Construction

Boiling any brand message down to a single word is always challenging. But in the case of Charter Construction it was easy — heroic. Because the company is so effective at coming through for its clients with minimal disruptions to neighbors...

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Columbia Winery

As the state's first premium winery, Columbia was founded half a century ago by ten friends who believed fine wine could be produced in Washington. While that's hardly a new notion today, it was then. We leveraged this unique...

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Executive Conversation

We started working with Executive Conversation when they were at a critical juncture in their growth. They needed to retain their world-class, executive-level niche while also expanding its client base. So we went to work — leveraging existing...

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GE Healthcare

GE came to us when they started facing threats from foreign manufacturers in their patient monitoring product line. We immediately launched a global research initiative that formed the basis for a new category launch which garnered a good deal of...

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Hotel 1000 and Residences

Our work with Hotel 1000 embodies our ability to work closely with a variety of marketing partners to bring a new brand to life. This dramatic new concept in urban living and hospitality was captured by the work we and our team members created to...

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Institute for Functional Medicine

IFM came to us at a critical time. They needed to solidify their strategic plan while also laying the groundwork for a major medical movement with far-reaching implications. We rose to the challenge by creating a brand strategy, identity system and...

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Marylhurst University

Over the last 100 years, Marylhust has become known for the highly accessible, innovative learning environments they provide to serious, multigenerational learners (both on-campus and online). But the brand needed to modernize and clarify its...

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MCEI Seattle

As part of the global Marketing Communication Executives International organization, the MCEI Seattle chapter provides senior marketing communications professionals with a forum for examining relevant marketing topics while networking with...

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Microsoft

Microsoft has made a substantial commitment to education beyond just providing technology products to schools. As a tangible expression of their "What If ..." campaign, we developed a family of three posters that target the education...

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Microsoft Institute for Learning

With a mission to provide learning organizations with the tools they need to create innovative, technological environments, the institute came to us for a progressive, cutting-edge brand. We responded with a visual theme that dovetailed with the...

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NAES Corporation

NAES is a global leader that provides independent services for the energy and related infrastructure markets. We designed a new website for them which distinguishes the NAES brand from its competitors by solidifying their image as an organization...

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National Frozen Foods

Although the company had a long history in the frozen, private-label vegetable industry, they wanted to expand their business. Specifically, they sought to establish a more international presence for their product among retailers and food service...

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NCNB

North Cascades National Bank (NCNB) opened their first branch in Chelan in 1986 and sought to expand awareness of their local roots in the Wenatchee market. As a result, we launched a comprehensive market research campaign which led to a multi-year...

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Oldcastle Precast

Oldcastle is the leading manufacturer of precast concrete and composites in the U.S. By using our BrandBuilder™ process we worked with the company's 150+ employees, distributors and customers to consolidate 35 independent brands into one...

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Respondus

As a leader in the e-learning market, Respondus develops online assessment applications and tools for instructors at over 2,000 colleges and universities in over 50 countries. To showcase their expanding product offerings and position the company as...

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Seattle Design Center

The Seattle Design Center has grown to become the Pacific Northwest's definitive design resource for interior design professionals and the public alike. Our team has rebranded the center, stewarded the brand identity through various evolutions...

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Seattle Symphony

The symphony approached us to help reposition the organization during a change in artistic leadership. We launched a new, modern brand that aligns with their historic mission as well as their desire to be more relevant in the community. Tactics...

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Seattle University

Seattle University is dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world. And when it came time to convey that mission in their marketing, and through a massive capitol campaign,...

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Seattle University School of Law

As the largest and most diverse law school in the Northwest, SU came to us looking for a complete website — digital redesign and build. Our team lead them through a comprehensive redesign process and strategically repositioned them as a leader...

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Students Rebuild

Sometimes online action isn't enough. That's why Students Rebuild exists — to motivate young people to make a difference in real life. To help them achieve their mission, our team updated their websites, enhanced the user experience...

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Sun Valley Ketchum Chamber & Visitors Bureau

Sun Valley has established itself as the nation's first ski resort and premier, year-round destination. To help leverage that enviable position, the chamber partnered with our team to develop a wide range of seasonal marketing efforts and...

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Sun Valley Summer Symphony

Over our ten-year relationship with SVSS, we've created a variety of branding materials that have solidified the organization as the largest privately funded, free admission, not-to-be-missed outdoor symphony in the country. The work we've...

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Swedish Medical Center

As one of the largest, long-standing healthcare institutions in Seattle, Swedish has worked with our team for many years. They've relied on us to provide a variety of different brand tools and to organize and articulate their messaging across...

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TEO

Before they were Teo, they were Tone Commander — a successful phone equipment manufacturer that wanted to expand their product offerings to include unified communications solutions. So we were tasked with renaming the company and launching a...

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The Brain Cancer Project

The Brain Cancer Project, a foundation developed by Swedish Hospital, is a far-reaching alliance that advances new treatments for brain cancers through collaboration and community. Swedish Hospital came to Phinney Bischoff to define the brand and...

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The Bravern

This five-year long project started with naming, branding and strategically positioning The Bravern (including its retail and office leasing initiatives). Once fully leased, our team focused on the public launch via comprehensive advertising and...

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The Northwest School

The Northwest School is one of Seattle's premiere independent schools with students from grades 6-12. Our team guided them through a strategic redesign of their website so that it now embodies their unique campus experience. We achieved this by...

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Torrefazione Italia

Torrefazione Italia was founded by Umberto Bizzarri back in 1986 as an ultra-premium brand at the high end of the coffee category. When they partnered with us, they enlisted our help in creating an evolution of their logo as well as a redesign of...

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United States Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation

The United States Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation is dedicated to helping students at the Naval Academy as well as providing a solid network for alumni. We worked closely with the client and current and former students to plan and...

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WaterTectonics

WaterTectonics provides clean water technology to some of the world's largest brands in the oil and gas industry. When they needed to consolidate their product offerings and convey a succinct message, they brought in our team. We created an...

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Woodland Park Zoo

Seattle's largest zoo needed a facelift. And our team delivered. We introduced a striking new identity that captured both conservation and fun, while introducing the new tagline More Wonder, More Wild. We also worked closely with the Woodland...

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WSECU

WESCU is a closed charter financial cooperative that was established back in 1957. They came to us for help in developing a strategy that turned what could be viewed as a negative (their closed charter status) and leveraging it to emphasize their...

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YWCA - Firesteel

Firesteel YWCA approached Phinney Bischoff to create an online, community-based network to serve as a platform targeting social issues in Washington state. We established a unique identity for the network to create accessibility without polarizing...

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Zenith American Solutions

Zenith Administrators was a client for many years when they told us a merger was about to take place; they were about to become Zenith American Solutions, the largest Third Party Administrator (TPA) in the U.S. We worked feverishly as the merger...

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ZymoGenetics

ZymoGenetics is a Seattle-based biotechnology company. The company's research and development pipeline is on the verge of completing new therapeutics that will offer great promise in the treatment of disease.

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