VOLTAGE Advertising and Design was excited to sponsor and design the poster and marketing graphics for the 2009 Seismic U.S. Nationals for Slalom Skateboarding. It was held at Overlook hill in Lafayette, CO. Here are some of the graphics developed for the race.

Poster graphics of the Seismic 2009 Skateboarding Nationals

From the NY Times pub.

VOLTAGE has recently completed the identity for a new product line created by Umpqua Feather Merchants – the largest producer of hand-tied flies in the world. The new line is called UPG – for Umpqua Pro Guides. VOLTAGE has been instrumental in helping brand and package the newly designed products designed for the Professional Fly Fishing Guide – which feature a small, medium, and large sized flybox, fish nipper and zinger! The product line debuted in last years Umpqua catalog which VOLTAGE designed and the retail packaging will be completed within weeks. To see the packaging design as it evolves visit the VOLTAGE facebook page.

The latest promo and mailer from ILONA. An in-store offer. We have also been promoting the ILONA facebook page. We have launched a promotion where each month a fan is selected and recieves a $75 gift certificate to Ilona.com. Become a fan and it’ll only be a matter of time before you get yours!

Introducing ROBO:MAIL – A hi-tech email marketing system that functions a lot like Rosie from the Jetsons. You ask, it delivers. We’ve custom designed a number of email newsletters, promos, templates and campaigns for our clients over the last few months and have been using an email marketing system that lets you pinpoint customers with laser tight precision, deliver, and track well designed marketing communications. ROBO:MAIL is a great way to get more out or your marketing dollars, in comparison with traditional advertising and direct mail methods. What our clients have liked is the flexibility to email their lists whenever they want, customize the templates themselves, or call us to create specialized graphics or campaigns. It’s Robotics at it’s best with the support of VOLTAGE cyborg designers that compute creative at unearthly speeds. Call us for details : 303.664.1687. Samples below :

The VOLTAGE studio lair was recently featured on This ain’t no disco! A website devoted to design / ad agency interiors and studio spaces! We were also featured on Boulderspace.org - a local design blog. We thank them for the features! Take a look at the studio shots – and these panoramic views of the office – thanks to Nhat Meyer – photographer extraordinaire!

VOLTAGE Advertising and Design has just completed a new identity for the Louisville Arts Hub. A consolidated effort by the many arts organizations and groups in Louisville to promote their various activities, classes and performances. The website which is being developed by VOLTAGE Advertising and Design will be the central location for information regarding the many artistic groups located in Louisville, Colorado and offer course calendars, event notifications, and recent news.

The simple and bold graphics are intended to promote the actual activities and has been designed to act like a hub – and bring the many artists and groups together under a common graphic language. Louisville’s non-profit arts groups involved in the Hub along with the Boulder County Arts Alliance are The Art Underground, Centerstage Theatre Company, Coal Creek Community Theater, Louisville Art Association, and the Louisville Cultural Council.

The LockIn FJ Cruiser is in the wraps! In leiu of doing a full on tradeshow booth for LockIn Security – a client who has developed an innovative new trailer lock and security system – VOLTAGE has designed a traveling booth or should we say trailer – that is fully equiped with the actual security system, as well as compelling graphics, company brochures, and dvd’s. The trailers proven a success as the team has sold a number of systems allready before the locks have even hit the production line. It’s a slam dunk when you see the trailer and how the lock actually works!

Scott Edwards of LockIn said : “Our truck and trailer are literally our Trade Show booth. We are a start-up, but at our first trade show we looked and felt like a million bucks. I can’t tell you how many positive comments we had on our graphics.”

To find out more about LockIn Security – check out their website, or Video.

The Olympics have begun and a close friend of VOLTAGE and associate Nhat Meyer is there covering the event for the San Jose Mercury News. So we were thrilled when he sent us our homepage image of him wearing a VOLTAGE cap right in front of the Birds nest! He’ll be taking some awesome shots, check out his blog for more. The coolest thing are these panoramas Nhat’s posted. Check them out by clicking on the images.

Nhat told us how he did the 360 Pano’s – says you use a Nodal Ninja 5 on top of a tripod – then use two programs – PTGui and Cubic Converter to assemble them… Nice! Maybe you can do one of the VOLTAGE studio when you come out again! Have fun in CHINA!

Common Threadz, a VOLTAGE client, was spotted on the scene at the MTV Style Lounge in Beverly Hills last week. As you can see by the photos many famous people stood by the logo we designed, including the likes of Christina Milian, Joel Moore, Vanessa Branch, Shannon Elizabeth, Matt Sorum, and Jesse Metcalf. VOLTAGE designed the Common Threadz logo, marketing collateral, and are now working on some tees!
Common Threadz is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that is working to provide orphans and vulnerable children in developing nations with the chance of an education and social acceptance by giving them the school uniforms that they can not afford. For each Common Threadz tee sold, a school uniform is donated.


VOLTAGE Advertising and Design is the creative shop of Eric Fowles, an award winning graphic designer operating in Louisville, CO. His firm produces powerful websites, brands, and graphic design for National and local Clients.

This week there were some crazy clouds on the front range – which turned into tornado warnings, and some damaging hail out east of us. Anyway – snapped a pick of this ominous cloud over Louisville Middle School right before it started to get torn down! Symbolic, I guess – we will miss the Art Deco-ish facade of the historic school!! Here’s a quick video snippet of what’s happening.