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Visual Lure Named a 2022 Best of Illinois Winner by UpCity!

Posted on October 19, 2022

Best of Illinois Winner

Every year, UpCityโ€™s Best of Awards honor our business-to-business service providersโ€™ tremendous work within rotating focus areas. Winners are selected using a variety of online credibility ranking factors which remain consistent regardless of the yearโ€™s focus area. In 2022, we celebrate the best providers at the local level for each U.S. state and Canadian province. This year Visual Lure is proud to be named a Best of Illinois Winner in the fields of web design, web development, graphic design, branding/positioning, and search engine optimization.

Visual Lure Named One of The Best Web Designers in St. Louis

Posted on September 7, 2022

Visual Lure is honored once again to be named one of the Best Web Designers in St. Louis by Expertise.com!

Their goal is to connect people with the best local experts. They scored St. Louis Web Designers on more than 25 variables across five categories, and analyzed the results to give you a hand-picked list of the best.

The Selection Criteria:

  • Availability: Consistently approachable and responsive, so customers never feel ignored.
  • Qualifications: Building customer confidence with licensing, accreditations, and awards
  • Reputation: A history of delighted customers and outstanding service.
  • Experience: Masters of their craft, based on years of practical experience and education.
  • Professionalism: Providing service with honesty, reliability, and respect.

 

Top Web Designer in St. Louis

Logo Upgrade for Local Medical Aesthetics Office

Posted on April 21, 2022

Not all the logo and branding work we do starts from scratch. Sometimes we are brought in – to simply update, tweak, or adjust a logo – which was the case here.

Pure 111 was moving offices and wanted to fine tune their logo for their new building signage. When we reviewed their existing logos we noticed there were different icons being used (see the “before” below), and their horizontal and vertical logo options felt disconnected – both because of the different icons, but also because of the different typefaces being used. The logotype also felt generic and unrefined.

Our solutions was to polish up the icon, and update the type. We created a custom R which still felt super modern, but gave the logotype a touch of femininity. It also made it look more custom, and not so “out of the box”. We slightly lightened the type too – which made it feel a little more refined and stylish. Their new offices and signage turned out great!

 

Pure 111 Logo: Before & After

SIGNAGE

New signage looking sharp too:

pure-111-signage

 

Do you have an existing logo that looks dated or unrefined but youโ€™re hesitant to explore a complete redesign because you feel it has too much brand equity or brand recognition? Or maybe you just need an existing logo converted into vector artwork with different formats. Either way, Visual Lure can help. Take a look at some of our sample logo refreshes and contact us today for a free logo upgrade quote!

 

Visual Lure Awarded a 2022 Local Excellence Award from UpCity!

Posted on April 18, 2022

 

UpCity 2022 Local St. Louis Excellence Award

 

Visual Lure is proud to announce that we have won an UpCity Local St. Louis Excellence Award for 2022. Each year, UpCity’s Local Excellence awards celebrate business to business service providers with the highest customer satisfaction and brand integrity based on eight factors: UpCity Profile Completion, UpCity Engagement, UpCity Reviews, Google Reviews, Presence in Search Engines, Location Consistency, Domain Authority, and Website Speed & Experience.

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Label Designs for Award Winning Meat Rubs

Posted on April 11, 2022

Visual Lure recently helped redesign labels for King Louie’s Meat Apostles, a St. Louis area award-winning seasoning company with meat rubs for almost every protein – including some for vegetables.


Before:

Their previous labels did not look or feel like award-winning rubs. The fonts used felt inappropriate, and the craftsmanship was lacking to say the least.

 

King Lou label design before


After:

The owner wanted the new labels to leap off the shelves and feel more luxurious. He also wanted to use a metallic paper that would make the gold elements on the label really stand out and pop! White was printed on the labels to hide the metallic effect on certain areas, such as the nutrition facts, the black bar, and the bar code. All the gold – along with the eyes, the metal in the crown, and the gold leaf – shimmer on the final product. We couldn’t be happier with how these turned out.

Below is an entire sample label, and below that is the entire product line.

 

King Lou full label design


…and the Full Line of Rubs:

All King Louie meat rub label designs

You can learn more about King Louie’s and purchases their amazing rubs at MeatApostles.com.


UPDATE:

Hot off the press, and on the shelves! So cool to see the labels we designed for King Louie’s Meat Apostles in stores.

King Louie Label Design on Shelves

…and taking the label design to inspire some shirts:

King Lou shirt design

King Lou shirt design 2

 


Are you about to launch a new product?

If you are about to bring a new product to market and need help with professional branding and package design, contact Visual Lure today for a FREE quote. Donโ€™t waste time and money hiring sub-par or entry-level designers. Get it done right the first time, and make sure buyers wonโ€™t reject your product due to poor presentation. Looking for additional packaging information, this will help:ย  Learn more about our package design services ยปย  |ย  view more of our packaging portfolio ยปย  |ย  contact us with for FREE design quote ยป

 

5th Anniversary Logo Design for a St. Louis Area Rail Road Company

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One of our favorite types of logos to design are anniversary marks. Why? Because we get to create a unique logo, but it still has to compliment and vibe with the existing brand. On this logo, our client wanted their 5th anniversary logo to be inspired by vintage rail road logos. Below are our initial five proposed options.

The top left emblem is the winning design. They liked it so much that we created another seal (bottom right) that will be used as a secondary brand mark.

 

TPL 5th anniversary logo design

Want to see more of our logo design work?

Click here to view our logo design portfolio, or click here to view some of our branding projects.