Trent Design Opens Midtown Detroit Office—A ReTrent Event

Posted by: admin @ 2:12 pm | Date: June 6, 2011 | Comments (0)
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(l to r) Vickie, Anika, Marilyn & Genna are taking a break to pose for the camera

Three of our long-time clients/friends (l to r – Pat Brockway 1995, Pat Lehman, 1992 and Sally Brown, 1997)

The new Trent Design Midtown Detroit office was filled with laughter and conversation throughout the afternoon and into the night. More than 100 friends and clients, new and old came to congratulate Marilyn Trent and her team, see the office, enjoy the food and, of course, taste the now famous Trentini.

The all-mighty Trentini made with real grapefruit!

PS— For those of you interested in the Trentini, we’ve added the recipe for it here:

INGREDIENTS
• 2 grapefruit wedges (peeled and skinned)
• 1/2 tsp. finely chopped mint (adjust to taste)
• 2 oz. Absolut® Ruby Red Vodka
• Squeeze 1/2 of lemon
• 1 oz. Simple Syrup (adjust to taste)

DIRECTIONS
Muddle the grapefruit and mint and put in a martini shaker. Add ice to shaker—add the rest of the ingredients and shake until chilled. Serve in a martini glass with a mint sprig and a peeled and skinned grapefruit wedge. Enjoy!

Mayhem on Madison Avenue

Posted by: admin @ 10:08 am | Date: January 18, 2011 | Comments (0)
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Illustrations for FastCompany by Travis Coburn

There’s a fascinating article this month in the pages of FastCompany that talks about a new generation in advertising and what we should be aware of to evolve and share in its practices. You can read more here.

“First the news business, then the music business, then advertising. Is there any industry I get involved in that doesn’t get destroyed?”

– Touts Andy Nibley, former CEO of Ad Agency Marsteller

The story goes on to discuss the kind of agency that could emerge to thrive on minimum overhead and still succeed as an industry free from the problems of its past. Not surprisingly, this is the kind of world that influences opportunities for its most talented advertising wunderkinds. This is a world where advertising is smaller and perhaps,
more competitive.

New Work: Embliqué

Posted by: admin @ 3:40 pm | Date: September 27, 2010 | Comments (0)
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The flowers connect to the organic nature of the product.

Trent Design has been hard at work on a branded design for a local cosmetics company called Embliqué Ltd. Tasked with the challenge of marketing an anti-aging skin care system line of products, our designers guided everything from art directing photo shoots, swanky press checks (those metallic foils and screens aren’t going to print themselves folks!), and a new e-commerce website that was recently launched. Visit the new site at and let us know what you think. Better yet, you can even order online—and look years younger!
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Carefully considered photography for page spreads and the product brochure.
Photo by Iryna Zhygalkina

Thank you to Scherer Inc. for a fascinating project. It gave us a chance to stretch our design muscles a bit. Also, another big thanks goes out to our co-conspirators who helped us with all the usual business (copy editing, printing, and product photography). All in all, a unique and successful project.

Blogging is Good for Business

Posted by: admin @ 2:54 pm | Date: January 24, 2010 | Comments (2)
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With the overload of information out there, you might think that starting your own blog is a waste of time. But au contraire my friend, it is just the opposite. Good blogs are still in demand and chances are you have insight and knowledge that your customers and your prospects are interested in. The operative words are ‘good,’ ‘information driven,’ ‘timely,’ and ‘useful.’

Letters to Loveliza

Posted by: andrew @ 12:23 am | Date: May 16, 2008 | Comments (0)
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Design by Marian Bantjes. “Love” Letters, get it? But that’s an entirely different story.

Pretty funny. Letters to Loveliza: Daily Design Questions Answered Firmly.

Via I Love Typography