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       Wins National Graphic Design Awards
 
 Logo
       design by Garson Design Services for Christine & Robert Smith, Owners of Santa Cruz Pizza Company, Scotts Valley, CA.
 
 
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 CASE
      STUDY
 
 Need
 Santa Cruz Pizza Company needed a logo for their restaurant in Scotts Valley that picked up on the local surfer culture in a surprisingly  more sophisticated approach.
 
 Solution
 The client had said that they had taken the 2 letters "S" & "C" and created caligraphy drafts on their fogged bathroom mirror. That's all it took to get our creative juices flowing. Many hours of finding just the right "surfer dude" image made the imagery almost dreamlike and the look came together. Final logo was put on bz cards and promotional items. We had done another "potential" logo that was bought and used on t-shirts.
 
 • santacruzpizzacompany.com
 Website GDS also designed
 4915SCPizzaC
 
 
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 www.gdusa.com
 
 Other GDS awards from same 2009 competition:
 
 • Fit-Tech
 • 2008 GDS Holiday Card
 • Santa Cruz Pizza Company
 
 
 • Click here for
Press Release 1.9mb 041810
 
 Design Firm: Garson Design Services, Fairfield CA
 Client: Santa Cruz Pizza Company - Christine & Robert Smith
 Title: Santa Cruz Pizza Company Logo
 Art Director: Steve Garson
 Designers: Steve Garson & Megan Dessel
 
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 Winners receive an embossed Certificate of Excellence and become eligible for
          reproduction in the Graphic Design USA's Awards Annual, seen by over 100,000
          colleagues and clients each year. The 2009 Design Annual, with the winning entries,
          will come out January 2010.
 
 
 
 
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    Responses!
 Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of CommercePDF Link 042310
 
 "Very nice. Congratulations Steve and team."
 Steve Lessler
 Former Fairfield City Councilman and now owner of:
 www.lesslergroup.com
 
 "Steve, Congratulations sir!"
 Dan Fein
 Dan is one of our esteemed GDS Alumni
 
 "Hey Garson, Dee Dee and crew! Way to go!!"
 Susan
    Stutz
 Colleague from my Academy of Art University days and Design Instructor at Portland State University
 
 "Hey Steve, Wonderful News! Wonderful Work! Well deserved! Congratulations to you and your obviously talented team!"
 Best, Joe Rigo
 Joe is back from my Ad Agency days - Joe was our go-to guy in our Austin Knight Advertising US HQ  in NYC.
 
 "Congratulations Steve & the GDS crew! Glad to see you going strong! Keep it up!"
 David Benson
 iPhone Message. David is one of our esteemed
 GDS Alumni
 
 "Congratulations, Steve.   Great news....thanks for sharing with me.   Keep up the great work. Peace and blessings."
 Mark E. Lampkin
 CEO, M.E. Lampkin Media Services
 www.melmedia.net
 
 "Congratulations, Steve and 'hope you're well"Randy Mon
 www.randymon.com
 Randy is an incredible Food Stylist - we worked on a photoshoot with Photographer Chriss Poulsen for Engelhart Gourmet Foods We created their website also.
 
 "Steve, Congratulations. Well Done." Regards,
 Nigel Hartley
 Accredited  Associate of the
 Institute for Independent Business
 CMT - Senior Mentor • CBC - Certified Behaviors Coach
 • OED - Certified Careers Coach. My former esteemed boss at Austin Knight Advertising in Sausalito
 
 "Congrats, Steve!!!"
 Bud Ross
 Past President of the Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce
 
 "Congratulations on the awards. I think we could do some work together. We are a print shop that speacializes in foil stamping and embossing. We can handle any project with our 30 years in the business. Please check out our website and feel free to contact us if you have any questions about our services."
 Thanks, Derek
 Ace Embossing
 525 Sinclair Frontage Road
 Milpitas, CA 95035
 Tel: 408.262.2585
 www.aceembossing.com
 
 "Congrats! Not surprised!"
 Steve Dunn
 Owner Solano Signs
 Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry. Together we  created an iconic logo /signage in downtown Vacaville.
 
 "Congratulations Steve! We will get this new in the VOICE ! Next month- this months deadline has past – so watch!"
 G. Leslie Fay, IOM
 President/CEO
 Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce
 1111 Webster St.
 Fairfield, California 94533
 leslie@ffsc-chamber.com
 
 Congratulations!
 Tumikia Watu-Khuthaza
 www.twkdesigns.com
 
 "Congratulations on your national award!   Know how hard you all work.   Hope to see you soon...it has been a crazy 2010 for us.   Thanks for sending the good news." Love, Sharon and Lee Mack
 Lee is the brother of my better half - Dee Dee
 
 "Wow Garson! Great work! Congratulations on the awards."
 Jim Stoch
 Former colleague at Austin Knight Advertising in Sausalito.
 
 "Hi Steve and all at Garson Design, Congratulations on your recent awards. You deserve it."
 All the Best,
 Nancy Burns
 turningoveranewbelief.com
 We created her website and logo.
 
 "Hi Steven,  Congratulation!!!!!!!  The logo is very good. Keep up the good  work.
 I have  company from Japan now. My grand niece came here and will stay till next month. I can tell her the good news of your achievement. Her father is a play-writer for motion pictures and he is very famous also. Tell DD hello for me."  Good job, Steven,    Miyo Eakins
 Miyo is my Dad's brothers wife.
 
 
 
 
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