Branding
Web Design
& Illustration
for B2B
Featured Work
Waypoint Robotics
Creating a robust brand for industrial-strength robots
In a Nutshell
Let's discover what makes you unique
Express it in a memorable way
Apply it to a range of touchpoints
Easy Legal Billing
The cloud-based invoicing solution for the modern law firm.
- Year: 2020
- Agency: Chris Vogel Design
- Sector: Tech
Outward Bound California
An outdoor education school changing lives through challenge and discovery.
- Year: 2019
- Agency: Chris Vogel Design
- Sector: Nonprofit
KH Industries
A manufacturer of temporary lighting and power products for industrial and commercial end-users.
- Year: 2019
- Agency: Cypress North
- Sector: Commercial & Industrial
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All Work
Services
Identity
Distill the core of your company down to its essentials and express it in a distinct way.
- Positioning Strategy
- Logo Systems
- Style Guides
Interface
Empathize with your user to create an interactive experience that captivates and converts.
- User Experience
- Web Design
- Developer Documentation
Illustration
Visualize your message and transform abstract ideas into tangible truths.
- Iconography
- Diagrams
- Process Visualization
Clientele
A wide variety
of customers
I serve clients from many sectors – coast-to-coast and beyond. I’m fortunate not to be limited by industry or geography. Even though my clients are so vastly different, they all have one thing in common: a deep passion for their own business and the customers they serve.
About
Years of industry experience
Years of design agency ownership
Born, raised and educated in Germany
The Businessology Podcast
Episode #079
One Man Agency Vs. Freelancing with Chris Vogel
Chris runs Chris Vogel Design – a one-person agency that helps companies articulate answers to fundamental questions. Chris positions companies and creates distinct visual systems that capture the essence of a business.
Shopify Partners Blog
Aug 1, 2018
Client Onboarding: How a One-Man Agency Qualifies Leads and Turns Them Into Clients
Unless you’re a star designer and have a plethora of big-name clients, awards, and speaking engagements under your belt, running an agency by yourself isn’t easy. Client prospecting can be especially challenging...
Fotostation
Norway-based Fotostation is a professional-grade image management software that helps photographers optimize their workflow. With a focus on blazing speed and automation tools, we designed a brand identity that emphasized efficiency and built trust in the photographer community. A simple aesthetic with highly refined typography allowed the carefully crafted messaging to shine.
- Year: 2014
- Agency: Dotvita
- Sector: Tech
Banh Mi Salad
This recipe diagram shows how to make a Korean-inspired Banh Mi Salad. In addition to explaining the steps involved, it illustrates ingredient ratios and assembly. The design relies on a variety of stylistic elements – including icon illustration, data visualization and product photography.
- Year: 2016
- Agency: Chris Vogel Design
- Sector: Food & Drink
Pivot
I had the great privilege of working with Oven Bits on their content + commerce platform: Pivot. As an integrated team member, I helped with the user experience and interface design on native iOS and Android apps for Lush Cosmetics, Imprint Edition and Rainbow Shops.
- Year: 2016
- Agency: Oven Bits
- Sector: Tech
Brock, Schechter + Polakoff
Cypress North, a digital marketing and development agency I work with from time to time, needed help relaunching their client's web presence. Acting as the design lead, I developed the positioning strategy and visual identity Brock, Schechter + Polakoff, a Buffalo-based CPA firm. Our goal was to project the feeling of balance and capture the personality of the team: a diverse group of experts who take a step back to find out what headwinds their clients are facing – working closely with them, side-by-side, to solve unique challenges in a personable way.
- Year: 2017
- Agency: Cypress North
- Sector: Professional Services
Client Testimonial
"...Chris's great sense of curiosity, his gracious listening skills and his mastery at interpreting our work has resulted in first-class representations of our programs and our vision. He guided the process with thoughtful economy. He was nimble in zooming out to the big conceptual picture, and polishing each illustration down to the finest detail. We're equipped with better tools to reach new communities and gather greater resources to support our mission..."
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