Musings of the compulsively creative

Insights, inspiration, rants and ramblings.

Dec 21/15

Happy Holidays from your designated designers

It's that time of year again! Our tradition of over-the-top holiday mailers continues this year with Salud!—a collection of seven lovingly hand-crafted letterpress coasters. Each coaster features a custom illustration inspired by our favorite drinks, like ...

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Oct 07/15

Introducing Grindstone

If you follow us on Facebook and Instagram, you may have seen or heard about Grindstone. On the last Friday of each month, the Traina Crew takes a break from client projects, puts their ...

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Sep 24/15

5 keys for a successful magazine design

Our team recently had the exciting opportunity to completely rebrand and redesign UC San Diego's alumni magazine, Triton. We set out with the goal of creating a publication that would stand out from ordinary alumni magazines ...

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Jul 31/15

Our first summer intern

Traina Design recently launched our new internship program and had the pleasure of working with University of Texas at Austin student, Emily Rosenbaum. Emily is heading into her senior year as an advertising major ...

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Jul 17/15

Design firms Traina, Lift announce merger deal

Traina Design, a brand design firm, today announced an agreement to merge its San Diego operations with creative services firm Lift. Lift, also based in San Diego, is a design firm with special emphasis in the ...

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Jun 17/15

The surf factor

When you think of Southern California, you think of surfing. The laid-back vibe, the lingo, the sandals—who doesn’t want to be a part of it? So it’s no surprise that surfing culture has found its way ...

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May 29/15

Traina welcomes new talent

Traina is thrilled to announce the addition of four new team members that are also new to San Diego. Here’s a little background on each one of the newbies:

Jeselyn Lawrence: Senior Account Manager

Hailing from ...

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Mar 27/15

San Diego’s American Advertising Awards

Our team recently enjoyed spending an evening amongst colleagues to recognize and reward creative excellence at San Diego’s American Advertising Awards. This competition is more commonly known as the ADDYs and is organized by our friends ...

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Mar 27/15

San Diego’s American Advertising Awards

Our team recently enjoyed spending an evening amongst colleagues to recognize and reward creative excellence at San Diego’s American Advertising Awards. This competition is more commonly known as the ADDYs and is organized by our friends ...

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Mar 09/15

San Diego surf spots t-shirt

Winter brings some of the best waves to Southern California and the designers here at Traina are headed out to their favorite local surf spots. In preparation for the killer swells, and with some help from ...

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