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Blue Hot ignites engagement with fresh, compelling design for strategic communications.
Whether it's time to celebrate a company milestone, boost your brand, launch a new website or attract more customers, Blue Hot fuels your messages with captivating concepts, thoughtful design, and creative solutions for conveying complex data.
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To celebrate Ames Construction’s 60th anniversary, we designed the graphics for their new History and Inspiration Center, including wall panels, interactive videos and kiosks to link the company’s past, present and future.
To celebrate Ames Construction’s 60th anniversary, we designed the graphics for their new History and Inspiration Center, including wall panels, interactive videos and kiosks to link the company’s past, present and future.
To celebrate Ames Construction’s 60th anniversary, we designed the graphics for their new History and Inspiration Center, including wall panels, interactive videos and kiosks to link the company’s past, present and future.
To celebrate Ames Construction’s 60th anniversary, we designed the graphics for their new History and Inspiration Center, including wall panels, interactive videos and kiosks to link the company’s past, present and future.
Värde Partners, a global alternative investment adviser, asked us to create a brand that more closely reflected their culture. We developed a new website featuring their global presence, with new sections for their business philosophy, team biographies, careers and company news. Visit the site
A family of business tools
Re-branding Värde Partners included the design of business communication tools—an at-a-glance brand guide, PowerPoint presentations and guidelines, fact sheets, newsletters and a stationery system.
“Mentor this mind” scholarship campaign
During a pivotal fundraising period, Blue Hot partnered with the University of Minnesota Foundation to express the life-changing importance of student scholarships with an emotion-fueled appeal to donors.
The power of philanthropy
We collaborate with the University of Minnesota Foundation to design Legacy magazine, a quarterly featuring inspiring stories of students, faculty, research, and programs to demonstrate how each has benefitted from private or corporate philanthropy.
How donors make a difference
This annual six-page snapshot highlights donor gifts and their impact within the University of Minnesota. The piece also includes a brief financial summary to demonstrate fiscal prudence.
A compelling case for giving
We helped the University of Minnesota develop a compelling case for giving, educating potential donors to the impact the U makes in developing tomorrow’s leaders, improving the human condition, and building Minnesota’s economic strength.
This book traces the evolution of a remote scout camp in Northern Minnesota—from its primitive beginnings in 1946, through hardships, storms, adventures and camaraderie. Blue Hot worked closely with history writer Dave Kenney and Northern Star Scouting to create a book celebrating the camp's 75th anniversary.
Painting the sustainability picture
With vibrant colors, transparent navigation and a clean web design, we articulated the sustainability pillars, initiatives and achievements of Valspar, a global paint and coatings company. Visit the site
Sustainability at-a-glance
A printed, executive-summary companion to Valspar’s sustainability website, we captured their commitment in this at-a-glance brochure that unfolds to reveal their five pillars of sustainability.
Retooling the inside story
This intranet website re-design includes enhanced functionality and colorful graphics to increase interest and engagement for Valspar employees seeking company information and industry news.
To help Valspar attract top talent, Blue Hot created a bold, colorful and inviting careers website that welcomes candidates with easy navigation.
3D infographics help Hormel Foods communicate to their investors how they are positioned to succeed in a rapidly-evolving food landscape. The 2017 annual report was written and designed to be engaging and educational, and includes many examples supporting the report’s theme “Our path forward”.
Fresh and delicious year after year
Throughout our long-term relationship with Hormel Foods, we've strategically showcased their brands and company performance in fresh and delicious ways. Used as a marketing tool in addition to shareholder communications, their annual reports serve up the best Hormel has to offer.
We created a marketing brochure system for Ames Construction company. The modular system can accommodate a wide range of content and imagery, and is used by their internal design staff to create additional brochures for six different business units across the country.
The builder of America’s highways, bridges, railroads and dams, Ames Construction had a big story to tell. We designed a 300-page history book to capture the personality of a family business that grew into a billion-dollar construction company.
The builder of America’s highways, bridges, railroads and dams, Ames Construction had a big story to tell. We designed a 300-page history book to capture the personality of a family business that grew into a billion-dollar construction company.
The builder of America’s highways, bridges, railroads and dams, Ames Construction had a big story to tell. We designed a 300-page history book to capture the personality of a family business that grew into a billion-dollar construction company.
The builder of America’s highways, bridges, railroads and dams, Ames Construction had a big story to tell. We designed a 300-page history book to capture the personality of a family business that grew into a billion-dollar construction company.
Showcasing 50 years of development
To celebrate their 50th anniversary, Dominium asked us to create a book for their employees featuring hundreds of development projects, including images, statistics, a timeline and an overview of Dominium community giving. Dominium provides affordable homes to families and seniors across the country.
Honoring employee achievements
To honor their top developers, Dominium asked us to create books acknowledging their value and contributions to the company’s success. Each 12” x 12” hard cover book includes images and information for each of their projects, biography, timeline and an overview of Dominium community giving.
Curing technology pain points
To differentiate themselves from other IT management services companies, Network Guidance 2.0 addressed customer pain points with a site featuring iconic images that expressed how they support customers.
Your brand is the essence of your organization. We help you discover what makes your company unique by capturing its personality in the perfect brand identity.
Dominium provides affordable homes to families and seniors across the country. To refresh their brand, Blue Hot added dimension, created a new color palette, and introduced a friendly sans serif font.
To commemorate their 100-year anniversary, we created a special mark for Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota in alignment with their overall brand.
Contemporary and classic rebranding for Värde Partners, a global alternative investment adviser. Värde, whose name is the Swedish word for “value,” seeks to create value through every investment, partnership and relationship. The new visual brand reinforces the firm’s core values of integrity, excellence, collegiality, innovation and humility.
Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Insurers Association (MWCIA) collects and analyzes workers’ compensation data for insurers and regulators in Minnesota. To refresh an existing brand, we added a simple dot to suggest a human worker, introduced colors that evoke the state’s abundant lakes and forests, and used a sans-serif font for a clean, contemporary appearance.
Current Technologies sells biofeedback instruments and supplies for people with pain or pelvic health issues. Our rebranding solution put their identity on the right wavelength with customers.
The Fresenius national symposium logo reinforces their patient-centric approach to kidney dialysis. Used for trade show graphics, presentation materials and literature at their annual symposium it conveys a clear benefit to medical directors and physicians.
Internal branding for the employee volunteer program at St. Jude Medical. The words reinforce the transformative effect volunteers have on the people they help in the community, and the positive impact of helping others.
Weaving in sophistication
An elegant, upscale logo created for Legacy Looms, a design studio specializing in high-end, hand-woven custom rugs for the clients of interior designers.
To drive participation in and contributions for their annual United Way campaign, AMS engaged and inspired employees with this logo on t-shirts, lunchroom table tents, posters and email banners.
Building an anniversary book
When M. A. Mortenson Company wanted to commemorate their 60th year in the construction industry, they asked Blue Hot to create a book to highlight recent projects and technological advances. This large-format, 180-page book features quotes from clients and employees, project photos and engaging narrative to capture the construction process from planning to completion.
Building an anniversary book
When M. A. Mortenson Company wanted to commemorate their 60th year in the construction industry, they asked Blue Hot to create a book to highlight recent projects and technological advances. This large-format, 180-page book features quotes from clients and employees, project photos and engaging narrative to capture the construction process from planning to completion.
Building an anniversary book
When M. A. Mortenson Company wanted to commemorate their 60th year in the construction industry, they asked Blue Hot to create a book to highlight recent projects and technological advances. This large-format, 180-page book features quotes from clients and employees, project photos and engaging narrative to capture the construction process from planning to completion.
Building an anniversary book
When M. A. Mortenson Company wanted to commemorate their 60th year in the construction industry, they asked Blue Hot to create a book to highlight recent projects and technological advances. This large-format, 180-page book features quotes from clients and employees, project photos and engaging narrative to capture the construction process from planning to completion.
Building places that change lives
The mission of the Peter J. King Family Foundation is to provide bricks and mortar funding to organizations dedicated to the improvement of children’s health, education and welfare, and to building a stronger family environment. This hard-cover book helps tell their story by featuring several of the projects they have funded and the good resulting from them.
The 2016 Fresenius Annual Medical Quality Report is an accessible and inviting resource packed with information about dialysis research and treatment, for a broad-based audience of hospital medical directors, insurance companies and government agencies.
The 2016 Fresenius Annual Medical Quality Report is an accessible and inviting resource packed with information about dialysis research and treatment, for a broad-based audience of hospital medical directors, insurance companies and government agencies.
The 2015 Fresenius Annual Medical Quality Report is an accessible and inviting resource, packed with information about dialysis research and treatment, for a broad-based audience of hospital medical directors, insurance companies and government agencies.
The 2015 Fresenius Annual Medical Quality Report is an accessible and inviting resource packed with information about dialysis research and treatment, for a broad-based audience of hospital medical directors, insurance companies and government agencies.
The 2014 Fresenius Annual Medical Quality Report is an accessible and inviting resource, packed with information about dialysis research and treatment, for a broad-based audience of hospital medical directors, insurance companies and government agencies.
The 2014 Fresenius Annual Medical Quality Report is an accessible and inviting resource, packed with information about dialysis research and treatment, for a broad-based audience of hospital medical directors, insurance companies and government agencies.
The Fresenius national symposium logo reinforces their patient-centric approach to kidney dialysis. Used for trade show graphics, presentation materials and literature at their annual symposium it conveys a clear benefit to medical directors and physicians.
Avicenna hit it big at trade shows with this fun, memorable sales tool. Blue Hot created this high-tech deck of cards to showcase the many nano technologies the company offers.
Smart design for sustainability reporting
This shingled structure highlights St. Jude Medical’s four platforms of corporate sustainability with easy find-and-flip-to sections. Quick facts, charts and images are used throughout the report to clearly communicate their sustainability initiatives and successes.
With compelling design and photography, we support St. Jude Medical's annual reports in celebrating the renewed vigor of patients who have benefited from St. Jude Medical’s life-saving and life-changing medical devices while highlighting the company’s latest innovations.
With compelling design and photography, we support St. Jude Medical's annual reports in celebrating the renewed vigor of patients who have benefited from St. Jude Medical’s life-saving and life-changing medical devices while highlighting the company’s latest innovations.
With compelling design and photography, we support St. Jude Medical's annual reports in celebrating the renewed vigor of patients who have benefited from St. Jude Medical’s life-saving and life-changing medical devices while highlighting the company’s latest innovations.
Banks, bottling and baseball
Carl Pohlad’s three sons wanted a book honoring their parents’ lives and accomplishments, to share with extended family and friends. Through engaging stories, images and illustrations, this book reveals what shaped a poor, small town boy into a Minnesota business icon. Blue Hot worked closely with the Pohlads and the writer to develop the right tone, voice and visual solution for this very personal project.
Patterson Companies was celebrating their 140th anniversary, and wanted to focus on the ways they are leading change in their industry. They offer services and supplies for dental and animal health markets, so we created a special section featuring forward-thinking examples that will drive future growth.
We help Patterson reach out to their investors with bold and engaging communications that stay true to their brand.
Blue Hot worked with O2 Design landscape architects (formerly Oslund and Associates) to refine their website, improve user interface, and create new sections, including an extensive project portfolio their staff is able to populate with images and text. Visit the site
We worked with Oslund and Associates Landscape Architects to evolve their brand and change their name. To announce O2 Design, this invitation unfolds to reveal their new name and invite clients, partners and friends to a 20-year celebration
