Our work - Commence Studio® is a bespoke research and design firm ... We craft purposeful brands, products, and eCommerce experiences that turn conscious values into company value. We collaborate with large & small companies that we can inspire to change the world.

With Versatility

Real World Experience

 Adopting Praise for our bike shop’s Shopify site was a stellar decision. Its customizable features allowed us to tailor our site perfectly to our niche audience.

Ritual cookies features

Out of the Box

In 2023, we took the learnings of over 9 years of design and development and ventured into the product side of Shopify templates. Introducing, Praise, a versatile new theme centered on highlighting your brand narrative with a product focus. 

Praise - Creating a Premium Shopify Theme

Scalable Branding

A Full-Service Solution 

Logo Design & Scalability

Custom Beer Cans

Cans features

Second Cans features

Brewery Web Design & Development

Artist Highlights

Merch Design

Hat features

Photography

Cost Savings

Commence Studio's collaboration with Lead Dog Brewing Company, a vibrant craft brewery, goes beyond the scope of traditional branding. Aspiring to cultivate a unique blend of rebellious humor, unorthodox styles, and uninhibited creativity, we helped rebrand this brewery with logo design, beer label graphic design, website design, and brewery website development. 


Brewery Branding for Lead Dog Brewing

Communicating a Strong Identity

Scalable Brand Collateral 

When our designers created this custom website design, they wanted to take visitors on a journey. The bold headlines act as a storytelling feature, reciting mantras that the company believes in.  The first animation of a bar chart shows the journey of leveling up a business while featuring rock climbers reaching for new heights.

The little details on this website tell a story - that parallels how Stoncipher uses data to help guide their clients on a journey to a more successful business.  

Website with a Story

Website with a story

Faster than the speed of sound

Our team is ready to help you build a brand that communicates clearly and attracts the customers that you want.  Work with us to create a website that captures leads and builds an online presence that works for you.

Branding & Website Design

Stonecipher Consulting Group is a strategic financial, operational, and management consultancy partnering with non-profit organizations in the cultural arts and education space.

Modern Logo and Headless Website Development

Holiday Season Launch

Shopify Website & Klaviyo Management

Shopify + Klavyio = Success

She is Cheval is a women's shoe designer that believes in responsible capitalism.  They are female-focused, female-founded, and female-owned, actively working to improve the world. They pride themselves on their commitment to ethical and eco-friendly practices.


6-Figure Launch for Female-Lead Shoe Brand

How it started

Generate sales and migrate customers easily

The Results

Shopify & E-commerce Agency

Death Wish Coffee Co. leads with an alternative point of view, providing bold, smooth cups of coffee to their people. They find fresh ways to enjoy coffee and foster community along the way. They're all about disrupting the status quo which you can see in their edgy, sarcastic content. They live to rebel against blah beans—and a boring, lackluster life.

Death Wish Shopify Website Migration

Web Design for more conversions

product photos

"Our overall brand impression has improved so much since the launch of our new site."

Optimized Mobile Experience

French Gourmet provides high-quality dough and pastries to businesses across the world with consistent flavor. Commence studio modernized their website with a focus on fast-loading pages with a luxurious feel and accessible product information for B2B customers. Brochure design and on-site product photography helped elevate the shopping experience.

B2B Web Design and Marketing for International Pastry Manufacturer

Sea View Grid 1

Numeral design for rooms with personality

Illustrations, web design, and brand identity for The Sea View Inn in Manhattan Beach, California. A small hotel looking to capture the laid-back beach feeling of the area and encourage visitors to live like locals.

Identity, illustration and web design for an inn at the beaches of southern california

Of Getting Lost

Build a Modern Mobile Storefront 

Measures of Success

A Mobile First Ecommerce Experience

Deso Supply Co. is an outdoor clothing company that appreciates wide open spaces and getting lost in the wilderness. Not because you don’t know where you’re going but because it’s an adventure. 

A Mobile Ecommerce Site for Purpose Driven Retailer

Need Modern Solutions

Guides Website Changes

Down to the details

Graphic Designs

Clear Capital's success story serves as a valuable example for other organizations looking to modernize their online presence and achieve tangible, impactful results.

Clear Capital has been helping real estate investors evaluate properties since their creation in 2001. What started as a small technology company out of Truckee, California is now the leader in the space. They needed to take their online presence up a notch and Commence Studio obliged.

Modernizing A Marketing Website for B2B Tech

Brand Assets

It’s important to translate a visual identity from the streets to a brand’s online presence. Hey Hey’s website was build on Sanity.io a content system that is easy to use and creates structrued content that is extremely customizable. It’s easy for the client to use and perfectly pairs with the illustrative design systems that Hey Hey’s is known for.

Built with user experience in mind, we made it easy for customers to learn about the pop-up, see what’s on the menu today and to contact Hey Hey’s to see where they can find the amazing fried chicken recipe next. Quick and easy-to-use are essentials to a pop-up food truck experience like this one.

Illustration in Web Design

Food Truck Design

Our friends at Hey Hey’s requested a brand identity that pops off the page and stood out from other food trucks in the market. They also needed a website that makes it easy for their customers to locate them and is simple enough to use while they’re standing in line waiting to order.

Brand illustrations and identity for Reno Food Truck

NEN Video from Dribble

Progressive Ecosystem

A bold rebrand for The Nevada Entrepreneur Network - we focused on creating a scalable identity ecosystem to further engage the organization’s current audience, and to expand connections across various regions of Nevada.

A new NEN for all of Nevada

Hungry Devils, a popular Reno food truck let us play off of their name and design some serious personality into their brand identity. Their spirit was also reflected in the photography used for their social media.

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2 Full Images, 2 Split Images, 1 full image

Taste No Evil Food Truck Design

3 side-by-side Graphics

Business Card Design

Iconic food photography, illustrative identity, full tear sheet, and food truck design for  Hungry Devils - handmade Greco American food and baked goods in Reno, NV.

Tear Sheet & Food Truck Design

Work Listing Page

All Projects

Praise - Shopify Theme

Lead Dog Brewing

Stonecipher Consulting

She is Cheval

Death Wish Coffee Company

French Gourmet

Sea View Inn

Deso Supply Co.

Clear Capital

Hey Hey's Fried Chicken

Nevada Entrepreneur Network

Hungry Devils