Idaho’s oldest continually operating architecture firm was in desperate need of a new look.

CSHQA, founded in 1889 by William Campbell (the “C” in CSHQA), is responsible for many of Idaho’s most iconic buildings. But its website was not living up to the firm’s stellar reputation and did not reflect the company’s nationwide growth and influence — it was 10 years old and dated.

After 5+ years, we finally got around to redesigning our website.

This is definite cause for celebration around the Carew Co office, as our old site was in disarray for years. We have updated the site to share the latest and greatest of work, which you may now view in our Work section. We have finally taken our own medicine and launched a responsive version of our site. It's been difficult to explain to our clients why our site isn't responsive...the best explanation is simply, "You know, the cobbler's shoes..."

At Carew Co., we had been anxiously awaiting the chance to push this campaign further and knew this was our opportunity. We've had an amazing partnership with the marketing team for many years and enjoy any opportunity to "mind meld" with our friends at CWI. As an extension of the marketing team, we bring ideas to the table, consult on the campaign strategy, and get the tactics accomplished.

We've been thrilled to watch the agency expand and succeed in the past few years and have enjoyed a wonderful partnership with our friends at Red Sky. In late 2010, we were hired to update and modernize the Red Sky website in terms of the Interface Design, Blog Integration, and Website Code. The new site launched in January of 2011 and has been very well received.

Recently, Filmmaker / Actor Travis Swartz needed a house to shoot a scene in for his upcoming and guaranteed-to-be-hilarious film, "Nobody Cares." Lindsay from the Urban Agent Team offered up her living room and front porch as a location for the scenes. We were psyched to be asked to help with a spot for an upcoming event that The Urbans had sponsored (Ignite Boise). We suggested that they use their favor to work with Travis on the "Who Is Your Realtor?" spot.

In order to sell luxury tours in the United States, Claude was in need of Brand that truly represents the Bordeaux experience. The Brand Identity needed to capture the heritage and juxtaposition of historic Bordeaux culture and modern/luxury travel. Our design team knew we had something when Ryan Lascano shared his initial sketch of a hand-drawn typographic mark. Our clients loved the reflection of traditional typography and the highlighted '33' to represent the French code for the region.

In this case, we were lucky enough to have invested clients and a  long time line to launch. We love the opportunity to bring a brand to life, and the time to do it right. It's always a great opportunity to be involved at the ground floor and have the ability to work directly with the winemaker and owners of the company. We represented the brand through packaging, the website, and marketing materials. In this case, consistency was key to building a cohesive, branded experience.

We're fortunate to have met Winemaker John & Vicki Danielson and their business partners. They are great clients/people who were active participants in the process are open to our ideas and opinions along the way. Due to this balance and ability to be trusted guides in our exploration, the result is something we're very proud of.

Out of a savvy business idea came a great creative opportunity.

As the Children Home Society brings their service lines closer together, there was a need for a more cohesive brand identity and consistent marketing materials. Carew Co. was excited (and flattered) to take on the challenge.