DesignScout® is a strategic branding and creative studio. Helping businesses connect with the people they’re built for.

Since 2003

The best brands aren’t invented. They’re revealed.

We help you show the world why you’re worth choosing.

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  • Logo of Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurants featuring a stylized hawk feather on the left with the text "COOPER'S HAWK WINERY & RESTAURANTS" on the right.
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  • Logo for San Francisco Design Center with four dark circles containing the letters S, F, D, and C, and the text "San Francisco Design Center" underneath.
  • Logo for Chicago Union Station featuring the text 'Chicago Union Station' in a stylized font with 'Chicago' above 'Union Station'.
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We help founders launch with confidence. We help CMOs earn buy-in. We help leaders align around what’s next. We help family businesses evolve with purpose. We help growing companies become impossible to ignore.

You’ve built something worth choosing.

For more than two decades, we’ve helped ambitious businesses launch, grow, and evolve through strategy, identity, packaging, websites, and ongoing creative partnership. Every engagement begins by understanding what makes your business different, then bringing that story to life in ways your customers can understand, remember, and trust.

Now let’s make sure everyone else sees it.

Our Services
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Serious about the work. Easy to work with.

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Service Business
Branding

Serving up “made-for-me!” moments

Service brands need to have an authentic connection with their customers. B2B or B2C, we craft authentic “gotta have it” moments.

here to serve

Restaurant
Branding

We 86 boring brands

From fast-casual to fine dining, we craft award-winning restaurant branding that keeps customers coming back for more.

what’s on the menu

Winery Branding & Spirits Branding

Going beyond the label

As the team behind the largest wine club in the nation, we know how to drive younger and more diverse customers to your brand.

want a taste?

Family-Focused Branding

brands kids (and parents) love

Whether you run a daycare, after-school program, tutoring service, or enrichment activity, DesignScout creates brands that kids love and parents trust.

let’s make magic

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    “Our work with DesignScout increased our sales by 40% after a decade in business!”

    – BENJI ROSEN, FOUNDER, BENJYEHUDA

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  • Mountain range across a body of water with trees in the foreground and a building on the right.

    “DesignScout truly delves deeper than simply design services. Their insight into branding and storytelling is unmatched.”

    – MELANIE ROMANIAK, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, COOPER’S HAWK

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  • Mountain range with cloudy sky over a body of water and green hills in the foreground.

    “Scout and her team are simply the best design/branding firm I have ever worked with.”

    – DAVID LYON, FOUNDER, SOUND ADVICE

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  • A landscape featuring rolling green hills in the foreground and rugged mountain peaks in the background under a clear sky.

    “When our branding no longer reflected our consultancy’s pedigree, we knew it was time to rebrand. DesignScout helped us clarify how to convey our expertise to different customer profiles while sharing the Afton story. We’re immensely proud of our new brand — the colors, logo, and imagery truly represent who we are and what we do.”

    – Carrie Stewart, Afton Partners

  • Close-up of a wine bottle with a dark label featuring a telescope illustration, gold accents, and celestial design elements.

    “Working with Scout has been one of the better decisions I’ve made since starting my business. I cannot recommend DesignScout enough.”

    – EVAN ANDERSON, FOUNDER, VOON WINES

    See Case Study
  • Two women smiling and sitting close together indoors, with a blurred brick and window background.

    “DesignScout absolutely delivered on our vision. The new website beautifully captures the essence of our client relationships and highlights our distinctive qualities”

    – Lindsay Miller, Co-Founder, Reverie

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  • A blackboard sign with the text 'third coast' and 'pediatric dentistry' on a cobblestone street.

    “Working with Scout and her team has been incredible. They made the exploration of the vision I had for my new business something to celebrate. ”

    – DR. JASON GLICK, FOUNDER, THIRD COAST PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

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  • Business cards for Liz Eversoll on a wooden surface.

    “We knew we had something special, but we weren’t telling our story in a way that resonated. DesignScout changed that.​.. Now, our brand reflects who we are and supports where we’re going.”

    – Liz Eversoll, CEO, Career Highways AI Career Pathing

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  • Close-up image of a restaurant menu with various sections for sandwiches, salads, and specials, with illustrations of a lighthouse, trees, a boat, and a lighthouse on a stylized landscape.

    “I couldn’t be more pleased with the experience and results. I highly recommend their services for any business seeking a thoughtful and impactful brand transformation.”

    Terry Scarlatos, Founder, Toast Coffee + Kitchen

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Ready to say hello to your dream brand?

You’re in the right place.

We banish the boring by crafting brands deeply rooted in strategy. When it’s time to grow, DesignScout is your branding expert.

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