Anyone who has been handed a 3thought business card, immediately notices the large hole in it. Most people say, “oh cool”, or “wow, that’s different”. Few actually read the text that’s running around the outside of that hole. And that text read’s, “Helping companies find a visual point of view”.

So what is a visual point of view?

As a business owner, you speak to your audience with every piece of collateral, advertising, online interaction and promotion you create. EVERYTHING you say, do and create is a piece of your brand. Now more than ever it’s important you’re sending the right message, and there’s little room for inconsistent or contradictory messages. Is your message authentic to who you are as an individual or company?

Before 3thought designs, we take the time to understand who you are, and who your audience is. It’s that understanding of your company’s core DNA that let’s us create a visual point of view your audience wants to connect with.

If you’re interesting in learning more about branding and finding your visual point of view, you should join us for breakfast as we discuss: “Building Your Brand in a Digital World”. Presented by the Toolbox, inc.

Get more info and register!

It’s that time of year again, and 3thought would like to wish all our friends a very Happy New Year. The annual New Year’s card has gone out and we hope it inspires you to achieve greatness throughout the upcoming year. We have once again adapted our original card illustration to wallpaper for your various digital devices. Enjoy!

• 320 x 480 (iPhone 3G and 3GS)
• 640 x 960 (iPhone 4G)
• 1024 x 768 (iPad)
• 1280 x 800
• 1280 x 960 (widescreen)
• 1440 x 900
• 1440 x 1050 (widescreen)
• 1600 x 1200
• 1680 x 1050 (widescreen)
• 1920 x 1200 (widescreen)

(Control Click the link you want and select “Download Linked File As…” or for PC users Right Click on the link you want and select “Save Target As…”)

Big thanks to everyone who supported us through 2011. We wish you all the best.

What do you think? Any names you liked better than 3thought?

How do you namestorm?

How did your company come up with it’s name?

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namestorming….

words to describe:
benutual
muneficial
smarts
smarty
brain
intelligent
savant IQ
above average
intellectual
intellect
brilliant
apt
keen
nimble
sharp
shrewd
slick
adept
deft
skill
technique
method
adore
delight
dig
like
relish
layers
onions
garlic
transparency
depth
run
sprint
jaunt
motion
deep thought
substance
proof is in the pudding
pudding
sundae
icing
frosting
caramel
sweet peppers

things that come in pairs:
pears
curious pears
curious pear
pencil and paper
pencil and passion
bacon & eggs
bacon & legs

name ideas:
bacon and thunks
inthink
enthink
I.E. (insight & enjoy)
creatink
thinknique
apt cobalt
deft cobalt
idesign
d-think
d-make
d-joy
adept curiousity
insightosity
designosity
smarty paints
adeption
intellactual
intellactualize
idea
thoughts
concept
condepth
essence
essense
impression
dimension
catalyst 9
inpression
inkling
notion
opinion
sense
solution
theory
view point
dew point
do-point
voice
vision
modulation
tone
intonation
shout
expressions
visual voice
adeption
invent
invest
bucket
burn
fire
flame
ember
transcend
deliver
perception
perceptology
convey
communicate
batch
bevy
bunch
club
clique
cluster
collection
gang
suite
braintrust
thinktrust
troop
via
solvia
brainology
branology
cranium
marinate
inedate
thought box
boost
dream
query
find
discover
bring to light
indentify
identifive
pinpoint
explore
explorers
exploration
individual
figure
3think
3thought <- sure you don’t want to revisit this? I keep coming back to it. No harder to say than rethought.

Other directions:
random object
random words we like the sound of
have we tried a porn name generator?
word made from the first letters of a list of words/sentence

Client: Carolina Institute for Public Policy
Project: Logo Design
Details: As part of a policy brief and template we designed for the Carolina Institute for Public Policy, we were tasked with the challenge of creating a simple updated logo. The people at CIfPP wanted to create a logo that reflected what the institute does as well as the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill itself. What we came up with was a logo that used shapes to symbolize windows and documents. We mixed the symbol with the UNC colors and fonts and basic branding to create what we think is a clean and clever logo.

If you or your business is in need of a logo or even just a logo update to make it fresh again, please feel free to contact 3thought for a quote.