CULTIV8DESIGN | About

- CULTIV8 creates unique, individual and emotion specific logo and branding signatures for products, events, companies and commercial spaces.
  
  quality signature solutions are created to allow brand evolution and stability.
- CULTIV8 works hard on details and color forcasting in order to develop high quality graphics that offer continuity and speak directly about the product or idea.
  
  whether they are created for packaging, hardgoods, t-shirt graphics or print, the visual message and quality is at the base of our graphics
- CULTIV8 offers diverse, high quality illustration for every specific art need. Impact and a concise visual message are the key elements of every piece.
  
  For character development, editorial use, publications, greeting cards, softgoods and product enhancement
- CULTIV8 focuses on the latest trends through applied color, graphics, printing techniques and typography to rationalize and add value to soft good apparel lines.
- We apply the latest colors and treatments, creating products that use distinctive finishes, graphics, branding, materials, and form gestures.
  
  Having Asia and Europe factory experience we can work with factories to insure proper sample production and quality for positive market impact and growth
- CULTIV8 helps create distinct promo visuals, print ads, pop’s and visual merchandising that motivate purchases, evoke emotion and create a presence
  
  We help develop impactful cutting edge images, graphics, and consistent branding gestures.

Derek Johnson

CULTIV8: cul·ti·vate - kul ‘tå-vaet

1. to promote or improve growth by labor and attention
2. to produce by culture: viral, infectious
3. to improve by care, focus or study
4. to devote oneself to and pursue
5. to seek to nurture or foster

DESIGN EXISTS MUCH LIKE A LIVING PLANT. A SEED IS PLANTED, IT DEVELOPS AND GROWS, ADAPTING TO ITS ENVIRONMENT. WHEN IT IS NURTURED, PRUNED AND CARED FOR, IT WILL DEVELOP ITS CHARACTER, LIVE HEALTHY, BE BOUNTIFUL AND CONTINUE TO BLOOM. DEREK STUDEBAKER JOHNSON WAS BORN IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND WAS RAISED IN THE US. SPEAKING THREE LANGUAGES, HE HAS LIVED AND WORKED AS A DESIGNER IN SWITZERLAND, ITALY, THE SOUTH PACIFIC, AND THE US. WITH A DIVERSE FINE ART, ILLUSTRATION, GRAPHICS AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND, DEREK HAS EARNED THE REPUTATION OF BEING A MODERN CREATIVE RENASSAINCE MAN. DEREK IS CONSTANTLY STRIVING TO CREATE INNOVATIVE DESIGN SOLUTIONS WHILE CULTIVATING VERY SATISFIED CLIENTS. CREATIVITY IS CONTAGEOUS DESIGN CREATES LIVING PRODUCT THAT EVOLVES IN HEARTS AND MINDS GREAT DESIGN IS DRIVEN BY GOOD INTUITION BEAUTIFUL DESIGN CREATES DESIRE NO PRODUCT IS WORTH MORE THAN IT’S PERCEIVED VALUE
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