Herky Artwork Parades Throughout the Community
09/2/24
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Kevin Mellen
9/2/24 
A New Website with Endless Pawsibilities
PAWS & More, also known as Washington County Humane Society, is a private, adoption-guarantee shelter located in Washington, Iowa. The organization needed a redesigned website with a strategy-based architecture…
Kevin Mellen
1/2/24
An AI-Authored Blog Written About Blogging with AI
The blog below was written with Writer AI as an experiment on what makes this technology so compelling. While it’s well written, the downside to AI-generated content is the…
Kevin Mellen
8/2/23
The Sweet Sounds of an Award-Winning Magazine
Educational Advertising Awards from HMR Publications recognized Creative Mellen with a 38th Anniversary Sliver Design Award for its work with the Iowa School of Music and their redesigned Alumni…
Kevin Mellen
3/2/23
The Final Step
Working at Creative Mellen has been the final step in my college journey, and I’d argue it might be the step that’s prepared me the most. In the 5…
Conrad Hellman
11/9/22
A decade of using our melons.
Starting Creative Mellen in 2012 has been quite a journey. Who would have thought we could work with one of the top retail companies in the country, travel to…
Kevin Mellen
2/21/22
When Every Day Is Saturday
After 38 years of working with some of the most kind and creative people in health care, education, and beyond, I am excited to jump into my next chapter—retirement….
Jill Fishbaugh
12/22/21
Package design award has gone to the dogs
Graphic Design USA recognized Creative Mellen with a 58th Anniversary American Package Design Award™ for its work with Mission Meats and their new brand of premium dog treats, Prosperity Pets….
Kevin Mellen
3/30/21
Target a Specific Audience & Action with Landing Pages
Do you struggle to communicate to a specific audience with a clear and concise message? Does that message need to create a different response or action from other audiences…
Kevin Mellen
12/10/20
Giving Portraits Personality with Stop Motion
Stop motion is an animated, filmmaking technique where objects are moved in small increments between photographs, so that they appear to be moving when played back in sequence. Instead of objects,…
Kevin Mellen
11/15/20
