Portland Design Co of Gorham

Portland Design Co of Gorham is a graphic designer in Gorham, Maine. The studio specializes in identity and brand design, with services that include brand identity design, logo design, brand guidelines, Squarespace website design, illustration and licensing, and brand consults and audits. It holds a rating of 5.00 from the customers who have reviewed it.

The studio describes itself as woman-owned and women-run, certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Women's Business Enterprise National Council. Owner and Creative Director LK Weiss is a Maine College of Art & Design alum and a fifth generation Mainer who opened Portland Design Co in 2010. The studio works with a field of brand designers, illustrators and artists, assembling a selected team of creatives for each client's needs. Illustration work has been created for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Maine Audubon, Portland Public Schools, and the Maine State Museum, recognized for photorealistic, biologically accurate detail.

Services are offered in defined packages. Basic logo work covers a simple text-only logo in black with an optional custom icon, a file usage guide, multiple file types, and full ownership, with a timeframe of 4-6 weeks. Standard branding adds a primary logo, color palette, style guidelines, and brand font recommendations over 6-8 weeks. Comprehensive identity includes brand research, a primary logo, secondary logo, brand sub-mark, color palette, style guidelines, and font recommendations, with a five-page starter website available on request, over 8-12 weeks. Brand audits examine brand guidelines including color palette ADA compliance. Brand color palettes are designed to uphold Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 AA standards, with AAA standards available on request. Hours are Monday through Thursday, 8am-4pm, by appointment only.

The studio is located on Surfside Industrial Park in Gorham.