Gretchen Powers Graphics

Get the graphics.

From clear, crisp corporate communications to down-home designs, each crafted to reach your specific audience, Gretchen Powers' work will enhance your business' or project's success and provide a little something extra. Find added value in original art elements that can be created or pulled from existing catalogs to make your designs really stand out. Streamline your project using copy writing and editing services available. Give a call or e-mail to discuss your project.

Get the goods.

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Need a logo for your small business? How about letterhead, business cards...thought about a web site?

Gretchen Powers can provide you with the graphic design and production expertise to make your project a success.

In addition to setting up identities for businesses and organizations of any size, Gretchen can design and develop your newsletters, publications, advertising and direct mail pieces. With the option of original artwork and copy writing/editing available, you can be sure your end result is just right—and unique.

Call 703/569-7392 to discuss your project or click here to e-mail Gretchen.

Scroll down to see just a sampling of projects, or call 703/569-7392 or click here and e-mail Gretchen to arrange a showing, in person or electronically.
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Modernism with more.

Less is more.

God is in the details.

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.

"My personal design philosophy follows that of the 20th century Modernists (the Bauhaus school, Mies Van der Rohe). Working for an architecture firm during the early 'formative' years of my career, I still draw comparisons between architecture and graphic design in my philosophy. The above quotes of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe sum up the basis of my design philosophy.Of course, we are living in post-modern (some would say post-post-modern) times, in which the basics of modernist design philosophies (form should follow function, design should work with and highlight the inherent properties of materials) often need further consideration and further processing in order to generate design solutions that are effective within the cacaphony of messages today. I have had the good fortune to have had solid academic training in the tenets of 'good design' from a Modernist bent, and later to have real-world experience dealing with real situations and real people who have no idea what Modernism is, all the while being a lover of 'looking'—trying to make myself aware of what's going on in the world around me. All this I bring to the table at which I discuss with my clients their needs and desires, which are the ultimate driving forces behind each project. I make your ideas real, and if you don't have any ideas, I can help you there, too."

–Gretchen Powers

Gretchen has more than ten years of professional graphic design experience. Most recently, prior to focusing fully on her freelance practice, she was director of Communications at a leading Washington, DC-based trade association, the Council for Responsible Nutrition. Among her past employers are Chicago architectural and engineering firm, Holabird & Root, LLP, and Deerfield, Illinois, design studio, Elite Graphic Images. Gretchen holds a Bachelor's degree in Art, with a concentration in Graphic Design, from St. Xavier University in Chicago. In addition, she studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington.