studio
Brave Buffalo is a full-service design shop specializing in branding and illustration.
Ibex
Kodak*
NEC
Motorola†
Northeastern University
We create all forms of visual communication for clients from Boston to Palo Alto. As a small studio with a wide-range of experience, we provide our clients with complete and cost-effective solutions. Our strength revolves around our hand-based skill set that ensures well-crafted and one-of-a-kind work. We strive to carry on the aesthetics and practices of yesteryear — when craftsmanship was paramount — and enable today’s inventors, entrepreneurs and risk-takers to be brave in the marketplace and realize their full potential.
clients
Apple
Bausch + Lomb*
Boston University
Complex Magazine
Delaware North**
Office Depot†
Ra Ra Riot
Sub Pop Records
TripAdvisor
University at Buffalo**
* with Partners + Napier
** with Fourth Idea
† with Macey Noyes Associates
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about
Buffalo-born twin brothers Sean and Jon Daly have been working as a team ever since they shared their brave momma's belly. After sharpening their pencils along both coasts, they've returned to the Rust Belt to combine creative forces.
preoccupations:
• Rehabbing an 85-year-old fishing cabin
on Wiscoy Creek.
• Cultivating hop plants with big IPA dreams.
• Moonlighting as a fine artist.
• Refining his drop-step baby hook shot.
background:
Co-operated a design & screenprint shop
in Portland, Oregon.
education:
MFA, Painting, 2008, Boston University
BFA, Illustration, 2004, Syracuse University
preoccupations:
• Sitting in trees and wading in streams.
• Re-enacting scenes from This Old House and
America's Test Kitchen.
• Pancho the dog, a brindle bundle of energy.
• Reminding his little brother Jon that he will
always be 2-minutes wiser.
background:
Completed the design Triple Crown by working at
an ad agency, a web agency, and a packaging firm.
education:
BFA, Communications Design, 2004,
Syracuse University
jon daly
sean daly
capabilities
We make things.
+ Advertisements
+ Album design
+ Apparel
+ Annual reports
+ Book covers
+ Brochures & catalogs
+ Direct mail
+ Event invitations
+ Maps
+ Posters
+ Product packaging
+ Promotional materials
+ Publications
branding
+ Brand strategy
+ Brand guidelines
+ Campaign development
+ Identity systems
+ Logos
+ Stationary
illustration
+ Custom typography
+ Editorial illustration
+ Hand lettering
+ Icons
+ Infographics
environments
+ Environmental graphics
+ Exterior signage
+ Outdoor/indoor murals
+ Point-of-purchase displays
+ Vehicle graphics
+ Wayfinding systems
interactive
+ App design
+ Interactive tutorials
+ Online advertisements
+ Site design
+ Site architecture
+ UI design