Creative Dolan Design Studio

A few more fun designs I had the honor of creating over the summer! I feel incredibly blessed to have such wonderful, long-standing clients who continue to trust me with their projects and come back whenever they need a little more design help. I’m so grateful for the relationships I’ve built through this work over the years!

I wanted to share a design project I had the opportunity to work on for The Miner Agency this past July. I was tasked with designing the Strategic Plan for The Allman Brothers Band Museum (The Big House) in Macon, Georgia.

This project was especially fun because it continues a thread that has woven through my design career over the past 20 years: music, museums, and the arts. Previous projects have included advertising designs for the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum and the ROMP Music Festival in Owensboro, Kentucky, as well as logo design for Adam Gaynor, formerly of Matchbox Twenty.

There’s something particularly rewarding about designing for organizations and people whose stories are rooted in music, history, and culture - and getting to help tell those stories visually.

Some of the trade show displays I designed this month. These are mock-ups, but they closely reflect how the final displays will look once produced and assembled.

History is closer than you think in Clermont County. Step inside local museums, walk the grounds where President Ulysses S. Grant was born, explore life along the Ohio River, and uncover the stories that shaped our corner of the country.

Grab a Clermont County History & Museum Passport, plan your stops, and make a day (or weekend) of discovering the past in a whole new way. Start your adventure today.
https://discoverclermont.com/things-to-do/historic-sites/history-museum-passport/

Look what arrived!!!
I had the honor of designing the cover for The Winning Leadership Playbook: The Pete Rose Way, and seeing the final printed copy in my hands is such a proud moment.

What makes it even more special? Pete Rose played for the Phillies-and as someone who grew up in the Philadelphia area, this project felt like a little nod back to home. ❤️⚾️

Huge thank-you to Mark Calitri and Dr. Larry Bobbert for trusting me with their vision.

Thrilled to collaborate with The Miner Agency for a second year on the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority’s annual report. I developed the full design using this year’s growth and roots theme, and their web team transformed it into an animated experience. You can view the full report here: https://issuu.com/creativedolan/docs/mbcia_2025_annual_report
And the animated report here: https://annualreport.mbcia.com/

I’m thrilled to have played a part in Ohio’s America 250 celebration — a statewide, multi-year commemoration highlighting the impact of all 88 counties on our nation’s story.

For this project, I designed Clermont County’s History & Museum Passport and its corresponding stamps for each site. The passport guides visitors through the county’s most significant historical societies and museums, inviting them to explore, collect, and celebrate each location’s unique contribution to Ohio’s heritage.

Such a rewarding project to be part of! ❤️
See full booklet here: 👉https://issuu.com/creativedolan/docs/clermont_county_passport

Sharing a few of my latest logo designs! ✏️
The post-summer season is always full of fresh branding projects—must be something in the creative air!

Well, it finally happened. I’ve joined the dark side—I mean, Adobe Creative Cloud.

After 12 solid years of clinging to my beloved, creaky, once fully-paid-for Adobe CS6 like it was the last floaty on the Titanic, I’ve finally admitted… Creative Cloud is better. Like, way better.

Turns out, technology does move forward, and maybe, just maybe, my “if it ain’t broke, don’t upgrade it” philosophy wasn’t as cutting-edge as I thought.

RIP CS6. You served me well… mostly. 💻

A few weeks ago, I wrapped up a tradeshow display design for PhaseTwo’s Aspire 2025 booth in Singapore—and I couldn’t be more thrilled with how it turned out! Designing large-scale pieces like this always comes with a bit of nervous excitement, especially when printing overseas. Without the usual proofing process, there’s always that small worry about dimensions or final output. But seeing everything come together perfectly is the best feeling. Grateful for the opportunity and proud of the result!