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Ace Creative

Ace Creative designs targeted and unique brand, print, interactive, and environmental graphics for higher education, non-profits, and governmental agencies.

07/21/2026

When your work is complex, clarity matters even more.

Education, research, and nonprofit organizations often have a lot to explain. The work is nuanced. The ideas are layered. The details matter.

But more detail does not always create more understanding. It often creates a wall, even for audiences who are highly educated in your field.

Complex terms, industry language, research language, or lengthy descriptions can make meaningful work harder for the people you most want to reach.

Your audience is scanning quickly and trying to answer these questions:
• What is the work?
• Why does it matter?
• Is it for me?
• What can I do next?

Concise, simple language gives structure. It helps people understand the big idea first, then go deeper.

And for schools, universities, nonprofits, researchers, and mission-driven organizations, that clearer path in can make your work more accessible, more useful, and more engaging.

Read the full Insight:

Your Expert Language Is a Wall
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07/16/2026

One of our favorite things about our magazine design for Lasell University is the opportunity to pair editorial strategy with distinctive illustration to create fun and unexpected concepts and visuals that bring the magazine content to life. Working with a variety of (real human!) illustrators helps keep our ideas fresh, our client's audience engaged, and everyone excited to see what comes next.

For Lasell's 175th anniversary the client wanted to help the community think forward to the future. We worked with the amazing illustrator Ed Vill in Mexico City, whose retro-futuristic, mid-century style felt perfect for the concept. His work helped us create one of the more ambitious covers we’ve designed for Leaves — full of campus references, imagination, curiosity, and fun!

We’re so grateful to Lasell for trusting us with this vision, and to Ed for bringing it to life and being great to work with.

Illustration: Ed Vill
Creative Director: Ashley Lazonick Harding
Designer: Irene Owens
Concept Sketch Artist:
Client: Lasell University

06/30/2026

A lot of organizations come to us thinking they have a design problem.

Of course they do… we are designers.

The website feels outdated.
They need to put out an annual report.
They need materials for an upcoming event.

And often, yes, there is a real design need. But most often, when we dig a little deeper, there’s a more structural branding problem underneath. We’ll call this the “Communications Crisis.”

Plowing ahead with design is almost never the solution, and it can cost organizations budget, time, and stress in the long run.

Slowing down to address your own organization's Communications Crisis can be incredibly valuable. It can put your communications and branding on a path toward more ease, consistency, and clarity.

Because consistency and clarity in your messaging, your visuals, and the way you show up in the world build recognition and trust. Trust and clarity are what help people give, enroll, participate, advocate, attend, and engage.

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This is the first post in our new Ace Creative Insights series, where we’ll be sharing thoughtful perspectives on brand, design, and communications for educators, nonprofits, and mission-driven organizations.

Read the full post:

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02/16/2026

We're proud to sponsor our longtime client The Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts with this amazing event and other celebrations they have planned for their 350th (!!!) anniversary this year.

01/13/2026

We’re honored to share that our alumni magazine design for Lasell University has received a 2025 American Graphic Design Award!

This recognition reinforces something we see repeatedly in higher education: editorial design still plays a critical role in alumni engagement.

For the past eight years, Ace Creative has partnered with Lasell University on Leaves, the University’s biannual alumni magazine.

We work year-round on this project, collaborating closely with the editor to develop creative briefs, storyboards, and recommendations for art and photography. This workflow allows content and design to evolve together—keeping each issue fresh and engaging while ensuring the magazine reflects the university’s mission, strengthens alumni connection, and supports development efforts over time.

We’re deeply grateful to our wonderful client and editor-in-chief, Samantha Mocle, a truly thoughtful creative partner, as well as the many illustrators, photographers, and writers who work with us to help bring each issue to life. And thank you to Puritan Capital for producing such a beautifully crafted printed piece.

12/11/2025

And the final installment… year 3 of our environmental graphics for Match Charter Public School 😅😅😅 — this time at the Match High School in Boston.

We took a collaborative approach working with the students in the Leadership Council. We collected all of their ideas and created a lobby mural and street-facing window graphics. Students helped conceptualize and art direct the work, shaping graphics that reflect who they are—while also learning about the design process along the way.

With our recent website launch, Match now has an accessible, differentiated brand system that will support marketing, enrollment, operations, family communication, and staff for years to come.

These murals and graphics make the brand more accessible within physical spaces, strengthen school culture, and cultivate unity across campuses.

photos: Gretchen Ertl

12/10/2025

We're excited to share phase two of the work we did for Match Charter Public School! Check out the fun and uplifting environmental graphics we designed for the Middle School in Jamaica Plain.

For a 6–8th grade audience, we elevated the visual brand with more mature, bold typography and multilingual messaging. The window graphics at the school’s entrance help welcome students and set the tone for the day, while the lobby design reinforces the school’s positive core values for students and staff.

Tomorrow, we’ll share part three — the high school!

12/09/2025

Over the past three years, we’ve worked with Match Charter Public School in Boston to develop their brand and bring it into their physical spaces with vibrant graphics we've designed across three campuses and a gym! 😅

We unified the brand visuals across all campuses through graphics on the exteriors of each building and interior murals in the entrances of each school—all reinforcing Match’s core values: Identity, Intellect, and Ubuntu.

We worked on every phase of this project—from conceptualizing the spaces, to helping define messaging, to all facets of design, and coordinating installation.

Here is part 1 of the of the project: the elementary school campus and gym. We designed fun, colorful, multilingual murals that reflect the community and help students feel seen, welcomed, valued, and excited to learn.

Designing these pieces alongside the newly launched website allowed us to bridge the digital and physical worlds of the brand and really bring the visuals to life—and into the daily lives of the students, staff, and families.

I’m really proud of this work and grateful to the amazing team at Match for trusting us!

photo credit: Gretchen Ertl

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