# Starting Now Starting Now is a design studio specializing in identity and interface design for the responsive web and the physical world. ## Our services - [Icon design & illustration](https://www.startingnow.co/services/icon-design-and-illustration): Design of symbols and icons for branded communications, signage, and user interface elements. Hand-made and digital drawings and paintings. - [Identity design](https://www.startingnow.co/services/identity-design): Identity design consists mainly of the design of logos, symbols, and brand marks and the various digital and physical objects and spaces where those elements appear. - [Industrial & product design](https://www.startingnow.co/services/industrial-and-product-design): Design of products and other physical interfaces, which may also extend to packaging and display. - [Information design](https://www.startingnow.co/services/information-design): The visual display of information in charts, diagrams, infographics, and instruction manuals. - [Interaction & interface design](https://www.startingnow.co/services/interaction-and-interface-design): UX and UI design of websites and apps, often including creation of site maps, wireframes, and prototypes. - [Publication & book design](https://www.startingnow.co/services/publication-and-book-design): Design of digital and printed publications and books. - [Web development](https://www.startingnow.co/services/web-development): Front- and back-end code for the web. HTML, CSS, and Javascript on the front end and CMS setup, configuration and customization on the back end. ## About the studio Starting Now is a Queens-based design studio founded by Adam Snetman in 2012. We work with clients in the audio, corporate, cultural, education, hospitality, and nonprofit industries. We follow a flexible process that always begins with business goals. Our designs solve problems, treat audiences with respect, and look great doing it. ### Adam Snetman #### Founder Adam has been helping clients overcome UX, design, and branding challenges for over 20 years. At home in both digital and traditional media, he spends most of his time designing for the responsive web. His work has won awards from Communication Arts, Graphic Design USA, and the ReBrand 100 among others. He is a frequent guest lecturer in design at Parsons, Pratt, and the School of Visual Arts. He graduated from Brandeis University with BAs in Art History and Philosophy.He can be reached on Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn, or via email. ## Selected projects - [Downtown Jamaica Queens](https://www.startingnow.co/work/downtown-jamaica-queens): Identity, website, and collateral for an NYC neighborhood in transition. - [Orchard Collegiate Academy](https://www.startingnow.co/work/oca): Identity and website for a charter high school in New York City. - [Nitsch](https://www.startingnow.co/work/nitsch): Identity, website, packaging, and product design for an audio brand. - [SK](https://www.startingnow.co/work/sk): Website design for the U.S. arm of one of the largest energy, telecom, and technology companies in South Korea. - [Stanford DoResearch](https://www.startingnow.co/work/stanford-doresearch): Website design for Stanford University’s research policy and governance authority. - [Structure](https://www.startingnow.co/work/structure): Identity, website, and packaging design for a startup at the forefront of 3D sensing and personalized healthcare. - [Sir Kensington’s](https://www.startingnow.co/work/sir-kensingtons): Website design, information design, illustration, and front-end development for a high-end condiment and food brand. - [Mothership](https://www.startingnow.co/work/mothership): Identity for a progressive, anti-fascist community space offering courses in politics, history, and the liberal arts. - [Ard Diyar](https://www.startingnow.co/work/ard-diyar): Identity and event collateral for a conversation series in partnership with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. - [Bridgenext](https://www.startingnow.co/work/bridgenext): Website design for a digital marketing, strategy, and design agency. - [BaAM Productions](https://www.startingnow.co/work/baam-productions): Website design for a sports and entertainment event design, production, and management company. - [Radiant World Trade Services](https://www.startingnow.co/work/radiant-world-trade-services): Website design for a global supply chain services company. - [Ted Gioia](https://www.startingnow.co/work/ted-gioia): Website for a cultural critic, music historian, record producer, and jazz pianist. - [American Talent Initiative Impact Report](https://www.startingnow.co/work/american-talent-initiative-impact-report): Design for print and digital editions of ATI’s annual Impact Report and accompanying social media infographics. - [Morgan Stanley: The Beginning](https://www.startingnow.co/work/morgan-stanley-the-beginning): Design and art direction for a graphic novel depicting the origin story of Morgan Stanley. - [Finnegan](https://www.startingnow.co/work/finnegan): Website design and art direction for the preeminent IP law firm in the United States. - [Downtown Jamaica Partnership Annual Report](https://www.startingnow.co/work/downtown-jamaica-partnership-annual-report): Annual report for the BID in an NYC neighborhood in transition. - [Sun Nuclear](https://www.startingnow.co/work/sun-nuclear): Website design for a company making medical devices to fight cancer. - [Air & Sunshine](https://www.startingnow.co/work/air-sunshine): Identity and packaging design for a boutique confectioner. - [Upwell](https://www.startingnow.co/work/upwell): Identity, illustrations, and annual report design for an organization dedicated to protecting turtles at sea. - [Hate Has No Business Here](https://www.startingnow.co/work/hate-has-no-business-here): Identity and collateral design for a NYC-based anti-hate campaign. Read more about the campaign in The New York Times, BKLYNER, Brooklyn News Channel 12, and TimeOut. - [MGH Connect](https://www.startingnow.co/work/mgh-connect): Identity for a psychological services program for Boston women exploited in the commercial sex trade. - [Janel Group](https://www.startingnow.co/work/janel-group): Identity for a global shipping company. - [American Talent Initiative Veteran’s Brief](https://www.startingnow.co/work/american-talent-initiative-veterans-brief): Design and illustration for the Veterans Brief and accompanying social media graphics.