News
March 27, 2026
🎉 Big News from KTD Creative! 🥃✨
We’re excited to announce that KTD Creative has been selected to redesign the website for the Maryland Distillers Guild!
The Maryland Distillers Guild represents a vibrant community of craft producers dedicated to developing exceptional spirits and creating memorable experiences for visitors across the state. From distillery tours to learning about the art and science of distillation—and of course sampling locally crafted spirits—the Guild celebrates Maryland’s rich heritage of craft distilling.
We’re honored to partner with this passionate community to create a new digital home that showcases their members, tells their story, and invites visitors to explore the incredible distilleries across Maryland.
March 24, 2026
💃✨ Exciting behind-the-scenes at KTD Creative!
For the second year in a row, we’re thrilled to be writing, editing, and designing a portion of Dance Place’s 2025 Annual Report. From storytelling to visuals, we’re helping showcase the amazing work, creativity, and community impact that make Dance Place so special. 🩰🎨
Can’t wait to share the finished report—it’s going to be a celebration of movement, innovation, and connection! 💛
March 24, 2026
🎉 Big news from KTD Creative! 🎉
We’re excited to share that the new scrolling-page Impact Report for Affordable Homes & Communities is officially complete! ✨ Take a look—we’re incredibly proud of how it turned out.
https://ahcommunities.org/about/impact-report/
This project also included:
📘 A beautifully designed printed annual report
🎨 A 50th anniversary version of their logo
📬 A Save the Date postcard for their upcoming celebration
And the celebration will be grand! 🥂 Affordable Homes & Communities will mark 50 years on October 1 at the InterContinental in Washington, D.C. 🎊
It’s always an honor to help organizations tell their story and celebrate meaningful milestones. 💛
March 13, 2026
It’s LIVE! 
We’re so excited to share Affordable Homes & Communities’ 2025 Impact Report with you! From the homepage slider to the scrolling page, every detail was designed to highlight the amazing work and impact of their community.
Check it out here.
A huge thank you to our incredible team for making this happen—your hard work and creativity brought it all to life! 
February 12, 2026
KTD Creative is thrilled to be working with Affordable Homes & Communities as they celebrate 50 years of impact.
For five decades, Affordable Homes & Communities has been dedicated to creating and preserving high-quality, affordable housing that strengthens neighborhoods and expands opportunity for individuals and families. Through thoughtful development, preservation, and community-centered programming, they help ensure that housing remains accessible, stable, and a foundation for long-term success.
We’re honored to partner with an organization whose legacy is rooted in equity, resilience, and community—and we’re excited to help amplify their story in this milestone chapter.
February 12, 2026
We’re thrilled to announce that DC Theater Arts is the newest client of KTD Creative!
As a leading performing arts publication, DC Theater Arts shines a spotlight on productions, artists, and cultural conversations throughout the DMV and beyond—offering thoughtful reviews, interviews, and features that keep the region’s theater community informed and inspired.
Supporting arts institutions and organizations is at the heart of what we do, and we couldn’t be more excited to partner with a platform that celebrates and strengthens the performing arts ecosystem.
Let’s raise the curtain on what’s next.
January 14, 2026
Check out our latest eNewsletter!
As we step into 2026, the marketing landscape is evolving at lightning speed. From AI-powered experiences to purpose-driven connections, smart brands are finding new ways to connect more deeply.
Inside: the Top 5 Marketing Trends for 2026 shaping how organizations connect, convert, and build lasting loyalty.
December 27, 2025 🎉 🎂 🥳 🎈
In January 2026, KTD Creative turns 21!
21 years in. Just getting started. As the year winds down, we’re pausing to celebrate—and to look ahead. 🖍️🧠 💡 ✨
December 17, 2025
🎁🎄 Happy Holidays from KTD Creative!
Thank you for trusting us with your stories and ideas this year. We can’t wait to create more meaningful, inspired work together in the New Year! Check out our last newsletter of the year!
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November 5, 2025
TikTok has over a billion active users, and they spend a lot of time on the app. It’s one of the best platforms for reaching Gen Z and Millennials, but it’s rapidly growing across all age groups.
KTD Creative’s TikTok page is live! Check us out! https://www.tiktok.com/@ktd.creative
October 8, 2025
Enjoy more new reels of our work we did for ICMS!
October 8, 2025
Enjoy more new reels of our work for World Music Collective!
October 8, 2025
Enjoy more new reels of our work for Dance Place!
October 4, 2025
Enjoy new reels of our work!
October 4, 2025
Enjoy more new reels of our work!
September 15, 2025
Final Stretch: Let’s Make Q4 Count!
Check out our latest eNewsletter!
September 4, 2025
It’s a wrap! The new CD design is complete for a DC-based ensemble, the World Music Collective. While the WMC as a group hasn’t been nominated for a Grammy, several of its members have received individual Grammy nominations and other notable accolades. Their first recording, The Salon Sessions, received a first-round Grammy nomination and was selected as a semi-finalist for the American Prize in Chamber Music.
September 1, 2025
Another one in the books! We love partnering with arts institutions across the DMV to bring their season programs to life.
August 27, 2025
KTD Creative will be closed on Monday, September 1, in observance of Labor Day. We’ll be back at our desks (and inboxes) on Tuesday, September 2, refreshed and ready to create!
Check out our new newsletter!
KTD Creative newsletter!
July 28, 2025
✨ Big welcome to Grant Heinicke, our amazing Fall 2025 intern from the University of Maryland! 🐢💼 We’re so happy to have you on the KTD Creative team! 🙌
July 26, 2025
Spotlight: CDT 2024 Annual Report
KTD Creative is proud to share that we just wrapped up the 2024 Annual Report for the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)—our third consecutive year designing this vital publication.
CDT is the leading nonpartisan, nonprofit organization advancing civil rights and civil liberties in the digital age. Since 1994, they’ve been a trusted advocate for digital rights, shaping technology policy, governance, and design with a focus on equity and democratic values.
We’re honored to support their mission through thoughtful, accessible design that helps communicate their impact.
July 2, 2025
KTD Creative will be closed on Friday, July 4th, so our team can spend time with family and friends, recharge, and celebrate the spirit of freedom and community that defines this day. We wish you and your loved ones a safe, joyful holiday filled with good company, great memories, and a few dazzling fireworks. In the meantime, check out our newsletter here.
June 19, 2025
KTD Creative is looking forward to working with Dance Loft on 14!
June 11, 2025
KTD Creative is looking forward to working with Innovative Consulting & Management Services (ICMS)!
May 30, 2025
We love it when a plan comes together! The annual report for Dance Place has been delivered. Copywriting, editing, and design by KTD Creative. 💫
May 6, 2025
Another fabulous KTD Creative newsletter full of tips and hot takes on marketing is ready!
April 29, 2025
Diorama in the DC Metro is up! It’s a wrap! 🎉
April 26, 2025
Our new KTD Creative newsletter is ready! Latest & greatest marketing tips? We got ’em! Read about them here.
April 23, 2025
It’s a wrap! 🎉
Annual report completed for Dance Place. From concept to content to design, KTD Creative really brought the annual report to life. KTD Creative wrote, edited, and designed the booklet for Washington, DC’s premier dance venue. Dance Place offers performances, dance classes for adults and kids, and arts in education programs for youth.
April 12, 2025
KTD Creative thrives on the strategic and visual intricacies involved in editing and designing brochures for the Pulmonary Hypertension Association. Our team deeply values the importance of conveying complex medical information in a manner that is both visually engaging and easily digestible—especially when addressing a condition as multifaceted as pulmonary hypertension, which demands both clarity and compassion in communication.
March 22, 2025
One of our favorite logo design projects is Cellar Door Apothecary.
March 7, 2025
We are ready to bring your brand to life. Check out our latest newsletter. Contact us today!
February 16, 2025
More information on why you need an annual report. Read the latest KTD Creative eNewsletter here.
February 13, 2025
Intern Anika Kapur experimenting and having fun.
February 6, 2025
Funny to look up at a wall at Everhart Veterinary Medicine in Baltimore and see a logo KTD Creative designed – The Buddy Foundation. We designed their WordPress website, too.
February 6, 2025
KTD Creative is delighted to welcome our new University of Maryland, College Park interns for the spring semester—Anika Kapur and Soeun Kim! As they dive into the world of design and marketing, we’re excited to have them on board and can’t wait to see their talent in action!
February 5, 2025
What are some effective ways to communicate a brand’s story to make it memorable? Our February newsletter is filled with tips you can use.
February 1, 2025
We love seeing our clients receive great media coverage! Dance Place truly appreciates the article — thank you!
January 28, 2025
KTD Creative’s Chief Marketer & Creative Director, Kate Tallent, was interviewed in December 2024 by Cohart, an online art market, about marketing tips for artists. The link below is to the full interview with lots of marketing tips for artists:
https://www.cohart.com/news/marketing-101-for-artists-part-1
January 13, 2025
It’s up! We love seeing our work in the DC Metro. Both the ad copy and design are by KTD Creative.
January 4, 2025
Happy 20th Birthday to KTD Creative! 🎉🥳 What an incredible milestone — we’ve enjoyed two decades of creativity, innovation, and growth. KTD Creative started in January 2005 out of one room in a house located in Logan Circle. You can see our birthday celebration eNewsletter here.
Some highlights of our journey include working for:
- The White House Fellows Program
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
- Arc of Prince George’s County
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Louisiana
- World Bank
- Georgetown University
Thank you to all of our clients. We will be sharing more highlights over the coming year.
December 27, 2024
Thank you to all our clients for an incredible year! We’re taking some well-deserved time off for the holidays and will see you in 2025.
Here’s to a joyful and successful New Year!
December 23, 2024
KTD Creative edited a report (and appendix) for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. You can read the entire report here.
December 17, 2024
Today, we bid farewell to our intern-extraordinaire, Catie Callahan! From bringing her A-game to KTD Creative to keeping us all smiling, she’s been an all-star. We are sorry to see her go but excited as she enters her last semester at the University of Maryland at College Park.
December 13, 2024
KTD Creative’s Chief Marketer & Creative Director Kate Tallent was recently interviewed by Cohart, which is an online art market, about marketing tips for artists.
See a segment here.
December 12, 2024
KTD Creative’s latest newsletter is out! Enjoy!
November 23, 2024
Happy Thanksgiving from KTD Creative! Our holiday newsletter is ready!
November 15, 2024
Check out the latest and greatest KTD Creative eNewsletter! Don’t miss it.
October 31, 2024
Let KTD Creative write and design your next direct mail piece to specific geographic areas. We can assist with coordinating the list, purchasing names/addresses from particular zip codes, and mailing them directly. Postcards are a great place to start to drive traffic to your website from these residents and businesses. Ask us how we can help!
October 24, 2024
Check out our special KTD Creative Halloween eNewsletter!
Boo!
October 6, 2024
We look forward to working with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
September 27, 2024
Creative is looking forward to designing a new CD for our client the World Music Collective. We designed their logo a few years ago!
September 24, 2024
Motion graphics are powerful because they combine visual storytelling with movement, making complex or abstract concepts easier to understand and more engaging. Ask us how we can create these for your organization.
September 18, 2024
Print design projects are some of our favorite to design. Trifold brochure for Dance Place located in Washington, DC.
September 12, 2024
Our latest KTD Creative eNewsletter is out! You don’t want to miss it.
September 6, 2024
It’s a wrap! We just wrapped up the designs for Dance Place’s new performance season.
September 6, 2024
It’s a wrap! We just wrapped up a Squarespace website design for our client PesnerLaw PLLC https://www.spesnerlaw.com/
August 31, 2024
It’s a wrap! We just wrapped up the design of the annual report for the Center for Democracy and Technology located in Washington, D.C.
August 31, 2024
It’s a wrap! We just wrapped up the season program for Dance Place located in Washington, D.C. and are delighted with the results. We both edited the program and designed it.
August 27, 2024
KTD Creative just launched this new site. Do you like it? We love it!
August 15, 2024
KTD Creative is delighted to call PesnerLaw PLLC of Virginia a new client. We are delighted to design and build their new company Squarespace site.
August 11, 2024
KTD Creative recently completed marketing services for Maryland small business BBA Social Work Services.
August 10, 2024
KTD Creative is delighted to be providing marketing services to Dance Place in Washington, DC. Dance Place is a non-profit center of dance activity in Washington, DC offering performances, dance classes for adults and kids, and arts in education programs for youth. KTD provides marketing consulting including marketing strategy, writing, editing and design.
August 10, 2024
KTD Creative completed the branding for government contractor Kaplerchuk Consulting Group located in Towson, Maryland. We designed the new logo, created social media graphics, and designed and developed a brand-new Squarespace site www.kaplerchuk.com.
August 9, 2024
KTD Creative is delighted to welcome new intern Catie Callahan on University of Maryland.
Working with KTD has proved to be a fantastic decision! Kate and her team are very professional, easy-going, and receptive. We hired KTD Creative for 3 of our companies annual events- very different in clientele and scope, from a lobby day, to legal representatives, to executives, and they are have been amazing through each one with initiative concepts for each. They really listened to what we were looking for and have been timely with all deliveries. It has been a pleasure working with Kate and team- they make it easy and their final product is always first class. Would highly recommend KTD Creative!
The quality of both the design work and the review/edit process is a cut above the competition! KTD Creative has become the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities’ trusted source for high-quality design for both print and interactive projects. KTD’s web development team also came through for our project in a pinch when we needed additional support in addressing WordPress website maintenance issues.
From the very beginning, I knew working with KTD would be different from working with any other designers! Not only was the process of developing our logo professional, it also had a very personal touch that truly showed through in the uniqueness of our logo. During our first session, Kate and her team conducted thorough interviews to find themes, colors, and imagery that finally concluded in the perfect logo for our company Half Hearted Fully Conscious. The logo is AMAZING and has the perfect appeal for the apparel that will be the first product of our lifestyle brand! Kate and team literally blew us away with this design and we are very happy with the logo and the decision to work with KTD. We will definitely work with KTD in the future.
Our nonprofit organization hired KTD Creative to design a handbook. We had never produced anything like it. The team was patient in the face of our extending deadlines and stayed in great touch with us for all of the revisions.
I chose to work with KTD Creative because they are one of the most highly regarded design firms in DC. Working with the team on my new company logo was like meeting with an old friend- the staff is personable, professional and attentive. KTD’s designs are cutting edge. Their attention to detail is impeccable- far beyond any design firm I’ve worked with before. KTD is the standard for design.
Working with KTD has proved to be a fantastic decision! Kate and her team are very professional, easy-going, and receptive. We hired KTD Creative for 3 of our companies annual events- very different in clientele and scope, from a lobby day, to legal representatives, to executives, and they are have been amazing through each one with initiative concepts for each. They really listened to what we were looking for and have been timely with all deliveries. It has been a pleasure working with Kate and team- they make it easy and their final product is always first class. Would highly recommend KTD Creative!
Our Private Equity firm hired KTD Creative to prepare a marketing PowerPoint deck for one of our foreign companies. The KTD team transformed a technically complex concept into a beautiful, crisp presentation with complex illustrations and information graphics that is easily understood across borders. KTD cares about their clients, as most of this work was completed during a tight deadline around the holidays. We look forward to working with them again.
Our partnership (because Kate and her team of talented designers really do become partners in creating a visual story for your organization) began with a topical report that was so well done that we continue to collaborate 4 years later. We have done annual reports, topical reports, brochures, and video production. KTD Creative has helped create a visual branding for Farmworker Justice which has received excellent feedback from stakeholders and various federal agencies. KTD is a pleasure to work with and the team’s ability to translate ideas into high-quality, edgy graphics makes my job as a communications director so much easier (and makes me look good)!
KTD Creative has been our go-to source for print and web projects when fresh ideas and creative design were top priorities. They always set realistic and clear expectations, goals, and timelines. They were always responsive and ready to answer questions and explain their recommendations. As a repeat customer, I would not hesitate to go back to them again.
We hired KTD Creative to design our WordPress website. This has been one of the best return on investments for our company. The site was designed so that we have easy methods to do our own updates as we add projects and other information. We have had nothing but rave reviews about the appearance and content of the site.
KTD Creative took our thoughts, ideas, and even amateur drawings and created a fun, informative logo that completely expresses the theme of what sounds like a boring national program. KTD showed us with the logo design, all of the possibilities that our program makes.
Pound for pound, KTD Creative is 2nd to none. Their creativity and versatility allows their clients to really bring their visions alive. Personally, KTD allowed me to believe in myself and my personal training business. My logo, the communication, the ability to take my imagination and elevate it! I’m extremely blessed to have met KTD Creative!