About inkfish
{pictured left to right: Miranda the pup, Lisa and Kim, circa 1996}
About our studio
inkfish was created in Santa Monica, California in 1996 by co-owners (and sister-in-laws) Lisa Garza-Hillman & Kimberly Hillman. For over 25 years, they have dedicated themselves to the pursuit of intelligent, creative, cost-effective design and marketing solutions. Their wide range of clients, each with specific needs and vision, has given them the opportunity to explore and produce graphic systems tailored to individual budgets and target audiences.
After leaving Santa Monica, Lisa & Kim now have two inkfish studios spanning the California coastline … Lisa up North on the Mendocino Coast and Kim down South on the San Diego Coast. Each studio manages clients and projects independently while collaborating remotely. Lisa and Kim choose to work together whenever possible and draw on each others’ strengths to arrive at the most effective design solution for each client.
inkfish continues to pursue clients and projects that both challenge and inspire. It also provides custom letterpress printing through it’s sister company Clo Mor Press.
Solar powered since 2007
What we do?
Creative and consistent graphic systems and branding across multiple platforms — identity systems, brochures and marketing collateral, web sites, e-newsletters, presentations, and packaging.
What we do?
The inkfish approach is systematic and highly creative. By exploring typography, illustration styles, photography, unique formats, color palettes and digital/web applications, we strive to create a strong, flexible foundation for effective and consistent marketing collateral.
Why us?
Consistency within your system is essential. Without it, a company’s identity and message may become diluted and ineffective. As designers, consistent, creative, cost-effective solutions are our objective.
