Founded in Denver and raised across North America
We’re a branding, marketing, and design studio with a focus on data and doing the right thing.
Helping purpose-driven organizations connect with their audience and grow their brand through data-driven strategies.
Leadership Team
Alicia Disantis, Owner, brand strategist, and designer, 38th & Kip studio
Alicia founded 38th & Kip back in 2010 in the midst of the Great Recession. A traditional fine artist turned designer, brand strategist, and writer, she walks the line between right- and left-brained. Alicia is inspired by retro design, Scandinavian minimalism, street art, and bold colors. She looks to branding and design masters of the past for guidance, and contemporary trends of today for inspiration.
A believer that higher education is a right and not a privilege, she serves on the Board of Directors for Red Rocks Community College and teaches marketing at Mary Baldwin University - schools that both have a 50% minority student body.
Shaun Bernstein, Chief Storyteller, The Write Stuff Agency
Shaun is our mastermind writing partner here at 38th & Kip. He is the owner of the The Write Stuff Agency, a content writing agency based just outside Toronto, Canada. Previously a journalist and a lawyer, he's taken all of those skills and put them to good use helping professionals and businesses better tell their stories. A multiple award winning writer, he focuses on making complicated things simple, and delivering copy for his clients that their clients can connect with, relate to, and most importantly understand!
When he's not hunched over a keyboard, Shaun and his wife are usually found at one of their local breweries kicking some butt at trivia night.
Adam eberling, technical lead - web design, Generation web
Adam is the founder of Generation Web, a web development studio based in Denver, Colorado. Generation Web - or Gen Web, as we call them - is a company optimized to deliver exceptional web solutions to businesses and organizations. Adam has a passion for crafting websites that perfectly meet his clients' requirements at a business and technical level. He starts by thoroughly understanding their needs, and then, alongside his team, designs sophisticated and efficient web solutions.
When he isn’t working, Adam can be found playing strategy games, trail running, and supporting local Colorado breweries.
Our Values
Creativity | Positivity | Transparency | Humility
We stand for best-in-class brand strategy and design without the markup. Being honest about the process. Treating the client with a level of respect that one would with a close friend. Putting an end to snooty attitudes from firms. Following through on promises and deadlines.
Our Mission
To provide exceptional and purposeful branding & design services to improve people’s lives.
38th & Kip is committed to a better tomorrow. We do not tolerate racism, bigotry, or injustice. In the words of the late Rep. John Lewis, “When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.”
Our Clients
Our clients span a wide variety of industries and sizes, but one thing remains similar: a passion to make things better.
Over the past 15 years, we’ve helped clients in the United States, Canada, and Europe develop meaningful and powerful visual strategies.
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We’ve been helping purpose-driven fintech companies for 15 years. From the early years of digital and mobile banking, to cutting-edge solutions like data analytics for community-focused financial institutions, we are experts in developing fintech brands.
Clients include:
Aux - a Credit Union Service Organization who provides back office services, like accounting, compliance, and data analytics
InNetwork - the nation’s largest shared branching provider, incorporating over 100 credit unions across the country
Gemineye - groundbreaking data analytics for financial institutions
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Understanding the complexities of SaaS (software as a service) and translating them into visual strategies is what we do best!
Popmenu - independent restaurant technology, including social media, online ordering, menu management, AI phone answering, and more
Orders.co - hospitality technology for restaurants, hotels, and entertainment
ARS (Advance Reserve Solutions) - HOA accounting software
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Non-profit and not-for-profit organizations are dear to our hearts. Since 2012, we’ve been helping non-profits who are making their communities, and the world, a better place.
Counseling4Kids - mental health services for children in Los Angeles
Metrum Community Credit Union
Sioux Valley Community Credit Union
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We help those who are shaking up their industries by providing greenfield and new-to-market offerings.
Jovie - flexible childcare services
Dirty Heifer Ranch - a bespoke marketplace serving female ranchers
Tinies - for over 50 years, the UK’s most trust childcare providers
What Does 38th & Kip Mean?
Someplace special in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
38th & Kip is short for the crossroads where the firm celebrated its 10th anniversary - the old school Denver enclave of Wheat Ridge, CO. Lovingly referred to as “SweetRidge,” Wheat Ridge is a quickly-growing nook filled with a unique mixture of Mid-Century Modern homes, mesas, auto body shops, and farm animals. It provides constant design and environmental inspiration.
Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Although our roots are in the Rockies, we now reside in Roanoke, Virginia, an outdoorsy city in Virginia’s magical Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Let’s connect. We are always looking to collaborate, chat about the state of affairs, as well as provide pro-bono work for non-profits.
Doin’ it for the ‘Gram
