Let Us Introduce Ourselves
We’re Make-It-Happen, Build-Your-Brand Types.
WE CREATE DISTINCT VISUAL EXPERIENCES
Taylor Design is a graphic and digital design studio that helps clients reposition, communicate, promote, and differentiate their brands through a strategic mix of communications. Our client roster ranges from corporations and startups to educational institutions and nonprofits. Founded in Stamford, CT, in 1992 by Daniel Taylor and Nora Vaivads-Taylor, the firm has a network of professional designers, developers, illustrators, photographers, videographers, writers, printers, and back-end programmers. The studio’s work has earned awards from regional, national, and international competitions, including Communication Arts, Print, How, and Graphis.
Our Biographies
Daniel Taylor
Daniel Taylor started Taylor Design in the fall of 1992. From 1985 to 1992 he was the Senior Creative Director at William Snyder Design, Inc. in New York City, responsible for developing marketing and advertising materials for Exxon Corporation, AT&T, Merrill Lynch, ABC Television, and MTV Networks. Prior to that he worked as a designer at Pushpin, Lubalin, Peckolick, NYC; Beau Gardner Associates, NYC; and Steve Burnett, Inc., NYC. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design in 1983 from the Rochester Institute of Technology and earned the Champion International Scholarship at GATF, University of Pittsburgh his senior year. He has lectured at the University of Hartford, taught design at the University of Connecticut, and served on the boards of IABC WestFair, AIGA Connecticut, and the Business Council of Fairfield County. Dan has been a volunteer for Stamford Public Schools, Future 5, a parent leader for Boy Scout Troop 9 Stamford, and an ice hockey coach for the Stamford Youth Hockey Association.
Nora Vaivads-Taylor
Nora Vaivads-Taylor joined Taylor Design in 1996 after nine years as the Design Director at Goldsmith/Jeffrey Advertising in New York City, working with clients such as El Al Airlines, JP Morgan, Knoll International, NYNEX, EDS, and Zales Corporation. After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design in 1983 from the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, Nora began her career as a junior designer at Beckman Associates in her hometown of Albany, New York. In 1984 she joined Chiat/Day Advertising in New York City as a junior art director. Two years later Nora moved to Tobias Design, also in NYC, as a graphic designer. She has volunteered at Stamford Public Schools for many years, serving as a leader of the Toquam School Gardening Club, a leader of the Learning to Look program, and president of the Stamford High School Parent Teachers Organization. Nora collects metal scrap during her bike rides around town and creates beautiful photographs of her found art compositions (Instagram: @scrappynora).
The Different Ways We Build Brands
Whether you need an identity program for your school, a marketing program for your company, or any combination of the services below, we’ll deliver creative solutions that build your business and increase mindshare. We have extensive experience in all areas of corporate and institutional communications for audiences far and wide.