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A graphic design agency owns the visual system a business trades on: logo and identity, the typography and colour rules holding it together, packaging and label artwork, retail and point of purchase graphics, signage and wayfinding, and the artwork feeding advertising channels. Los Angeles is a consumer packaging town, sitting next to the beauty, supplement and food brands that fill American shelves.
We reviewed 20 external studios alongside Web Tonic on evidenced design work, publicly named clients, published pricing and a verified address. Nineteen name a client outright, not one publishes a rate, and fifteen work from Los Angeles proper rather than the surrounding county.
What does Los Angeles design specialise in?
Consumer packaging above everything else, from beauty and supplements to food, drink and pet brands, with a second bench in signage and wayfinding for airports, campuses and retail centres. Nineteen of the twenty studios here name the brands behind that work.
1. Web Tonic
About: Web Tonic starts a Los Angeles design brief with the commercial job the artwork has to do rather than the moodboard. That means identity and logo systems built to hold up on a building sign, a trade booth and a phone screen at once, campaign creative produced at the volume paid channels consume, and website build so the identity ships instead of sitting in a folder. The Los Angeles packaging and environmental design studios below, several with two decades of consumer goods work, will beat us on that craft.
Key Services: Growth Marketing, Paid Social, PPC, Meta Ads, SEO, Google Ads, Snapchat Ads, Amazon Ads, Reddit Ads, TikTok Ads, TikTok Shop, GEO-AEO, Webflow Design, Shopify Design, WordPress Design, UGC, Social Media Management, Pay Per Click Management, Marketing Analytics, Analytics Implementation & CDPs, Performance Branding, Performance 360° Audit, Programmatic Ads, OOH Ads, HR Marketing
Industries Served: eCommerce, SaaS, B2B, Construction Professionals, Home Services, SMEs, Health Spa & Wellness, Retail, Legal & Judicial Services, Food & Beverages, Pets, Fitness, Family & Children, Finance & Insurance, Travel, Non-Profits & Organizations, Furniture & Decoration
Notable Clients: WorldRemit, Jack & Jones, Ardene, L'Oréal, Sendwave, Nestlé, Airbnb. Serve Fortune 500 companies and smaller fast-paced startups.
Locations: HQ in San Francisco with notable offices in New York, Chicago, Miami, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Singapore, Sydney and more. Offices on five continents.
Pricing: Starting at USD $3,000 per month. Flexible and scalable plans at any time according to your enterprise needs. Book a call to learn more.
Great For: Mid-market to enterprise-level businesses requiring ongoing, on-tap growth and performance marketing services.
Website: Web Tonic
2. DKNG Studios
About: DKNG is an illustration-led design studio founded and Nathan Goldman, known for vector-based brand identity, packaging and gig-poster work for music, entertainment and consumer brands. Its featured-work archive names projects for USA Today Network, Heinz and Clean Energy alongside its poster and merchandise collaborations. The studio is headquartered at 3832 South Cochran Avenue in Los Angeles, confirmed on its own site metadata.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Illustration, Packaging design, Poster and print design, Merchandise design, Icon and pattern systems
Industries Served: Music and entertainment, Consumer packaged goods, Media and publishing, Retail, Hospitality
Notable Clients: USA Today Network, Heinz, Clean Energy, Cartoon Network, Sonic Drive-In
Locations: Los Angeles, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Entertainment and media brands, Consumer packaged goods launches, Brands needing illustration-driven identity
Website: DKNG Studios
3. TRUF Creative
About: TRUF is a Los Angeles branding and design studio founded in 2006 by Adam G and Monika Kehrer, blending New York and Los Angeles agency backgrounds into visual identity, packaging and editorial design work. Its published case study for the Los Angeles Times names the design of the visual identity for the newspaper's annual one-hundred-one Best Restaurants list. The studio operates from Los Angeles, as stated across its site copy.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Editorial and publication design, Packaging design, Visual identity systems, Print collateral design, Icon and typography systems
Industries Served: Media and publishing, Hospitality, Food and beverage, Retail, Entertainment
Notable Clients: Los Angeles Times, Not publicly named beyond this case study — other work is shown without client attribution
Locations: Los Angeles, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Media and publishing brands, Hospitality identity projects, Editorial design commissions
Website: TRUF Creative
4. Ludlow Kingsley
About: Ludlow Kingsley is a Los Angeles branding agency and graphic design studio with over a decade of experience in naming, visual identity and packaging design for direct-to-consumer, lifestyle and wellness brands. Its own site names naming and branding for Parachute, the rebrand of Groundwork Coffee, and naming and branding work for Ovation Hollywood as completed projects. The studio's contact page states its design studio is in Los Angeles, reachable by appointment.
Key Services: Naming and verbal identity, Brand identity design, Packaging design, Web design, Print collateral design, Illustration
Industries Served: Direct-to-consumer retail, Food and beverage, Hospitality and entertainment, Health and wellness, Home goods
Notable Clients: Parachute, Groundwork Coffee, Ovation Hollywood, Universal, Jam City
Locations: Los Angeles, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: D2C consumer brand launches, Hospitality and coffee brand rebrands, Entertainment and venue branding
Website: Ludlow Kingsley
5. Stellen Design
About: Stellen Design is a Los Angeles hospitality branding studio specializing in restaurant identity, brand strategy and its own Concept to Thriving Method for food and beverage clients. Its project index names completed identity work for Los Angeles Ale Works, The Paddock and Tiki Kai, each documented with a public case study and client quote. The studio's contact page confirms its base in Los Angeles.
Key Services: Restaurant brand identity, Logo design, Menu and print collateral design, Packaging design, Signage design, Brand style guides
Industries Served: Restaurants and hospitality, Food and beverage, Craft brewing, Retail, Franchising
Notable Clients: Los Angeles Ale Works, The Paddock, Tiki Kai, Eat At Joes, The Fox Den
Locations: Los Angeles, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Independent restaurants and bars, Craft beverage brands, Multi-location hospitality concepts
Website: Stellen Design
6. Selbert Perkins Design
About: Selbert Perkins Design, founded and Clifford Selbert, is a branding, signage and environmental graphic design firm with a staffed office at 432 Culver Boulevard in Los Angeles alongside studios in Boston and Chicago. Its portfolio names wayfinding and signage design for Los Angeles World Airports at LAX and for Harry Reid International Airport, both documented as completed environmental graphics projects. The firm markets itself under the line Logos to Landmarks and is a certified woman-owned business.
Key Services: Environmental graphic design, Signage and wayfinding design, Brand identity design, Placemaking design, Public art direction, Digital design
Industries Served: Aviation and transit, Higher education, Healthcare, Civic and public sector, Retail and mixed-use development
Notable Clients: Los Angeles World Airports (LAX), Harry Reid International Airport, Orlando International Airport
Locations: Los Angeles, United States, Boston, United States, Chicago, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Airports and transit authorities, University and hospital campuses, Large mixed-use developments
Website: Selbert Perkins Design
7. Davies Associates
About: Davies Associates develops environmental graphics, signage and identity programs that integrate with architecture, with a project list naming the City of Los Angeles, Chapman University, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Creative Artists Agency as clients on its own site. The firm's Freedom Plaza project page documents a signage and graphics program for a retail center in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. Company records list the firm's headquarters in Beverly Hills, a city fully surrounded by Los Angeles within Los Angeles County, with a secondary office in Hazlet, New Jersey.
Key Services: Environmental graphic design, Signage and wayfinding design, Brand identity design, Architectural graphics, Placemaking design, Print collateral design
Industries Served: Civic and public sector, Higher education, Healthcare, Retail development, Entertainment
Notable Clients: City of Los Angeles, Chapman University, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Creative Artists Agency, Colburn School of Performing Arts
Locations: Beverly Hills, United States, Hazlet, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Civic and government agencies, University and hospital campuses, Retail and community developments
Website: Davies Associates
8. JDA
About: JDA markets itself under the line Retail Ready Design, producing packaging, point-of-purchase and digital media artwork intended to work across shelf, print and online. Its own portfolio names Canon USA as the client for an Ivy Mini Photo Printer package redesign, alongside packaging work for Audiovox and full production work for SiriusXM. The firm's site header identifies it as a Los Angeles, California graphic design firm.
Key Services: Packaging design, Point-of-purchase design, Brand collateral design, Digital media and infographic design, Retail shelf design, Print production art
Industries Served: Consumer electronics, Retail and consumer packaged goods, Media and entertainment, Health and beauty, Toys and hardgoods
Notable Clients: Canon USA, Audiovox, SiriusXM
Locations: Los Angeles, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Consumer electronics packaging, Retail shelf-ready redesigns, Brands needing shelf-to-digital consistency
Website: JDA
9. Bright
About: Bright is a creative branding agency describing itself as A Creative Branding House, with its work page naming completed packaging and brand identity projects for Saffron Road, ProBar and PlantFolk among a list of named food and beverage clients. Its Saffron Road case study documents a rebrand tied to reported growth of ninety-four percent in a key sales class of trade. The agency's site is titled a Creative Branding Agency in Los Angeles throughout its work and contact pages.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Packaging design, Brand strategy, Print collateral design, Naming, Retail shelf design
Industries Served: Food and beverage, Natural and organic products, Consumer packaged goods, Retail, Plant-based nutrition
Notable Clients: Saffron Road, ProBar, PlantFolk, Alexia Foods, Nestle Foods Corporation
Locations: Los Angeles, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Natural and organic food brands, CPG rebrands entering new categories, Plant-based and nutrition brands
Website: Bright
10. Manufactur
About: Manufactur is a Los Angeles branding and digital agency, founded in 2011, that builds brand identity, packaging and web systems for consumer and technology companies. Its published case study for Ramen Bae, where the studio has served as agency of record, documents packaging, a Shopify build and a sixty-eight percent year-over-year increase in Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales in 2025. Its schema data lists a street address on South Main Street in Los Angeles, California.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Packaging design, Web design, Design systems, Retail and Shopify creative, Print collateral design
Industries Served: Direct-to-consumer retail, Beauty and personal care, Food and beverage, Technology, Wellness
Notable Clients: Blu Atlas, Joymode, Ramen Bae, Groovy Coffee, Joolies
Locations: Los Angeles, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: DTC brands scaling packaging and web, Beauty and personal care launches, Agency-of-record retained design needs
Website: Manufactur
11. Courbet Studio
About: Courbet Studio, is a Los Angeles branding, packaging and digital design practice partnering with founders and creative teams across consumer packaged goods, lifestyle and technology. Its own work page names completed identity and packaging projects for Circle Seafoods, Cocoyo and The Fruitist, plus brand work for Ericsson's E1 product and the National Bourbon Club. The studio lists Los Angeles as its home base alongside secondary locations in Lyon and Zurich.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Packaging design, Digital design, Logo design, Creative direction, Print design
Industries Served: Consumer packaged goods, Food and beverage, Technology, Finance and venture capital, Hospitality
Notable Clients: Circle Seafoods, Cocoyo, The Fruitist, Ericsson, National Bourbon Club
Locations: Los Angeles, United States, Lyon, France, Zurich, Switzerland
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: CPG and packaged food startups, Lifestyle and hospitality brands, Tech companies needing brand identity
Website: Courbet Studio
12. Fictorium
About: Fictorium is an award-winning branding and packaging design studio based in Los Angeles that partners with purpose-led founders on identity, packaging and illustration. Its homepage names completed branding and packaging projects for Olura, Onward Coffee and Jooks on You as featured client work. The studio describes itself as sunny Los Angeles based across its site copy.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Packaging design, Illustration, Web design, Brand strategy, Logo design
Industries Served: Food and beverage, Coffee and cafes, Health and wellness, Beauty, Consumer packaged goods
Notable Clients: Olura, Onward Coffee, Jooks on You
Locations: Los Angeles, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Purpose-led founder brands, Coffee and beverage packaging, Small CPG launches needing illustration
Website: Fictorium
13. JanesHaus
About: JanesHaus is a premium creative branding agency in Los Angeles founded, building brands through CGI, branding, packaging and web design. Its published branding and packaging design project for Noodo, a pasta sauce brand, and a CGI campaign for Torani are both documented with named clients on the agency's own channels. The studio's site identifies it as a Creative Agency in Los Angeles.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Packaging design, CGI and 3D visual design, Web design, Campaign creative, Brand strategy
Industries Served: Food and beverage, Consumer packaged goods, Beauty, Technology, Direct-to-consumer retail
Notable Clients: Noodo, Torani (R. Torre and Company)
Locations: Los Angeles, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: CPG brands wanting CGI-driven campaigns, Food and beverage packaging launches, Brands needing high-impact visual campaigns
Website: JanesHaus
14. CAS Branding
About: CAS Branding Solutions has operated for over two decades as a Los Angeles branding, packaging and tradeshow design studio serving natural products and supplement companies. Its published project page names a completed branding engagement for Growing Naturals, a plant-protein brand, covering identity and packaging. Business records list the firm as headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Packaging design, Tradeshow booth design, Print collateral design, Label design, Web design
Industries Served: Natural and organic products, Supplements and nutrition, Food and beverage, Retail, Consumer packaged goods
Notable Clients: Growing Naturals
Locations: Los Angeles, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Natural products and supplement brands, Tradeshow-heavy CPG companies, Label and FDA-compliant packaging needs
Website: CAS Branding
15. ICON Creative Agency
About: ICON Creative Agency is a Pasadena-based branding and packaging studio with over twenty years and more than five hundred completed projects for Fortune 500 packaged-goods clients. Its own portfolio names a completed product guide and packaging project for Nestle International Waters, alongside listed work for Gerber, Kellogg's and Ferrara. The agency's about page states its base is Pasadena, California, within the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
Key Services: Packaging design, Brand identity design, Product catalog and guide design, Multicultural marketing design, Print collateral design, Retail shelf design
Industries Served: Consumer packaged goods, Food and beverage, Retail, Multicultural and Hispanic marketing, Confectionery
Notable Clients: Nestle, Gerber, Kellogg's, Ferrara, Stater Bros.
Locations: Pasadena, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Fortune 500 CPG packaging refreshes, Multicultural marketing campaigns, Large-scale product catalog design
Website: ICON Creative Agency
16. Open Studios LA
About: Open Studios LA is a full-service brand studio rooted in Los Angeles that designs campaigns, wayfinding and asset management systems for retail centers, sports organizations and cultural institutions. Its own portfolio names completed wayfinding and campaign work for UCLA Athletics and a seasonal digital and print campaign program for the Sacramento Kings, alongside retail opening work for Topanga Social and AMC Topanga. The studio identifies itself as a Los Angeles brand studio across its homepage.
Key Services: Wayfinding and signage design, Campaign and print design, Brand and asset management, Environmental design, Retail experience design, Corporate gifting design
Industries Served: Sports and athletics, Retail and mixed-use development, Higher education, Entertainment venues, Cultural institutions
Notable Clients: UCLA Athletics, Sacramento Kings, Topanga Social, AMC Topanga, Westfield UTC
Locations: Los Angeles, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Sports teams and athletic departments, Retail center rebrand and openings, Ongoing brand asset management needs
Website: Open Studios LA
17. Quaintise
About: Quaintise is a healthcare-focused marketing and packaging design agency whose team has led packaging development for Neutrogena, OPI and Whole Foods among other named consumer brands per its own services page. The agency lists its headquarters address as 1902 Lincoln Boulevard, Suite A-850, in Santa Monica, with a secondary office in Scottsdale. Its packaging design service page states these client names directly.
Key Services: Packaging design, Brand identity design, Print collateral design, Label design, Healthcare marketing collateral, Retail shelf design
Industries Served: Beauty and personal care, Healthcare and diagnostics, Food and beverage retail, Consumer packaged goods, Wellness
Notable Clients: Neutrogena, OPI, Whole Foods, Bulletproof, Quest Diagnostics
Locations: Santa Monica, United States, Scottsdale, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Beauty and personal care packaging, Healthcare and diagnostics marketing collateral, National retail packaging refreshes
Website: Quaintise
18. Doheny Atelier
About: Doheny Atelier is a boutique creative studio founded, known for designing the Kylie Cosmetics packaging rebrand, and now builds and revives beauty and lifestyle brands across packaging, brand identity and experiential design. Its own homepage names the full Kylie Cosmetics rebrand, worked on alongside Kylie Jenner, and a packaging and identity project for Obagi as completed featured work. The studio's schema markup identifies its founder and describes it as a design agency, without a listed public street address, though its work is Los Angeles beauty-industry focused and its founder is Los Angeles based per press coverage of the Kylie Cosmetics project.
Key Services: Packaging design, Brand identity design, Experiential design, Illustration, Design sprints, Print collateral design
Industries Served: Beauty and cosmetics, Personal care, Lifestyle products, Skincare, Direct-to-consumer retail
Notable Clients: Kylie Cosmetics, Obagi
Locations: Los Angeles, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Celebrity and influencer beauty brands, Skincare and cosmetics packaging, Beauty brands needing a full rebrand
Website: Doheny Atelier
19. Alkalyne Design
About: Alkalyne Design is a Los Angeles creative studio carrying brands from first sketch to finished piece across identity, web and printed work. Its own portfolio names completed packaging design for Huckleberry Hill Farms and full identity, web and packaging work for UpNorth Distribution as case-study clients. The studio's contact page lists its location as Los Angeles, California.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Packaging design, Print design, Logo design, 3D printing and prototyping, Web design
Industries Served: Food and agriculture, Home services, Hospitality and entertainment venues, Retail, Nonprofits
Notable Clients: UpNorth Distribution, The Minor Theatre, Huckleberry Hill Farms, Valley Fig Growers, RPM Plumbers
Locations: Los Angeles, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Small agriculture and food brands, Local service businesses, Brands needing identity plus physical packaging
Website: Alkalyne Design
20. La Visual
About: La Visual is a performance-branding studio building visual identity, naming and packaging for startups and larger media clients, headquartered at 45 South Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena. Its own work page names a brand strategy and product identity project for NFL Network's NFL+ streaming service, a digital identity project for William Morris Endeavor, and a user-generated content campaign for Fox Studios' Grease Live. The agency states this Pasadena address directly on its contact page.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Naming, Packaging design, UX and product identity design, Campaign creative, Print collateral design
Industries Served: Media and entertainment, Sports and streaming, Financial services, Automotive and logistics, Technology
Notable Clients: NFL Network (NFL+), William Morris Endeavor, Fox Studios (Grease Live), CIVIC Financial, Hy Cite
Locations: Pasadena, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Media and streaming brand launches, Sports league and talent-agency identity work, Financial services rebrands
Website: La Visual
21. iFink Design
About: iFink is a multidisciplinary creative design studio located in Los Angeles, specializing in packaging, branding and interior design for beauty, fashion and lifestyle brands. Its homepage names Saks Fifth Avenue, Dose of Colors and Sockerbit among its list of named clients spanning branding and packaging engagements. The studio's about page states it is located in Los Angeles, where Fink relocated to build the practice.
Key Services: Packaging design, Brand identity design, Logo design, Interior and 3D design, Print collateral design, Product design
Industries Served: Beauty and cosmetics, Fashion and retail, Food and confectionery, Jewelry, Hospitality
Notable Clients: Saks Fifth Avenue, Dose of Colors, Sockerbit, VZ Bath and Body, Unlabeled
Locations: Los Angeles, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Beauty and cosmetics packaging, Retail and fashion brand identity, Bilingual clients needing Spanish-language design support
Website: iFink Design
Quick Comparison Table
| Agency | Key Specialty | Starting Price | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Web Tonic | Full-Service Performance Marketing | USD $3,000/mo | Mid-market to Enterprise |
| 2. DKNG Studios | Illustration-driven brand and packaging design | Quote-based | Entertainment and CPG illustration branding |
| 3. TRUF Creative | Editorial and hospitality brand identity | Quote-based | Media and hospitality visual identity |
| 4. Ludlow Kingsley | Naming plus D2C brand identity | Quote-based | D2C and hospitality brand identity |
| 5. Stellen Design | Restaurant and hospitality brand identity | Quote-based | Restaurant and hospitality branding |
| 6. Selbert Perkins Design | Environmental graphics and wayfinding | Quote-based | Airport and campus wayfinding design |
| 7. Davies Associates | Architectural and civic environmental graphics | Quote-based | Civic and campus signage programs |
| 8. JDA | Retail packaging and shelf-ready design | Quote-based | Consumer electronics packaging design |
| 9. Bright | Natural foods brand and packaging design | Quote-based | Natural foods packaging and branding |
| 10. Manufactur | DTC brand identity and packaging systems | Quote-based | DTC packaging and retained brand design |
| 11. Courbet Studio | Founder-led CPG brand and packaging design | Quote-based | CPG branding for founder-led startups |
| 12. Fictorium | Illustration-forward packaging for founders | Quote-based | Founder-led CPG packaging and illustration |
| 13. JanesHaus | CGI-driven branding and packaging | Quote-based | CGI campaign and CPG packaging design |
| 14. CAS Branding | Natural products packaging and tradeshow design | Quote-based | Supplement and natural products branding |
| 15. ICON Creative Agency | Fortune 500 CPG packaging design | Quote-based | Large-scale CPG packaging and catalogs |
| 16. Open Studios LA | Sports and retail wayfinding systems | Quote-based | Sports venue and retail wayfinding design |
| 17. Quaintise | Beauty and healthcare packaging design | Quote-based | Beauty and healthcare packaging design |
| 18. Doheny Atelier | Celebrity beauty brand packaging | Quote-based | Beauty and cosmetics packaging rebrands |
| 19. Alkalyne Design | Identity, web and packaging for small brands | Quote-based | Small-business branding and packaging |
| 20. La Visual | Media and entertainment brand identity | Quote-based | Media and streaming brand identity |
| 21. iFink Design | Beauty and fashion packaging design | Quote-based | Beauty and fashion packaging design |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which Los Angeles studios name the brands they work for?
Nineteen of the twenty, which is the highest disclosure rate we have measured in a city market. Ludlow Kingsley names Parachute and Ovation Hollywood, DKNG Studios names Heinz and Cartoon Network, Quaintise names Neutrogena, OPI and Whole Foods, Doheny Atelier is credited with the Kylie Cosmetics packaging rebrand, and Selbert Perkins Design names Los Angeles World Airports. Only one studio keeps its roster private.
What does graphic design cost in Los Angeles?
Not one studio on this page publishes a rate, which is striking in a market this large. Write a deliverable list naming every file, format and application, then put the identical list to three studios. In packaging especially, the quote gap comes from what is included after the design is approved: dielines, repro-ready artwork, photography, and rounds of shelf-ready adaptation across sizes and variants.
Are these studios in Los Angeles itself or the wider county?
Fifteen publish an address inside the city, on South Main Street, South Cochran Avenue and Culver Boulevard among others. ICON Creative Agency and La Visual work from Pasadena, Quaintise from Santa Monica and Davies Associates from Beverly Hills, all inside Los Angeles County. Doheny Atelier publishes no street address at all, which is worth knowing before you plan an in-person review.
Who is strongest on packaging and who on signage?
Packaging is the deeper bench: Ludlow Kingsley, Bright, Manufactur, Courbet Studio, Fictorium, JanesHaus, CAS Branding, ICON Creative Agency, iFink Design and JDA all show named consumer packaging work. For environmental graphics and wayfinding the field narrows to Selbert Perkins Design, Davies Associates and Open Studios LA, whose named projects include airports, hospitals, universities and retail centres.
What should be agreed before you pay a deposit?
A deliverable list naming every file and format, a capped number of concept routes and revision rounds, a schedule with named checkpoints, and an explicit statement of what transfers to you on final payment. Packaging buyers should confirm who owns the dielines and print-ready artwork and who pays for variant adaptations. Typeface licensing does not pass to you automatically, so name it in the contract.
Choosing a Graphic Design Agency in Los Angeles
The client lists here are unusually checkable. Nineteen of twenty studios name accounts on their own sites, from Neutrogena and Kylie Cosmetics to Los Angeles World Airports, so verify two of them by phone before you commit budget.
Split packaging from environmental design early. Shelf and label work and airport or campus wayfinding are entirely different crafts, and the strongest Los Angeles studios in each are clearly different firms with different production partners.
Confirm where the studio actually sits. Fifteen publish a Los Angeles address, four work from Pasadena, Santa Monica or Beverly Hills, and one publishes no address at all, which matters once press checks and in-person reviews start.
Fix the money and the files before the deposit clears. With no published rate anywhere on this page, a written deliverable list, a revision cap and clarity on artwork ownership and typeface licensing are your only real protection. If you would rather have identity design, campaign creative and web build handled by one team, read our latest analysis or book a call.
