Go out and
make something.

We’re Maureen Smith and Daniel Johanson, a creative partnership in Chicago. We work with independent businesses and arts organizations on websites, newsletters, writing and design.

Bring us what you already have- a page that needs attention, an email to put together or an idea you’re ready to share. We’ll agree on the work and what a finished handoff includes.

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Selected work

Website and newsletters

Complete Claims Service

Daniel’s work includes service and coverage information, page structure, mobile refinements and recurring newsletters.

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Debjo’s Boutique blog article about Meli Wraps — Blog. Photo courtesy of Meli Wraps.

Website, brand and email

Debjo’s Boutique

Daniel developed the WordPress site, brand guide and format for The Debjo Edit, with copy shaped around Debbie’s voice.

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Scapi social graphic about Chicago Symphony’s mobile ticketing partnership — Scapi Feed graphic. Photo: I’m nonpartisan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scapi social graphic about Faber and Sally Rooney’s UK book supply — Scapi Feed graphic. Photo: Matt Brown / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.

Our independent arts publication

Scapi Magazine

Reporting, editing, social graphics and website production for Chicago’s arts community. Daniel founded and edits Scapi; Maureen and Daniel cohost Scapi Radio.

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Newsletter design, shown as a campaign draft.

Website, product information and email

TRIGRD

Daniel works on the WordPress and WooCommerce site and its copy. Maureen’s interviews and communications work inform the brand’s voice.

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What we can help with

Website updates

Clearer copy, useful page structure and practical changes to an existing WordPress site.

Newsletters

Copy, layout and reusable templates, with the checks that get an issue ready to send.

Writing and editing

Website copy, articles, interviews and editing. Start with source material, a brief or a draft.

Campaigns and design

Email, event posters and social graphics shaped around the audience and the format.

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Two people, with our own work and a shared place to make things.

Maureen Smith

Communications, development and design. Explore Maureen’s campaign work, brand projects and career.

Maureen’s portfolio

Daniel Johanson

Websites, newsletters and editorial work, alongside journalism and fiction.

Daniel’s portfolio

Have a page, an email or a project in mind? Tell us what you’re working with and where you could use a hand.

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Go out andmake something.