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C.D. Hughes Design

Design consultancy — Available worldwide

Design that earns its place in the business.

C.D. Hughes Design is an independent practice working with founders and in-house teams on brand identity, product design, and the digital work in between. Small engagements, senior attention.

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Selected clientsMeridian CoffeeNorthline HealthAtlas ArchiveFieldnoteVerso PressHarbor Collective

Selected work

All 6 projects
Meridian Coffee Roasters — A coffee brand built for the morning ritual

Meridian Coffee Roasters — Brand Identity

A coffee brand built for the morning ritual

A full identity system for a specialty roaster expanding from one cafe to a national wholesale program.

2025
Northline Health — Making a clinical dashboard readable at 3am

Northline Health — Product Design

Making a clinical dashboard readable at 3am

A ground-up redesign of the care coordination tool used by nurses across eleven hospitals.

2025
Atlas Archive — An architecture archive that invites browsing

Atlas Archive — Digital Experience

An architecture archive that invites browsing

A public digital home for forty years of architectural drawings, photography, and correspondence.

2024

How I can help

01

Brand Identity

Naming, visual systems, and guidelines that hold up across every surface a business touches.

  • Logo & marks
  • Type & color systems
  • Brand guidelines
02

Product Design

Interface design grounded in research, shipped as systems your engineers can actually build.

  • UX research
  • Design systems
  • Prototypes
03

Digital Experience

Websites and campaigns designed end to end, from first sketch to production handoff.

  • Art direction
  • Web design
  • Build support