Working with a four-legged friend to get your message heard
As part of our ongoing work with Transportation Safety–ODOT’s Impaired Driving program, we produced a 30-second TV PSA titled “Good Human.” The goal of the announcement is to remind Oregonians of…
Behind the scenes at a Gard video shoot
On a rainy Oregon winter day earlier this year, the Gard creative team, including creative director John Plymale, video storyteller Dan Thoennessen and associate Jabriel Pierce, headed out to shoot a…
Sizing up nearly three decades of creativity at Gard Communications
It’s been close to 30 years since John Plymale first joined Gard Communications, but he still remembers his first day in the office as a burgeoning production artist and graphic designer…
In the spotlight: Gard’s client work
Here at Gard, we serve our clients and usually let the work speak for itself. But sometimes, others step in to put a spotlight on our work for us. That’s what happened a couple times in recent weeks.
Gard rides along during distracted driving month
At Gard, we're honored to work alongside ODOT's Transportation Safety Division to help raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving.
Healing the whole person: The first tribal opioid treatment program in Oregon
Addiction impacts every aspect of a person’s life: their family, work and spirit. To address the impact of opioid addiction on their members and the community as a whole, the Confederated…
Got data? Interactive maps are a functional and fun way to present it
Interactive maps deliver complex information to users in easy-to-digest ways. Like a modern-day Gesamtkunstwerk – an artwork that combines several types of art forms – maps orchestrate multiple modes of communication…
Gard Communications Celebrates 40 Years With a Look Back — and Into the Future
“Concentrate on the work and the rest will follow.” Brian Gard first started saying that to himself and adhering to it as his guiding strategy at the very inception of what…
Park Your Phone
You’ve seen them on the road. Maybe even in your own mirror. Drivers looking down, phone in hand… texting. Or checking email. Or scrolling for that perfect podcast. ODOT’s Transportation Safety…
A Website for Government, and for the People
Where do your tax dollars go? If you live in Washington State, now you have an easy way to find out. Gard just completed a new website for the Washington State…
