Alyson Design

What Alyson Design does

Alyson Design LLC is a privately-held, two-person boutique design firm founded in Austin, Texas in 2001 by Alyson Curtis and joined in 2003 by partner Josh Power. The firm delivers project-based professional design services across five core areas: packaging design (with a documented specialization in spirits, whiskey, gin, vodka, and food/beverage labels), print design (posters, album sleeves, book jackets, t-shirts, including hand screen-printed and offset poster production), logo and brand identity design, custom web design, and WordPress development including custom themes, template adaptations, and recurring maintenance plans. The underlying production stack is conventional creative tooling — vector illustration, screen printing, offset poster production, and front-end WordPress development — with no proprietary platform, software product, or AI/ML component disclosed.

The firm's business model is professional services on a custom quote basis, with revenue generated entirely from direct project engagements rather than product sales, licensing, or subscription. Customer acquisition is sales-led, driven by the public portfolio website at alysondesign.com, direct phone and contact-form inquiries, and client referrals. The customer base spans 100+ clients across 25+ industry categories — including food & beverage (notably spirits producers such as Chicken Cock Whiskey, Grain and Barrel Spirits, Violet Crown Spirits, Derelict Airship Distillery), hospitality and restaurants, music and entertainment, nonprofits, real estate, and healthcare. Primary verticals are food & beverage, arts/music/entertainment, and SMBs; secondary verticals include nonprofits and real estate/hospitality. Notable repeat or multi-project engagements (Chicken Cock Whiskey's eight-plus packaging SKUs, the MJ&M Foundation benefit posters since 2013, multiple Opal Divine's event posters) indicate a recurring-client revenue layer beneath the project-based top line. Geographic scope is primarily Austin and Texas with light national reach, and the firm is bootstrapped with no external investment, parent company, or institutional ownership.

Name

Alyson Design

Legal name

Alyson Design LLC

Website

https://alysondesign.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Alyson Design is a two-person Austin, Texas boutique design firm founded in 2001, delivering project-based packaging, graphic, logo, print, and WordPress web design for SMBs, spirits producers, restaurants, nonprofits, and music/entertainment clients regionally and nationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Graphic & Packaging Design Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (54143)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Packaging & Product Brand Design (BPAFAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial/Product & Furniture Design (BPAHAKAM), Event Strategy & Experience Design (BPAFAGAA)

Keywords

• Graphic design services
• Packaging design
• Logo design
• Wordpress development
• Brand identity

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Design Services: Project-based design services for graphic design, packaging, logos, print materials, and web/WordPress development. Clients include businesses across various industries including food & beverage, hospitality, music, nonprofits, and real estate.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Alyson Design is an Austin-based boutique creative firm that delivers professional graphic design, packaging design, logo and brand identity design, print design, and custom web/WordPress development services. The firm produces cohesive visual identities across physical products (bottles, labels, posters, packaging) and digital mediums (custom websites, WordPress themes), with particular specialization in spirits, food & beverage, hospitality, and entertainment brands. Services are delivered as project-based creative production for business clients.

Product overview

Alyson Design is a graphic, packaging, and web design firm based in Austin, Texas, established in 2001. The company offers a unified suite of design services including packaging design for retail products and beverages, print design for posters and marketing collateral, logo and brand identity design, and custom web development with WordPress specialization. The firm's design services are delivered as professional design consulting and creative production rather than a software product or platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Packaging Design Retail packaging design services for single products or entire brand lines, focusing on creating unique and engaging designs that make lasting impressions on shelves and in retail environments.
• Print Design Design of printed materials including unique typography and illustrations for memorable posters, album sleeves, book jackets, t-shirts, and other printed collateral.
• Logo Design Distinctive brand identity design creating logos that are clever, memorable, and set clients apart from competitors.
• Web Design Fully custom website development including brand continuity across all mediums, custom WordPress theme development, template adaptations, and maintenance plans.
• WordPress Development Custom WordPress theme development, template adaptations, and ongoing maintenance plans tailored to client needs.
• Spirits & Beverage Packaging Specialized packaging design for spirits, whiskey, gin, vodka, liqueurs, and beverage products, including bottle design, label design, and tin packaging.
• Screen Print Art & Posters Hand screen printed poster art and offset poster production, often featuring unique typography and illustration work.
• Food & Beverage Label Design Product label design for food, beverage, and condiment packaging including BBQ sauces, hot links, snacks, and specialty food items.
• Custom WordPress Websites Fully-custom WordPress website design and development, including responsive layouts, portfolio browsing capabilities, and CMS functionality, with optional integrations such as ZocDoc.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 14 million dollars raised for children's charities through MJ&M Foundation events designed by the firm since 2013
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• Stranger & Stranger: Independent packaging and branding design agency specializing in wine, spirits, and alcoholic beverage packaging. Direct peer to Alyson Design's spirits packaging work with Chicken Cock Whiskey and Violet Crown Spirits, operating in the same niche with a similar boutique-agency model.
• Hoodzpah Design: Boutique California-based branding and packaging design studio. Comparable to Alyson Design in scale, service offerings (branding, packaging, identity), and focus on consumer brands, with overlapping spirits and food & beverage clientele.
• Koto Studio: Brand strategy and design studio offering branding, visual identity, and packaging design for consumer brands. Comparable to Alyson Design in service mix and boutique studio model, with similar food & beverage and spirits client overlap.
• Manual (Manual Creative): Design and branding studio offering visual identity, packaging, and web design services. Directly comparable to Alyson Design's integrated branding-plus-web offering, with similar boutique scale and consumer-brand focus.
• Mucca: Independent design studio focused on branding, packaging, and editorial design. Comparable to Alyson Design in boutique scale, service mix, and emphasis on craft-driven packaging and brand identity work.
• Mast Studio: Boutique design studio specializing in brand identity, packaging, and environmental graphics. Comparable boutique model and service mix to Alyson Design, with similar emphasis on craft-oriented packaging for consumer and hospitality brands.

Broad incumbents

• Lippincott: Global brand strategy and design consultancy. Broader incumbent operating in brand identity and packaging design with similar consumer brand clients to Alyson Design, though at a much larger enterprise scale.
• Pentagram: Large, established multi-disciplinary design firm with offices across multiple cities. Broad incumbent offering branding, packaging, and identity work that overlaps with Alyson Design's core services, though at a substantially larger scale and broader geographic footprint.

Emerging players

• Frank & Victor: Smaller-scale branding and packaging design agency with niche focus on craft beverage and lifestyle brands. Comparable boutique-agency model to Alyson Design with overlapping food & beverage and spirits specialization.

Regional players

• Taxi Studio: UK-based independent branding and packaging design agency. Comparable service offering to Alyson Design—branding, packaging, identity—with overlapping consumer beverage clients, though operating in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/alysondesign
• Facebookfacebook.com/alysondesign
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alyson-design

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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