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“Kristen is one of the most amazing designers that I’ve ever known. Not only does she have great artistic skills but she helped us refine our marketing concept in the label designs that she did and does for us at Sauvignon Republic wines. With her penchant for history and culture she gave us label designs that really set us apart and helped to explain our concept of terrior.”
—John Ash, Chef
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“Kristen is one of the most detailed designers that we have ever worked with. From our perspective we know that any artwork that she submits will come in perfect. Our prepress department says, ‘There is never anything wrong with her files.’ And on top of
that Kristen is a super nice person and always a pleasure to work with.”
—Samuel Echo, Owner/President, Performance Printing Center
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“Since 2002, it’s been my great fortune to work with Kristen on numerous projects. Her creative, elegant and beautiful solutions have served our coffee company. I highly recommend Kristen for her ability to address complex design problems with consistently
inspired work. Her approach is professional, authentic, punctual, thoughtful and friendly. I highly recommend Kristen and her company, Combustion Creative.”
—Andrew Barnett, Founder, Linea Caffe
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“Kristen Throop is an extraordinary, eclectic designer. She brings a keen and seasoned artist’s eye and an agile, intuitive intelligence to her work. She has a strong creative vision, is an independent thinker and ‘plays well with others.’ She is a fount of ideas and energy. ‘Combustion Creative’ aptly defines her explosive talent and the boundless energy she applies to every project on behalf of every client or employer.”
—Judy Anderson, Creative Services Manager, O’Reilly & Associates
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“Kristen is the most creative designer I’ve worked with over the years. She is a Fine Artist at heart but with the strong professional design skills and experience to render her beautiful original work into a wide variety of design applications. She is disciplined at her craft, punctual in her delivery, and is always delightful to work with her.”
—John Buechsentstein, CHE, Adjunct Wine Faculty at The Culinary Institute of America
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“Working with Kristen is a real joy! She makes every project fun and easy. She is very creative, always on time, and her work is superlative. I never worry about a project Kristen is working on as I know it will be artfully executed and completed.”
—Sara Mitchell, Director of Marketing at Santa Rosa Symphony
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“Kristen is a joy to work with: her work is just beautiful, as well as highly professional and imaginative, and she is always helpful and timely. She also handles the graphic design for a non-profit of which I am a Board member, Music in the Vineyards, and that is expertly done, quickly and at reasonable cost. We are lucky to have found her.”
—Barbara Insel, President and CEO of Stonebridge Research
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“Kristen has been a pleasure to work with, she is patient, creative and a good listener — key for developing a successful design. We retained Kristen to design a new company logo and the various treatments she provided and way in which she delivered the options in a unique presentation really helped us understand and evaluate what would work best for our company. I’d recommend Kristen to anyone needing a multi-talented, intuitive designer who delivers on time and offers a great value.”
—Bryan Neill, Vice President of Sales, The Goode Company
