Visual language is the union of word and image, of memorable graphic design and good writing. Headed by designer and writer Ellen Shapiro, Visual Language LLC develops meaningful marketing communications solutions for nonprofits and corporate clients in a range of businesses and industries. We are unique among design firms because, to us, the words are as important as the images. Every project is a collaboration between the creative team and the client. Your success story. Let us help you tell it.

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Conference speaker in the U.S. and abroad; juror, design competitions across North America. Adjunct professor, Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design, the School of Visual Arts, and Purchase College, SUNY. Author, three books and hundreds of magazine articles and posts on design practice, design education, firms, personalities, events, issues, and cultural trends around the world.

ContraFect Corporation

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Based in Yonkers, NY, ContraFect is developing new approaches to destroying drug-resistant pathogens that cause hospital infections and disease epidemics. The corporate symbol we developed has layered meanings: a petri dish with disappearing pathogens, a globe, and an abstract 'C.'

Emergency USA

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Architect Renzo Piano graciously donated the design of a pediatric surgical hospital in Uganda, a country where only 5 percent of children have access to medical care. Dedicated donors began providing funds to build it. But $1.5 million more was needed. So the client turned to Visual Language LLC.

Sapience Therapeutics

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This biotech startup is entering into virtual entrepreneurial partnerships with medical schools and hospitals to develop new, less toxic approaches to cancer treatment. The word Sapience means thoughtfulness and wisdom, and we aimed to create a quiet yet dynamic identity that stands for scientific creativity, innovation and healing.

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