About

We are a multidisciplinary agency founded on a deep appreciation for good design—design that tells compelling stories clearly and authentically.

We elevate brands in education, health, and the arts by pairing strategy and creativity towards a dialogue that resonates.

People

Everything we do caters to the needs and dreams of real people. Marketers refer to users, demographics, and statistics. We prefer to think of people.

We design with someone in mind—a student overwhelmed by the many paths ahead of her, or an artist searching for alternate definitions of beauty.

It takes more than creativity to make a branding initiative successful. It takes a rigorous commitment to honor human connections.

Founded in 2000 by Jean-Marc Durviaux, Distinc_ has grown from a modest studio to a sought-after creative agency continually investigating the symbiotic relationships between culture, health, and education. Our work has garnered flattering awards throughout the past 25 years, yet it is the souls we touched that we are most proud of.

Client List

American Cinematheque
Art Council of LACMA
Arts for All
Autry National Center
Aveda
BizFed (LA County Business Federation)
Boston Court Pasadena
Breck School
The Broad Foundations
The Broad Stage
Bullis School
Calarts
Caltech
California League of Conservation Voters
Casting Society of America
Cate School
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Center for Early Education
Center for Nonviolent Parenting
Chadwick School
Children’s Community School
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Cleveland Institute of Art
Colburn School
Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Center
Drucker Institute at Claremont College
Fine Art Dealers Association
Grand Performances
The Getty Center
Habitat for Humanity
Historic Resources Group
Imagine LA
Inner-City Arts
International School of Los Angeles
Johnson & Johnson
Junior Blind of America
KPCC Mohn Center
LA’s BEST After School Program
Live Oak School
Los Angeles Conservancy
LA Stage Alliance
Los Angeles Art Show
Milken Community Schools
Mirman School
Miss Porter’s School
MIT Sloan School of Management
MUSE/IQUE
Museum of Contemporary Art
New Roads School
Neutrogena
Oakwood School
Occidental College
Otis College of Art & Design
Outpost for Contemporary Art
PeoplesLab
Playhouse Village
Population Communications International
Park Century School
Providence High School
Rape Treatment Center
SAG Foundation
San Antonio Botanical Garden
San Diego French-American School
Science Museum of Minnesota
Scripps College
Skirball Cultural Center
San Antonio Botanical Garden
San Francisco University High School
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Fe Waldorf School
Santa Monica College
Silicon Valley International School
Southern California Public Radio
Southwest Museum
St. John’s College
StudioPractice
SWA Group
The Help Group
The Soraya
The Valley Economic Alliance
Turning Point School
UCLA Lab School
USC Center on Philanthropy & Public Policy
United States Artists
Venice Family Clinic
Waldorf School Santa Fe
Westland School
Woolaroc Museum & Wildlife Preserve
Yiddishkayt

About

People

Client List

Strategy

We immerse in your needs, wants, and hopes as we audit your brand footprint. Our dialogue-based approach uncovers previously obscured themes. Making connections among those themes helps clarify how to strategically position your brand for success.

Identity

We design visual language that unequivocally declares the truest character of your identity. Words, forms, colors, and signals work cohesively together as a proprietary system—crafted to capture your most creative, confident, and compelling self.

Visual Language

We architect sophisticated ways to remind everyone of how they fit in your brand story. The most compelling and most memorable brand experiences are defined by how they make people feel—emotionally, rationally, and visually.