Idea Incubator

01/12/2021

New portfolio website is up!

It's time to hatch something new with Idea Incubator design! Logo, print, photo and web design; Steven Mathisen has done it all with over 10 years of print, web and photo editing experience.

11/30/2020

City of Newport releases a new COVID relief program for fitness, health, and restaurant locations affected by COVID closures. Check the application form for details on eligibility

The City of Newport’s COVID 19 Financial Assistance Program was created in November 2020 in response to impacts during the COVID-19 crisis and the mandated closures. In order to determine eligibility for this program, a company must complete, sign and submit an application to the office of the Cit...

11/30/2020

State run program for COVID relief funding

08/18/2020

You can still get your piece of History from New Riff Distillery and the Southgate School and Museum in Newport!

New Riff Distillery is partnering with the City of Newport to celebrate the city's 225th anniversary with these commemorative bottles. (...

04/17/2020

With the recent news that the Covid SBA program is spent, wanted to let Newport, KY business owners know there is a local support program in the City

NEWPORT, KY - The City of Newport has created a new program to assist small businesses dealing with the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, including mandated social distancing closures.

03/23/2020

Hi all! Checked the KY order on retail so you don't have to.

3. Retail businesses that are not life-sustaining may provide local delivery and curbside service of online or telephone orders

03/16/2020

If you're a small business looking for new revenue channels currently, send a message. Helping a number of customers fast track their online store sales so we can all stay safe and still make some money!!

02/20/2020

Celebrating the history of the City of Newport's 225th year in 2020, I was honored to design this logo that was engraved on a specialty, small batch bourbon, offered by New Riff Distillery; in partnership with the Southgate History Museum and the City of Newport.

A strong, circular emblem was selected to encapsulate the tagline, with a variant of the embellished Newport "N” logo, breaking loose of the containing circle, to symbolize the unique, ground-breaking past, present and future of the City.

The embellished scroll work at the top, represents the Ohio and Licking River coming together to form a book like element, that represents not just the region's geography, but also recognizes the amazing history of Newport, KY; while turning to the unwritten page of the City’s bright future.

11/07/2019

Wow, time flies! Put this one together almost 2 years ago for Ampline

Kevin Schmidt, Rick McCarty and Mike Montgomery have been writing, recording and touring as AMPLINE since 2001. Since then, they’ve stitched their way across...

08/26/2019

Overhauled site design alert!! https://www.usportsdirect.com/

08/01/2019

Love working on projects with this crew!

I don’t know much about Mike Montgomery’s childhood, but I imagine it included a lot of people telling him that he can’t make a career out of punk rock and