Rabe & Company is a design shop in Beacon, New York, a little town once magically described as "where sun
and space magnify art's power," and we couldn't agree more. Having spent many, many years inspired and crazed
by the sounds, surprises, and sludge of NYC, you can now find us just over an hour away, filling the big empty quiet
with an endless supply of loud metal, rock, and hip-hop, and local, farm fresh produce, in a beautiful old converted
factory building between the foot of Mount Beacon and the Hudson River. It's pretty sweet here. (That's not a picture
of our office, by the way. That's DIA. Our space is super similar, though. Just smaller. And no Dan Flavins.)

But hey. This is all neither here nor there. You can also always just call us. Or email. Or video chat.
We have clients everywhere from Vancouver to Brazil, in Midtown Manhattan, and right down the street.
It's cool. We just like to make good work.





Ken Rabe is listening to Van Halen 1. Again. He does his best, most beautiful work when “Runnin With the Devil”
is up so loud it makes his desk shake. This is probably because as the youngest of four boys, he avoided beatings
from his older brothers by disappearing into his bedroom, turning the stereo all the way up, and delving into the
world of art and design. And for a long time, “art and design” meant drawing and redrawing Judas Priest,
Iron Maiden, and Boston album covers. And the Van Halen logo, of course.

Drawn to beauty in the seen but often overlooked, Ken loves design that has a homegrown, hand-done quality.
His portfolio has landed him long-term, short-term, full-time and freelance gigs for over ten years at small studios,
giant agencies, boutique shops, production companies, and everything in between. Places like BBH, Lowe NY,
Strawberry Frog, and Radical Media. Clients like Tommy Hilfiger, NASA, and Microsoft. From local skateboard
companies to Starbucks. Not to mention the consistent love he gives to pro-bono clients who need good design
in order to make a difference. They’ve all decided Ken’s the man. Because simply put, Ken can. And if he can't,
it's because he's in the can.

His work has appeared in Comm Arts, Creativity, AdWeek, Rockport’s Logo Lounge 4 and Business Graphics,
HOW’s Identity Solutions. He’s received a silver CLIO as well as merit awards from The One Show.

Tell Ken your favorite 80s metal band: ken@rabeandco.com



Long before she showed up at Ken’s doorstep with her laptop and a new pair of shoes (“Better to start a new company
on the right foot”), Liz Birch was a dishwasher. She showed up for her first day as a waitress, but they said there’d been
a mistake and sent her to the kitchen. So she rolled up her sleeves and scrubbed grease. And when that was done,
she learned to pat down the meat with buck rub and load up the smokers out back. And then she started running prep.
In less than a year, they’d put her in a chef’s coat and out on the line. She makes a mean fried calamari. And that was
just college.

Liz went on to manage two hair salons, a creative recruiting office, and earn an MFA in creative writing from The School
of the Art Institute in Chicago. Then she spent about four years in New York writing for the Got Milk campaign and
re-writing the book on Project Management alongside some of the best creatives in the industry. A number of whom
she beat at poker. Twice.

That’s just, well, Liz. Give her a problem, an iPhone, and a sauté pan, and she’ll write you up a menu of hot,
fried solutions. With 20 minutes to spare. And an extra hundred in your pocket.

Bet Liz double or nothing: liz@rabeandco.com