About Us

Company Overview

Pleiades Publishing Services helps bring your company's message to the world through interactive and traditional publishing media. We offer customized creative services that successfully support our client's objectives.

The Pleiades Publishing Services team designs from the heart and the mind. We are committed to stretching our artistic and intellectual boundaries and to refining our roles as designers, communicators, marketers and people.

As a business manager or owner, you can't gauge the success of your various initiatives if you can't measure the outcome. Pleiades Publishing Services helps you figure out what you want, along with ways of quantify the results of your actions. We also keep an eye on all the new technology and techniques to help you refine your business strategies.

We have noticed that many companies often bury you with impressive buzzwords. The goal, of course, is to convince you that you don't know what your company really needs. They, naturally, are more qualified to do it for you.

The Pleiades Publishing believes, that with the clear communication of the various options, you can make your own decisions. That is why; we try to present the information here in a straight forward, understandable way. We also have included, for your convince, a "baffle alert glossary". The buzzwords and phases that other companies use instead of explanations.\

The Pleiades Publishing Services team has been in the graphic communications field a long time. Over the years we have been fortunate to develop a number of strategic partnerships and industry contacts. These allow us to offer clients a full menu of advantages, such as competitive pricing and creative design. We strive to provide the highest quality design and marketing materials at a reasonable price. This level of uncompromised service has lead to lasting relationships with our clients. We help your company bring your message to the world effectively and with style.

Through a unique blend of fine art design and sound marketing strategy, Pleiades Publishing Services generates work that gets your customers attention, and sells your product or service. Our work includes the conceptual development and production of web design, print media, illustration and digital art, logo and corporate identity design.

Why 'Pleiades'?

Why Pleiades? Well, as I've s-l-o-w-l-e-y spelt the name over the phone or corrected the pronunciation /PLEE-a-deez/ IÕve had occasion to ask myself the same question.

On a sunny afternoon in the summer of 1992, it honestly seemed like a logical name. My partner and I had founded one of Denver's first desktop publishing service bureaus in 1986. Yes, the very bleeding edge of technology. Our company motto was: Thank You sir. May I have another?

By mid-1992 we decided to change the direction of our business. We wanted to get back to creating, rather than implementing other peopleÕs designs. So, on a warm summer afternoon, I believe margaritas were involved, we to the task of re-naming our design studio. With our combined thirty-six years of graphic arts experience, we understood the primary directive — graphics customers want everything immediately. You know it is true.

So we came up with Pleiades Publishing Services. The Pleiades are a cluster of seven stars in the constellation of Taurus. Our new motto, Pleiades Publishing: seven planets no waiting. We decided not to put too fine a point on the whole planet/star thing. It struck us as perfect and we filed the papers that afternoon. And we have been carefully spelling the name to others ever since.

Over the years some folks have asked how the Pleiades Constellation came to be named.

Well, like everything else in Greek mythology, the story starts when someone got frisky.

Diana, the moon goddess, was the sister of Apollo. Like him, she loved all woodland pastimes, so she also became the goddess of hunting. In todayÕs terms, Diana was a major babe. Although she had many suitors, she vowed never to marry. She declared that she loved best to be free and live with her nymphs in the forest. Her nymphs also vowed to remain unmarried. OK, so you get the picture, cute chicks, short green tunics, frolicking gaily in the forest.

One day, seven of the nymphs, the daughters of Atlas, and known as the Pleiades, were walking through the woodland when they heard a shout. There, running toward them was Orion, son of Poseidon, tall, dark, and handsome -- your basic alpha male. Having vowed to shun the society of man, the Pleiades turned and ran in the opposite direction. They were strong and lithe and trained in running, so it was difficult to catch them. Orion followed, until at last, the strength of the nymphs began to fail, and they called on Diana to help them.

The goddess heard the prayer of her followers, and when Orion put out his hand, thinking to touch the fair form of a maiden, a white dove fluttered from his grasp and flew swiftly, with its six companions, toward the heavens. Then, to his astonishment the white doves became points of light, and there shinning in the sky above him he saw a group of seven stars.

So, how did Orion get placed amongst the stars, where he shines to this day, with his faithful dog Sirius following, and the Pleiades flying before him in the an eternal race across the sky?

Well it all started when someone got frisky...

Books & Publications

Over the years we've authored a number of books, articles, and internal publications for many of our clients. Below is a brief list:

Publishing Excellence Through Project Management

This books describes both the philosophy of Project Management and the step-by-step process of applying the tools and techniques.