Creative Mellen

12/25/2025

Incoming! Happy Holidays and warm wishes for the new year.

05/03/2024

Herky On Parade is currently the area’s largest public art installation. One hundred Herky The Hawk statues designed by local artists, including our very own Conrad Hellman, are now being paraded all across Johnson County, Iowa for the community to visit. Special thanks to Sarah Davelaar for working with Conrad and Acres Real Estate for sponsoring the "Herky's Urban Heartland" statue.

02/24/2024

I had wonderful experience helping RedZone Football update their branding. Special thanks to Tyler Blum for his passion and attention to detail!

12/22/2023

Happy Holidays and warm wishes for the new year!

03/28/2023

“Rave” reviews for Conrad at his recent IOWA BFA show. You’ll want to turn your sound on for this one! 🎧 Nice work Conrad! http://bit.ly/3lVLqgS

01/01/2023

Happy New Year!

12/08/2022

With one more semester to go, Conrad writes about the journey of design collaboration. And with it have come wonderful contributions. So stay tuned for some project highlights in 2023.

Working at Creative Mellen has been the final step in my college journey, and I'd argue it might be the step that's prepared me the most.

12/01/2022

/ IN THE STUDIO / Mini photoshoot in the studio today. The trick now is not to uncork any of the bottles. 🍷😋 More to come on this project.

11/10/2022

When you close the refrigerator door, does the light inside really go out? And if it doesn’t, what might be happening inside? Those are questions tackles in his first authored and illustrated kids book. We are proud to have helped (in a small way) promote this and his new upcoming book “Where Would Animals Go on Vacation?"

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05/26/2022

I’m happy to announce Conrad Hellman has joined Creative Mellen as a graphic design intern. Conrad is a member of the University of Iowa Marketing Institute and currently pursuing a BA in Graphic Design and a BBA in Marketing (Analytics).

Conrad is a graphic designer, marketer, and full-time student at the University of Iowa. He has been a hobbyist in design related areas since he was 13, but it wasn’t until a freshman year internship that he realized it was his career path of choice. Since then, he has been harnessing his design s...

04/01/2022

/ IN THE STUDIO / Our in-house pup Sandie was chasing the sun all day. We can't wait till summer!