Our Mission: 
To serve responsible customers with agency quality design at reasonable prices.

Barbara Gray Krause Designs LLC is owned and operated by Barbara Gray Krause, a resident of Las Vegas since 1975.  After majoring in Graphic Design at the Academy of Art in San Francisco she worked with some of the nation's top graphic designers and illustrators. Her first accounts in San Franciso were KCBS Newsradio, KEMO-TV Channel 20 and The San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She was one of the first female designers to win awards for graphic design in San Francisco and Los Angeles.   Today she still brings to each design piece, the design quality that is needed for a professional corporate look.  

Barbara moved to Las Vegas while her father, Bob Gray, was working on major building projects as a Superintendant and Methodologist for Del Webb Construction. Bob, built the original Aladin Hotel and Casino in just 16 months.  Barbara's current client was former CEO and coincidently imploded the Aladin in 60 seconds! Bob's last project was for Taylor Construction as a consultant for the existing MGM. He was 82 and continued consulting until his passing at 86 in 1999.

Her marketing distinctions are two.  First is her extreme creativity she brings to each design project.  This ability accelerates creating concepts and general problem solving on projects.  This saves time and money.  Second is her skill in writing advertising copy that sells.  Additionally, she has consulted  Highway Radio, Lark Williams of Lark's List, Austrailan Trade Commission and U.S. Post Office (for direct mail) and has delivered seminars for Citibank,Washing Mutual and the Nevada Center for Entreprenurs and Technology. Barbara delivers seminars for Nevada Microenterprise Initiative on marketing and writing advertising copy that sells on a continuing basis.

During her years of work in Las Vegas  she has worked with such clients as Advo Systems (simular to Val Pac), Thomas & Mac, Kerr McGee Chemical, Adam Kutner, Attorneys Gerrard, Cox and Larson, Custom Telecomunications, Inc., Bluko, Z Touch, Bi Bi Hilton, Paris Hilton's aunt , two Quality Inn Hotel Francises, and was one of the original designers to help launch  Nevada Woman magazine. Barbara has been featured in the Nevada Business Press several times. Once for her work as a logo design expert and the other for her successful series of  seminars targeting how to help businesses grow. For her seminar series and other work she was chosen as Bank of America's most successful business person for the month of February in '99 on their national website. Along with her seminars she has excellerated in putting together Networking Lunches in 2005 -6 and  the Small Business Breakfast Club  with famed Fran Tarkenton. "Have Breakfast With Fran at Barbara's series in 2005." Barbara also has two publications, "How to Write Advertising Copy That Sells" and "How to Write Brochures and Flyers That Sell." In addition, Barbara was chosen by the National Business Register's Who's Who in 2001, 2003, 2005.2006 and 2007.  She has sat on three boards, United States Postal Customer Council  and Opera Las Vegas and President of Desert Arts of Nevada.  Recently, she has been interviewed by The SUN, In Business Las Vegas on marketing and sat on the committee for 2008 for EWEEK Expo for Nevada Center for Entrepreneurs and Technology with special guests Oscar Goodman and Somer Hollingsworth of NDA.

Her avocation is fine art and she exhibited the first performing sculplture art in the Grant Hall Gallery at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and was joined by the internationally renowed artist Joe Palermo. In less than one year, Barbara had her fine art pieces exhibited in four galleries and chosen for two juried show and featured in City Life magazine by critic Gregory Crosby.

Please review our site to find out how we can help you in your marketing, ad copy, branding, graphic and web design.  Thanks again for visiting.