Media Mania™ — Remember when the world had personality?

Media Mania™ — Full-service creative studio

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02 — Selected work

A FEW IDEAS THAT GOT OUT OF HAND.

Animated brand filmProject 01

Building Behaviors Learning Center

Built for Big Emotions

Three daycares said no. His mom built her own.

We turned the real story behind Building Behaviors Learning Center into an original animated film—complete with custom characters, a full voice cast, and a little creature called Big Emotions.

Cast & Characters

Featuring Milli, his mom, and the little companion called Big Emotions.

Tap the player to watch the animated reel with full audio controls.

Official animated film • Building Behaviors Learning Center

Brand identityProject 02

The Market Brew

A coffee brand with a personality of its own.

An earthy color palette, expressive typography, and a coordinated visual identity for The Market Brew.

Typography System

League Spartan • The Something Script • Garet

Color Palette

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Official brand board • Logo, typography, color palette, and photography direction

04 — The studio

We care entirely too much.
Lucky for you, that's literally our job.

Media Mania is a small studio with an inconvenient habit: we treat every project like it's the one we'll be remembered for. That means we argue about kerning, we rewrite headlines at midnight, and we refuse to ship work that could belong to anyone else.

We're not nostalgic for nostalgia's sake. We just believe advertising and design should have actual ideas in them — the kind that make a stranger remember your business a week later. Your business stays the hero. Our job is to give it a personality worth remembering.

Brand strategy

Positioning, naming, voice. The decisions that make everything else easier — including the decision to hire us.

Identity & design

Logos, type, color, systems. A look that holds together across a billboard and a business card.

Packaging

Structural and surface design for things people pick up. We design the shelf moment.

Print & editorial

Books, magazines, reports, mailers. Paper that earns the mailbox and the coffee table.

Websites

Design-led sites that load fast and read clearly. Built to be maintained by humans, not just us.

Campaigns & film

Through-the-line ideas with legs. We make the thing, then we make it move.

In the Press — Shoutout DFW

Meet Taelor Nelson, Founder of Media Mania™

Read on Shoutout DFW

Press clippings

Building businesses, marketing, and branding… it's not just a job; it's a calling.

Shoutout DFWOn the work

We intentionally limit our client roster so every brand gets hyper-tailored attention.

Shoutout DFWOn the approach

Every identity we build is designed to be the one a business is remembered for.

Shoutout DFWOn the craft

Personality isn't a finish you apply at the end. It's the whole point.

Media Mania™On the philosophy

A brand worth remembering beats a brand that's simply everywhere.

Media Mania™On the standard

Building businesses, marketing, and branding… it's not just a job; it's a calling.

Shoutout DFWOn the work

We intentionally limit our client roster so every brand gets hyper-tailored attention.

Shoutout DFWOn the approach

Every identity we build is designed to be the one a business is remembered for.

Shoutout DFWOn the craft

Personality isn't a finish you apply at the end. It's the whole point.

Media Mania™On the philosophy

A brand worth remembering beats a brand that's simply everywhere.

Media Mania™On the standard

Featured InterviewShoutout DFW

“Building businesses, marketing, and branding... It’s not just a job; it’s a calling.”

Taelor Nelson shares her story with Shoutout DFW on starting her business, crafting personalized brand identities, and why Media Mania intentionally limits its client roster to deliver hyper-tailored, high-impact creative work.

Article by Shoutout DFWOctober 2023

shoutoutdfw.com

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05 — Project inquiry

Tell us about the thing you're trying to make people remember.

We read every one of these. The more specific you are, the faster we can come back with a real answer — not a form letter.

Strategy session

Not sure where to start?

Book a strategy session — $150/hour. One hour, real answers, no pitch deck.

October 2026

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