Victory Dance Creative is a full-service design practice based in Washington, DC.
We develop creative, thoughtful solutions. We love what we do.
About VDC
Victory Dance Creative (VDC) provides high-quality design services for a diverse list of clients, including those in the nonprofit, restaurant and hospitality, retail, music industry, real estate, and education fields. Our work is sometimes highly expressive, but always appropriate, strategic, and goal-oriented. Functionality is number one.
VDC follows Fire Studio, Anthony Dihle's award-winning practice whose work focused primarily on posters, publication design, and the music industry.
Anthony Dihle is the founder and creative director of VDC. His work has been widely exhibited and published. He recently finished his term as president of the AIGA DC, the professional association for design. He earned a BFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. He brings over 15 years experience to VDC, with a background in agency, freelance, and in-house environments. He occasionally hosts design workshops and speaks at universities and design schools.
Services
Examples on this site are by no means comprehensive. Services include print and digital publication design, brand building, infographics, signage and wayfinding systems, map design, illustration, event and poster design, presentation design, and website design.
Posters are an area of specialization for VDC. A poster is never just a poster. Their visual elements are often used for web graphics, social media banners, and other printed and digital collateral.
We have printed over 100 editions of posters for local bands and internationally-known musicians, as well as film festivals, comedians, academic competitions, markets, restaurants, and business launches. Screenprinting is a special service offered with some projects. VDC maintains a print studio as part of the Pleasant Plains Workshop collective.
Clients and Comrades
Clients include the Global Ties US, Urban Land Institute, Foreign Policy Group, Whole Foods Market, DC United, Live Nation, City-State Brewing, , DC Green Bank, The Fillmore Silver Spring, Rhode Island School of Design, Story District DC, Insight Property Group, Swatchroom, Barrelhouse, Black Whiskey, The Harbor School, EquityEats, Cumberland Kayak, DC Shorts, Fenton Street Market, Fit to Learn, Magic Bullet, Pleasant Pops, Mount Pleasant Temporium, and 826 DC.
Bands we've made posters for include Greenland, The Riverbreaks, These United States, Alec Gross, Bellman Barker, The Bonapartes, The Cassettes, Deleted Scenes, Dub C DJs, Exit Clov, Lejeune, Ra Ra Rasputin, RPM, Soft Complex, The Known Unknowns, Two If By Sea, Vandaveer, and J Forte.
Band posters for Live Nation as promoter include The Shins, The XX, Jay-Z, The Who, Elvis Costello, Garbage, The Psychedelic Furs, Moby, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Van Morrison, and Umphrey's McGee.
When we need help with something, we know where to go. We collaborate with highly-skilled professionals including web developers, photographers, videographers, illustrators, and writers, among others.