Columbia Land Trust is a non-profit conservation organization that protects and restores over 60,000 acres of land and wildlife habitats across Oregon and Washington. Following a new brand identity from Stitzlein Studio, they needed a website that could translate the new direction into a flexible, living digital experience. We built the new site on StudioSwift™, turning Stitzlein’s brand guidelines into a modular, scalable system the Columbia Land Trust team could easily manage themselves.
Columbia Land Trust
Environmental Services
PartnersStitzlein Studio
Challenges
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01 An Outdate Website
The existing site still carried the old look and feel, so it no longer matched the direction of the new identity. Columbia Land Trust needed a site that reflected the rebrand from the first page on.
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02 Complex Integrations
Their team relies on MapMe for interactive maps, Blackbaud for donations, and Mailchimp for newsletters. The new site needed all of these working and properly integrated from day one.
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03 Tight Timeline
They wanted the new site live on a tight timeline, and the build had to move quickly without giving up the quality of the design.
Solution
// Pixel perfection, alwaysWe built the Columbia Land Trust site on StudioSwift™. We turned Stitzlein Studio's brand identity into a set of reusable modules, then set the typography, spacing, color, and imagery rules so every page felt custom and unique to the brand.
Then we connected the tools the team relies on. MapMe powers an interactive map for exploring properties, Blackbaud handles the donation flow, and Mailchimp captures newsletter signups directly. The result is a site the team can run themselves, whether they are publishing conservation stories or launching a new initiative, without going back to a developer for routine changes.
Results
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Brand Consistency
The new site carries the refreshed identity across every page, from conservation stories to volunteer programs.
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Modular Flexibility
The team can build new pages from the StudioSwift modules, so the site keeps pace as programs and priorities change.
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A Connected Tech Stack
MapMe, Blackbaud, and Mailchimp run together in the background, so maps, donations, and newsletter signups feel like one connected experience for visitors and stay manageable for the team.
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Efficient Content Updates
The team makes routine edits directly in the backend, with no outside development support needed.
Brand design consultancy with a global perspective
Stitzlein Studio is a Silicon Valley-based design consultancy that crafts expressive brand identities, systems, custom typefaces and digital experiences. They work closely with established brands and ambitious leaders to translate product and culture into meaningful design that helps redefine category experience.
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LocationSan Mateo, California
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Worked togetherSince 2025
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Agency TypeBrand Strategy, Identity Design & Experience