Our Work
Coombs Company
Client: Coombs Company
Builder/developer located in
Santa Barbara, CA
Goal:
Design and program a bold, consistently branded website ,
for this well-established developer.
Programs Used:
Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver, WordPress
SWANK santa barbara
Client: SWANK santa barbara
Event planning company located in Santa Barbara, CA
Goal:
Design and program an elegant, consistently branded website ,
for this sought after event planning business.
Programs Used:
Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver, WordPress
Seed Mackall LLP
Client: Seed Mackall LLC
Law firm located in Santa Barbara, CA
Goal:
Design and program a consistently branded website for this 35 year-old local law firm.
Programs Used:
Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver, WordPress
Horny Toad Clothing
Client: Horny Toad Clothing
International outdoor lifestyle clothing company
Goal:
Design a series of e-cards to help Horny Toad Clothing promote National Teacher Appreciation Month.
Programs Used:
Adobe Illustrator
Reetz Fox and Bartlett LLP
Client: Reetz Fox and Bartlett LLP
Law firm located in Santa Barbara, CA
Goal:
Design and program a consistently branded website for Santa Barbara’s premier real estate, business and estate planning law firm.
Programs Used:
Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver, WordPress
Services
Graphic Design
With their experience using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, MAD Studio staff can meet all of our clients’ design needs. Whether its logos, posters, T-shirts, business cards, greeting cards, brochures or anything else that requires original graphic design, we can do it! We can create, enhance, and echo a powerful identity.
Video
What is better than a group of technologically savvy students excited to compose and edit videos? Nothing is better. MAD Studio sends its excellent video crew to the scene, fully equipped and ready to film. We put our creative minds together to bring the video ideas to life. Let us help you promote your business through the vision of our team.
Web Work
Does your business need a website or blog? MAD Studio can set up a website using WordPress, making it easy for you to manage your content. We’ll show you how to update your new website or blog, and connect you to various social media where you can advertise your business or blog. Let us create a website that won’t go unnoticed!
Photography
Great images transform good messages. We are able to photograph, edit, and transform a scene into an outstanding image. MAD Studio will take your idea, enhance it with creativity, and turn it into a memorable picture. Let us use our artistic eye to capture the moment.
About MAD Studio
MAD Studio is a student-run agency, part of the Multimedia Arts and Design Academy at Santa Barbara High School. Mentored by media-arts professionals, we provide high-quality multimedia creative work for clients in the real world.
The MAD Studio student staff offers services in graphic design, video production, web design, photography, and social networking.
Qualified student interns hone multimedia skills they learn in MAD Academy and develop professional work habits by learning project management, accounting, and communication.
Our team works collaboratively to bring our clients’ ideas to life. We offer a professional outcome at an affordable cost.
MAD Academy
The Multimedia Arts and Design Academy is a distinctive educational program that exists as a “school within a school” at Santa Barbara High School. The Academy focuses on preparing students for college and for life by engaging them in a meaningful, career-focused curriculum. Our MAD students are selected through a rigorous admission process and must meet strict attendance and grade requirements to continue in the Academy.
Over a three-year period, students in the Academy must complete classes in Graphic and Web Design, Digital Photography, Digital Video Editing, Film Production and Animation.
All technology courses offered in MAD are dual-enrollment courses in which students receive high school and Santa Barbara City College credit. Students meet University of California’s requirements in academic classes with media and art appreciation.
The MAD Academy is all about using the latest multimedia technology and software to produce results. As MAD students, MAD Studio interns have the skills, knowledge, and experience to perform high-quality multimedia work for our clients.
Kind Words
MAD Studio worked with us on a recent graphic design campaign. They came into the office and were briefed like creative professionals on the project. The work they produced was fresh and high-quality. The students got to have some real world design experience and we got their fresh take on our campaign ideas! This was definitely a win/win for everyone.”
Jason Irwin,
Creative Director
Horny Toad Clothing
I’m just MAD about the MAD academy! I had a lengthy video for a nationwide corporation that needed editing on short notice for a critical press release. The video team did a stellar job. They got it done on time, the first time. I will definitely be directing more work to the MAD Studio!”
Lorrie Thomas Ross,
founder and CEO
Web Marketing Therapy, Inc.

MAD Studio team created an amazing website at a budget that worked for us. They were so professional, prepared and creative in their approach. I loved working with them. I hope to hire them again and again.”
MaryAnne Contreras
co-owner
MaryMac Events
For so many reasons, working with the MAD Studio was a wonderful experience. Working with dedicated and determined students, they helped create a final project exactly what my client had envisioned. It delighted me to see them apply themselves to the assignment, do the research, and learn and grow, making my vision come to life.
I worked with the students at MAD Studio on animation and several video projects that were used in presentations for a local research film ending in complete success. Showcasing their professionalism, the students were able to handle the manner of this fully confidential project. I look forward to the next project I send their way!”
Jennie Jacobs,
Creative Director
Jennie Jacobs Design