About our team


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Corey Blake

Corey is principal designer and project leader. She is a forward looking, let’s-give-it-a-try kind of thinker. Meticulous, with a strong math background and a keen eye for detail, her designs merge precision and play. Organizing information, keeping a project on course, keeping content lean and powerful, Corey sees the big picture and thrives on bringing a project to completion smoothly and efficiently.

Corey has a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago, and studied design at the Chicago Portfolio School. She lived in China for a time.

corey@z-studio-design.com


Lexi Morgan

It brings Lexi joy to see businesses small and large benefit from quality design. From a total rebrand, to a campaign, to a single business card, design drives the impressions that people have, and she loves utilizing her creative energy to bring a better visual and emotional experience to users' interactions while also boosting the brand. 

She also uses her creative energy to make hand-bound books and teach classes on bookbinding. When not sewing books, she spends her time on a bike or on a rock wall.

Lexi has a BFA in Visual Communication from Ball State University.


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Karen O. Zimmermann

Karen provides project strategy and conceptual development. Creating effective communication pieces starts with a solid understanding of the goal, and then finding the strategy, the visuals and words to build a clear and compelling message.

A graduate of the Maine Master Naturalist Program, Karen has a BA in English and Classics from Wesleyan University and brings over 30 years of design and development experience to the table. She lived in Iceland for a time.