Meet Joe & Myia
DistinKtive Brands, LLC is a business owned and operated by Joe Richardson. I have been involved with web, graphic and print design work since age thirteen and have kept with it for over twenty years now. In my past, I have worked with marketing teams, design teams, in B2C print sales, B2B print sales, print manufacturing and a variety of print and/or design-related side gigs in the middle. My retail years started with Sears at age fifteen and ended fifteen years later in store management. I am a long time car enthusiast with a strong passion for Mustangs, Broncos and former emergency vehicles.
Meet Myia, the person who puts up with Joe on a daily basis, the person who doesn’t mind having a living room full of business inventory (so far anyway) and the person who keeps an eye on his sanity. She is also a creative person who focuses on wood burning, painting and other art mediums. Whether it be going to a police event with a vintage police car or packaging bulk orders at home, you will rarely see them apart. When you meet one, you’ll most likely meet both!
On December 1, 2019, they officially got hitched.
The Start of DistinKtive Brands, LLC
The roots for this business began in 2011 under the name Show Car Customs with our car-themed digital and print designs, products and services. As time went on, the business grew to new markets and we now service businesses, churches, schools, museums, government agencies, gift shops and more. In the expansion of our customer base, we officially created SCC Gear, LLC. As we continued creating our own distinctive brands, it was determined in October 2020 that we would do an official name change to DistinKtive Brands, LLC to fit our new forward vision. The reason we spell distinctive “DistinKtive” is three fold.
- Since we “ink” products (sublimation and other printing), we wanted “ink” to be in our “distINKtive” name.
- It’s different and the “K” stands out just like our products and service.
- Our brands are often described as distinctive by our customers
Business is Personal & Personalization is Our Business!
How We Personalize
Although we offer a variety of services, what we are most known for is our Sublimation (short for Dye Sublimation) and HTV (Heat Transfer Vinyl) products. Sublimation is a print process that is known to be one of the highest print qualities available on the market today. The process starts with a special printer that prints on special transfer paper (similar to how a standard office printer prints on copy paper). Using temperatures around 400-degrees, the ink is released from the paper and gets absorbed into a substrate (product). This creates one of the long-lasting products on the market. Although sublimation products are found virtually everywhere, very few are aware of the sublimation process. One example of where it has become particularly popular is high-end athletic apparel. When you get a screen-printed or a vinyl shirt, they generally don’t last long due to fading and cracking. A sublimation shirt will not fade, crack or become dull. The sublimation ink gets infused into the fabric. 10 years from now, it will look the same as it was the day you purchased it. If you want a long lasting product, sublimation is the method of choice.