About Us

After working with some of the best-known consumer products companies (Gillette, Kellogg Company, Wilson Sporting Goods) and corporate brands (Searle Pharmaceuticals, Goldman Sachs) in the United States, Donald Burg founded Tugboat Design in 1999 to provide creative services and consulting to companies and nonprofit organizations. The firm's clients have included The Timberland Company, Applegate Farms, Ben & Jerry's, SMIRNOFF, P&G Prestige Products, The Gillette Companies, Ocean Spray, and Stonyfield Farm. The firm's nonprofit clients have included Clean Air-Cool Planet, Lumina Foundation for Education, Partnership for Prevention, Public Health Solutions, Teaching Matters and New York University.

Donald has chosen to base Tugboat Design in South Norwalk, CT a vibrant community of creative businesses located on the coast of the Long Island Sound. Norwalk, CT is home to numerous corporate headquarters and a multitude of service and financial sector companies, manufacturers and technology-orientated businesses. The location is very convenient to Tugboat Design's clients in New York City, where he spent the bulk his professional career. Having regular exposure to the abundance of visual stimuli and non-stop competition for attention in NYC are imperative to his keeping fresh and inspired. Combined with regular travel to provide inspiration for new ideas, the combination has been integral to forming his ability to design effectively for the needs of his wide range of domestic and international clients. With an extraordinary attention to detail, this multi-disciplined designer is eager to go 'above and beyond' to solve any design assignment. In addition to Donald's graphic design work, he is currently in designing and will soon launch a proprietary brand of consumer products for Dogs (ie: their owners) through Tugboat Design.

As needed by his clients, Donald draws upon a considerable network of top communications professionals in New York and across the country to provide complementary services as part of an integrated Tugboat Design team. To deliver smart design, he maintains close working relationships with web programmers and developers, photographers, illustrators and quality printers. Professional consultants in the public relations and corporate communications fields continually partner with and refer Tugboat Design to their clients and colleagues.

Donald frequently collaborates with , a communications agency based in New York City and Paris.

Donald's bulldog, a sweet little girl, Pearl, serves as office manager and company mascot providing comic relief. She attends office meetings, functions and parties (provided refreshments are served).