Stephen Starr started Stephen B. Starr Design, Inc. in January 1991 after thirteen years of employment with design groups in Chicago. Stephen developed clients in the areas of healthcare, professional associations, banking, closely held businesses and nonprofit organizations. In 1995, Stephen became enamored with the opportunities to communicate via the internet and has since been an enthusiastic advocate of digital media as an integral part of a communications plan.

Areas of expertise include website and internet application design and development, branding/logo/identity creation, print design for advertising, marketing and communications and strategic editorial branding and content creation. Among the tools of the trade in common use are the Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, HTML/CSS, WordPress, Drupal, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word.

Stephen is past president of Chicago Creative Coalition (C3), an advisory board member for Himalaya Project and organizer for the Chicago Weekly Sitting Meditation Group. Stephen founded the Chicago Web Professionals Meetup Group in 2006 and is a member of the Evanston Chamber of Commerce.

When Stephen is not in front of a computer, he is in the garden, on his bike, hiking in the mountains, sleeping in a tent, in the theater, at a street fair, swimming laps at the pool, on a meditation cushion or at an art gallery.