Image courtesy of Society Bodycare

Stephen Rumbaugh and other DCS members battle a tough economy by turning crafts into cash

Stephen Rumbaugh is a man of many talents. He’s an entrepreneur, a craftsman, a designer, and a graduate student. In the past, he’s worked for ad agencies, run a design firm in Yellow Springs, and taught Photoshop and Illustrator at Dayton’s School of Advertising Art.

His latest passion is something different: creating and selling handmade soaps under his own label, Society Bodycare. I talked with Stephen about why he started this new venture and how it represents a natural outlet for his creative energy.

What happens when two self-described 'art school guys,' both charged with creativity and well-versed in programming languages, decide to collaborate?

Ryan McCoy and Ian Lawson decided to find out, and the result was Atomic Interactive, a web design company that is quickly staking its ground in Dayton and beyond.

Since January 2007, the team at Atomic has designed web solutions for clients ranging from the Dayton Opera and Dayton History to high-tech research and development companies serving very specific markets.

Their creations are stunning both visually and technically, with interactive touches that demonstrate the thought and expertise that go into each project and take the sites above and beyond the norm. No detail goes unnoticed, giving users a smooth and aesthetically appealing experience no matter what they are using the website for.

And with plans for expansion, both in workforce and in services, the Atomic bomb is about to go off.