Tom Cramer speaks Saturday

For those of you in Portland, one of our city’s most interesting mid-career artists, Tom Cramer, is speaking at the Laura Russo Gallery tomorrow at 11am. I’ll be there.
- Doug

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We made the cover

The current issue of Package Goods magazine has a nice article on our designs for Integrity Spirits and features 12 Bridges Gin on the cover.

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Wealth of recent hires

We are so incredibly fortunate to have been hiring over the last several months. Given the economy, it might sound like we got sauced and went on a spree. But, sad to say, we were totally sober.
We have a lot of work happening. Like I said, we’re ridiculously fortunate.
Not just to have been hiring, but [...]

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Kerri Martin’s new ride

So let’s see what happens when you put some high-test fuel behind the launch of a new electric car.
Kerri’s back.

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Josh Berger Joins Us

In this business there are certain signs that you’re doing things right. For me, one of the supreme indicators of this is when you’re able to recuit people who make you feel humble. And man, am I feeling humble.
The latest major talent coupe for us is Josh Berger. I’ve known Josh for probably 13 years. [...]

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Good news from Cannes

Thanks to my old pal Marc Sobier, I found out that we made the shortlist in the Cannes Design Lions award show recently. Marc himself got a Gold Cyber Lion for his work at Goodby on the Doritos Hotel 626 web site. Thanks for the heads up, Marc.
It was our package design for Trillium [...]

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Stately, plump Buck Mulligan

Happy Bloomsday.

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Someday My Strategist Will Come

Oh, I’m just a poor captive branding firm languishing in Swamp Castle, waiting for a brave, strong, intelligent, and anthropologically-minded Senior Brand Strategist to come and rescue me.
Could that be you? Are you either trained as an account planner or an anthropologist with a serious business mind and large tracts of…theory? Do you dream of [...]

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Cool new brand alert

Some of you may already know about this new sneaker brand, RYZ, which is democratizing sneaker design and sharing profits with the designers, but we just found out about it. Apparently Ryan Christiansen, who was the founder of Sameunderneath, has joined RYZ in a branding capacity.
We wish them all the best of luck. Cool kicks, [...]

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Good news from HOW

We just got the HOW Design Annual and found we had two winners in it. A Packaging Merit for our label and bottle design system for Lovejoy Vodka, created for our client Integrity Spirits, and an Identity Merit for our own ID Branding identity system.
Thank you once again, Integrity Spirits. Your products are amazing.
- Doug

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