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Notes from the Studio.

Thinking out loud on brand, craft and the business of being bold. Longer reads, quick takes and the occasional strong opinion.

Featured

The brand audit, reimagined

Creative Direction
Art direction that survives the boardroom

Bold concepts die in the room where it counts most. A few habits that keep the work intact between the studio and the stakeholders.

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Digital
Designing systems, not screens

A beautiful homepage is easy. A digital product that still feels considered on its four-hundredth screen is the actual job.

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Culture
Hiring for taste (and how we get it wrong)

Portfolios show what someone made. They rarely show how someone will argue for the work when it matters. We changed how we interview for that.

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Campaigns
Ideas that travel: anatomy of a launch

Some campaigns spread past the media plan that paid for them. We looked back at the ones that did and found the same three ingredients.

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Studio
A year of building bold: 2025 in review

New clients, a studio move, and the projects that shaped how we work now. A look back before the next year starts.

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