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Serving clients with Fierce Love

Michael Bungay Stanier is a business coach who puts out a tiny daily email that you can read in 30 seconds. It’s called Great Work Provocations. The e-blast starts my… [more]

Just start

Years ago, at the Aspen Design Conference, Milton Glaser told a group of us acolytes that people are usually good at either starting, working on or finishing a project. Some… [more]

Where’s Google heading Now and why should we care?

Ed Dale is an Australian internet marketing expert, a prolific emailer and blogger, and a predictor of the direction of All Things Web. He’s just posted an insightful article called:… [more]

Working remotely — pros, cons and choices

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7o7BrlbaDs&feature=relmfu] Our upcoming office move got me thinking (again) about the way we’re structured. Since we opened in 1993, FreeAssociates has been a distributed company: a group of colleagues who… [more]

Networking: Good? Bad? Ugly?

Our business has almost always come through referrals. I’ve done some direct selling, but usually designer/client relationships are built on something else: a seed of trust. When trust exists, people… [more]

380 projects in 90 seconds.

We’ve been helping companies successfully market their ideas, events, products and services for a long time. Beautifully. Creatively. And effectively. But saying that and seeing it are two completely different… [more]

Designing with a limited palette

When we begin working with a new client — unless we’re doing a complete re-branding — there are often style guidelines in place. And as much fun as it might… [more]

Benetton’s remarkable new campaign

If it’s true, as Seth Godin says, that you’re either remarkable or invisible, then Benetton may have redefined “remarkable”. Their new UNHATE campaign features world leaders kissing — and… [more]

Target site crashes with style

If anyone ever doubts the value of design, just point them here. As usual, the amazing Target has done it again. With the launch this morning of their Missoni collaboration,… [more]

Newspapers are even deader than you think

One of the podcasts I like a lot is a technical, industry-related one: InDesign Secrets, hosted by David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepción. He’s a renowned author, educator and expert on… [more]

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