The Journal

Thinking out loud.

Writing about strategy, branding, design and the work behind the work. No jargon, no filler, just the thinking we'd share with you on a discovery call.

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Featured Editorial

Great design is strategy disguised as beauty.

Why the most effective design decisions are the ones you can explain, and why beautiful work with no reason behind it is just decoration.

Strategy6 min read
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Branding5 min read

Your logo isn't your brand.

A logo is a symbol. Your brand is the promise, the personality and the experience behind it. Here's why the difference matters, and how it changes the way you should invest.

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Strategy6 min read

The problem is the creative brief.

Most creative briefs describe the deliverable, not the problem. That's backwards. The brief that works begins with what's standing in the way.