Now with 2021 coming to an end, let’s recap what trending design techniques peaked in 2021 and what’s to come in 2022. Say No More: Look at prioritizing the essential. How can you limit ornamentation while still achieving elegance? Stick with a specific color palette, light and neutral tones work really well for this goal. Limit your word count while still communicating necessary information. Allow the composition to serve the function. Make less into more. Back to Nature: Th

Alright, so as we all know Thanksgiving is just around the corner. You know what that means, right? Black Friday is next. Black Friday was named so because it’s when a lot of companies got out of the red and into the black with their profit margins. It’s a major part of our tradition of consumerism. But, in recent history, through movements like e-tail, we have a new contender in the market. What’s after Black Friday? You guessed it, Cyber Monday. In 2020, more consumers boug

What’s your favorite Thanksgiving day dish? I am all about the candied yams. But then I factor in dessert and sweet potato pie takes a slice of my heart. Did you know that we buy an average of about 50 million pounds of sweet potatoes during the holiday season? How about the fact that 88% of turkey sales are during the holiday season? Here’s one that will really take the cake: Harvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic and the Natural Resource Defence Council found that

Would Halloween be what it is today without marketing? Let’s be real, there’s no chance. If it weren’t for marketing, we wouldn’t be experiencing this spooktacular holiday the way we do. Think about it, how much money do you spend on Halloween goods during the month of October? Each year, National Retail Federation releases statistics about Halloween spending in America. In total, Americans spend roughly nine billion dollars on Halloween goods. This averages about $86 per per

Do you know the feeling when you’ve been looking forward to going to a special dinner all day? Your stomach is grumbling, you’re all dressed up, and ready to eat. Imagine getting to the restaurant and there is nothing on the menu that you can eat, it’s all inedible to you. But you have to watch everyone else at the table enjoy themselves. That’s sort of what it’s like for a child with dietary restrictions on Halloween. Now imagine: you’re at home, you’ve got a show playing on

3 Take Aways From Our Remote Working Journey in Peru. Divide + Conquer The program that our team joined back in July was a as rewarding as it was busy. Before the trip began we were notified of some assignments that would be due our first week. Keep in mind this was a month long experience, so time had to be well managed in order to get work out to clients, submit proposals, perform consults, marketing for MADE X MISTY, and socializing with our Remote Year colleagues. At some

Being a remote contributor was a part of my daily life before Covid-19 became a household name. My previous east coast co-workers, whom only saw my face via Zoom or Uber Conference, were abruptly replaced with my spouse. Pre-Covid we spent more time with our co-workers than we did with one another on an average work day. Needless to say there was a conversion required to create an effective workspace in our one bedroom apartment. Hold my mug... Mornings run on java in our hom