thought leadership

Welcome to our blog …a space designed for Fifteen4 news, advice, commentary, storytelling, and well, how our entire team of leaders think. Here is where we keep all the content that gives you a clearer picture of who we are, what we do, how we think [about the industry we love] and the many ways to tell a brand story, without resorting to buzzwords like “data-driven paradigm shift” or “brand story.”

Motionographer Crystal Ball

Buckle up, because we're about to dive face-first into a rabbit hole of keyframes, bezier curves, and enough industry jargon to make your old Flash animation professor weep. If you're part of the motion design and animation community, chances are you know...

Motionographer Crystal Ball

Motionographer Crystal Ball

Buckle up, because we're about to dive face-first into a rabbit hole of keyframes, bezier curves, and enough industry jargon to make your old Flash animation professor weep. If you're part of the motion design and animation community, chances are you know...

What is Tribal Devotion (and Why Does it Matter)?

What is Tribal Devotion (and Why Does it Matter)?

Emily Wolf, web designer, explains the meaning behind the tribal devotion buzzword and challenges us to embrace it, especially in the dynamic brand-to-customer world in which we live today. If you were to describe yourself through the brands you love, which would they...

The Design of Experience: The Tribal Devotion Talk

The Design of Experience: The Tribal Devotion Talk

Welcome to the Design of Experience: conversations about the ideas that make us feel a tribal devotion to the things we love.  This one’s about: Motorcycle gang morality, software taste testing, and Apple evangelism. Is culture more impactful than company...

5 Steps to Creating Great Customer Experiences

5 Steps to Creating Great Customer Experiences

Emily Wolf, web designer, shares how to elevate customer experiences with five little things and one, big question, "Are you in business for something other than your business?" How often do you encounter an unexpected, small gesture that makes you say, “Why can’t...

The Design of Experience: The Transparency Transition

The Design of Experience: The Transparency Transition

Welcome to the Design of Experience: conversations about the ideas that make us feel a tribal devotion to the things we love.  This one’s about: Redemption burritos, the Woke Washing Epidemic, and the striking similarities between guts and guac. How has...

The Design of Experience: The Little Things

The Design of Experience: The Little Things

Welcome to the Design of Experience: conversations about the ideas that make us feel a tribal devotion to the things we love.  This one’s about: The attitude adjusting powers of  Woodford Reserve, the party scene in airport terminals, and moments of clarity in a...

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Thoughts, opinions, education...things that will make your professional life better.

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Every episode of the branding world's greatest podcast: The Design of Experience.

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The latest happenings within and around the agency.

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Employee and office musings. Usually humorous, always feel-good.

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