[embed_guy tag="figure" source="https://player.vimeo.com/video/457076741"] Moments. Life is made of them. From the forgettable to the pivotal; from waiting for the bus to the birth of your first born, they create the lives we’re living, the roads we go down, and the...
In the early days of the web, design was a bit of a free-for-all. Grid systems, although used for centuries in print design, were non-existent. Early designers valued unique designs that highlighted a designer’s personality. As the web and devices have matured and...
This could be a very short blog post, depending on your point of view. The short answer is WordPress is about as dead as Photoshop, which is not dead at all. I’d like to think I’m unbiased, but I’m not… certainly not on this topic. I’ve been using, designing, and...
Content calendars: an opportunity to organize chaos, ensure your content is working together, and coordinate your team towards a unified brand goal. While this all sounds great, the question we often get is “Where do I begin?”. Our approach starts with the big picture...
Hero Image Credit: Italic Studio, Hog Island Press, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe. Your favorite deliverable, the “infographic", is a dirty word. It’s offensive because you’re using it wrong. Most people have a different understanding of what an infographic...
Sam Oddo, Creative Director, offers practical advice for creating video content in a time of social distancing. By now, you’ve heard this a thousand times: COVID-19 has caused chaos around the globe, re-defining the concept of “normalcy” for everyone – brands...
Matt DeVille, VP of Digital, talks about UX best practices for blogs. Blogging. What a wonderful word. Nowadays, we take blogging for granted, but many of us can remember the pre-blog days of the web. Blogging helped democratize the web, and while many blogs are just...
Fellow marketers: have you ever had a project go wrong? Have you ever felt like your process is wonky? As creatives, the team at Fifteen4 has tried multiple ways to make creative happen. We believe we have landed on a process that works. As a follow-up to Casey Hawes’...
Before you even start reading, we need to be straightforward with you: adapting your brand to the moment cannot be solved in three easy steps. This article will not give you a quick-fix to the moment we are all in because we don’t believe there is a lasting quick-fix...
The process involved in creating creative* can sound like a subjective one. You might picture a gaggle of artists smoking cigarettes (or the like) throwing colors and shapes at a wall, making decisions based on feelings or personal taste. Now that’s FINE for fine...