by Christina Melito | Oct 30, 2025 | Thought Leadership
This Halloween, we’re spotlighting one of design’s most powerful and often overlooked tools: typography. Just like a scary story hinges on atmosphere and tone, the right typeface sets the mood long before a single word is read. When designing a brand, typography...
by Christina Melito | Oct 24, 2025 | Thought Leadership
Conference Overview: A Shift in the Conversation The 2025 Brand New Conference kicked off in Pittsburgh, bringing together some of the most curious and provocative minds in branding and design. Hosted by the creative duo behind UnderConsideration and the Brand New...
by fifteen4 | Sep 23, 2025 | bookbyte, Thought Leadership
11:38 am. A blank artboard stares at me, and I feel that knot forming in my stomach. Deadlines loom over me, internal reviews scheduled to check progress, an exciting new project to work on—and my mind is blank. That’s it, I think, catastrophizing. My creativity...
by fifteen4 | May 2, 2024 | Thought Leadership
Over the past few years, the word ‘mindfulness’ has been a trending term on our social media channels, in podcasts, celebrity interviews, and maybe even during our IRL (that’s ‘in real life,’ for the over-40 crowd) conversations. But what does it actually mean?...
by fifteen4 | Apr 25, 2024 | Thought Leadership
Remember the good old days when your marketing team only had one agency relationship to manage? We don’t either – that was a long time ago! For most in-house teams, managing numerous agencies has been the norm for years. Some of our larger clients employ...