Last fall Eleftheria Papis did a terrific cover story on us for Adweek. I never published it here, but chose to do so today as I am starting to keep more of this stuff and other thoughts on this blog. I sort of suck at interviews ( I babble ), but as I don’t sound [...]

In 1919, Alex Osborn joined with Bruce Fairchild Barton and Roy Sarles Durstine to form the BDO advertising agency. He was largely responsible for the 1928 merger of BDO (Barton, Durstine & Osborn) with the George Batten Company to create BBDO. After years of success and having survived the Great Depression, BBDO underwent a crisis [...]

It’s on! So now we’re figuring out the logistics to bring the remarkable exhibit “Graphic Intervention: 25 Years of International AIDS Awareness Posters 1985–2010” to The Art Directors Club Gallery this June. It’s a cohesive selection of 153 amazing posters presenting an overview of diverse creative strategies employed by many countries working within their own [...]

In 2007 we started our firm with The Martin Agency and with the support of Mike Hughes, its President and Chief Creative Officer. Our partnership has been an extraordinarily productive journey on both sides. We’ve done terrific work together, including the design of the Microsoft Store and the launch of The Alliance for Climate Protection [...]

I heard it would be gruesome. The Santa Maria della Concezione Church displays, in macbre detail, the bones of over 4,000 friars collected between 1528 and 1870. The remains are fashioned into exuberant Baroque and Rococo decorations. Yes, creepy. Still, I was raised Catholic, so I planned my Sunday morning to visit it. After I [...]

Last week I attended the World Economic Forum’s second Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai. There were over 700 experts and thought leaders from business, academia, civil society and government putting forward their ideas. I am a member of the Council on Design. And like last year it was beyond inspiring to see the [...]