Were we ever so young? Thoughts on design (and designers) getting off easy.
As far as I can recall, I've never actually written a blog post about one of our own blog posts before. Today that ends. A post I wrote way back in 2008 - before Stokefire offered in-house design - was...
View ArticleTwitterview with HOW Design and Tate Linden
Stokefire Chief Creative, Tate Linden (@Thingnamer) fielded questions from HOW (@HOWbrand) via Twitter last week as a follow up to Tate's presentation Three. Word. Taglines. (And Other Horrible...
View ArticleFortune Cookie Wisdom
Imagine this. You go to your favorite Asian restaurant after what seems like a bad day. Like when the bird singing outside of your window is a vulture or when your twin sister forgets your birthday. A...
View ArticleHow Do You Get People To Care What Their Roads Are Made Of?
Quick. The last three roads you drove on - were they made of asphalt or concrete? If you aren't in the paving or construction industry I'm fairly certain you'll only be guessing. My unscientific survey...
View ArticleWhat Kind of Designer Are You?
What kind of designer are you? What kind of style do you have? What is your favorite type of design? What kind of process do you use? These are just a few of the ongoing questions that seem to follow...
View Article"Now Hiring" Sign is Now Up at Stokefire!
You read it correctly, we're looking to add to our growing team. Here's the skinny:Office Coordinator/Executive Assistant What we need: A positive, organized, energetic individual who can keep the boss...
View ArticleHR In A Different Place
Somewhere in the world, there are regular kinds of companies who hire people with regular sets of skills to do regularly constructed and clearly described jobs in predictable and repeatable ways....
View ArticleWe found one! The position is filled-
We know you’ve been holding your breath out there, wondering if Stokefire ever found the organizational genius we were seeking to fill the Executive Assistant/Office Coordinator position we advertised...
View ArticleJob Posting: please coordinate us!
Once again, Stokefire is dragging out the Now Hiring sign.Now that we've beefed up our Creative and office support staff, guess what? We need somebody to keep us all organized. The details are...
View ArticleAnother Job Posting: Art Director Extraordinaire
...and here we go again. The trouble with being the best at what you do is, more and more clients want you to do more and more of it. Which means we (Stokefire, that is) need more and more people who...
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Happenings in advertising, branding and design
The Murdoch hacking scandal enfolds as agencies are monitoring the meltdown. (via Ad Week) The Winnipeg Jets were purchased by True North Sports & Entertainment with the full intent of bring the...
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Life, Color, Passion
Posted By: Kaitlyn The saying is true: ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ It’s amazing how much emotion and story can leak through a photo, a drawing, or in this case a painting. It takes a lot of...
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Pert Plus. Now with Bestiality!
Posted by: Tate Linden In one of the more bizarre moves I’ve seen (outside of the freaky stuff done by Crispin Porter) lately is a new campaign for Pert Plus that attempts to sell shampoo by making us...
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happenings in advertising, branding and design
Are You A Victim Of Phantom Vibration Syndrome? (via Fast Company) Red Lobster rebrands: Lobster-schmobster….right? (via Brand New) Did you watch the ultimate New Old Spice Guy Face-off? (via The...
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back to the basics: reflections on human interaction
Posted by: Lena This week brings my 6 month stint with Stokefire to an end…and what a 6 months it has been…My goal when I first took this internship, was to further improve on my existing skills, gain...
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Tribute to a German
For the last 6 months, we’ve had Lena Blackstock working for us as a Design Ethnographer in training. She’s been a great talent and a wonderful person to have around, and on Friday it was her last day....
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Consensus? Let’s Agree to Disagree.
Posted by: Tate Linden The guys over at the Branding Blog very intelligently discussed the role of consensus in developing a brand strategy. Perhaps the title of this post telegraphed my thoughts, but...
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Happenings in Advertising, Branding, and Design
Are you making these typical branding mistakes? “Common branding mistakes” (Via Bond) What do you think of Budweiser’s brand refresh? We say it’s clean, simple, modern, and very different then the...
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The Fastest Logo In the World?
Posted by: Tate Linden For about 9 minutes yesterday at least two of Stokefire’s logo designs reached the outer edge of our atmosphere. Both took a ride on a Minotaur IV rocket, and one travelled on an...
View ArticleBranding – Not just for first-timers
Posted By: Tate Linden Even though we spend most of or time working with mid- to large-sized companies, we also work with many startups and small businesses. We’ve been asked a few times about whether...
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