I was at the grocery store the other day, and they were out of bread—and hotdog buns, hamburger buns and anything bread-like. The shelves were barren. Our physical office is basically closed, with all of our agency’s team working remotely…
I didn’t always work at Atomicdust. Before we started the company 19 years ago, a couple of the founding partners and I worked at Lawrence Group, an architecture and design firm. I loved my time there, I learned a lot,…
“Do you know what makes a city great? A little weirdness. We need to do something weird.” It’s an idea I heard from a colleague and good friend of mine when we were planning events for St. Louis Design Week…
If you’ve never worked with a marketing firm before, or if you’re looking for a new agency and wondering what outcome to expect from the relationship, we put this together to explain how most marketing agencies work with clients. So…
If you’re in a marketing role for your organization, these last couple of years might have been more challenging than most. In just a short stretch of time, the channels and tactics for marketers seem to have quadrupled. What used…
The first thing that you should know about this story is that R.J. Hartbeck is an idea machine. I’ve known R.J. for a couple years now, and every time we meet for coffee or lunch, he’s constantly telling me new…
About a decade ago, we had a client that was based in Kansas City. For those of you that might not be familiar with the Midwest, that’s about a 5-hour drive from St. Louis. At the time, this was our…
My neighbors think I’m adorable. Yes, this is probably a strange way to start off this article about design, but it’s the best way – and the truth. So – my neighbors think I’m adorable. When they ask me my…
Last summer, we got a phone call from Stephen Savage and the partners of 1000 Spruce about opening a new restaurant, half a block away from their already mega-successful ventures in downtown St. Louis, Wheelhouse and Start Bar. We’d met…
When a small, independent insurance agency named IBA approached us to help with their branding, we knew it wasn’t going to be an easy project. The problems they were facing with their brand were the same ones that plagued the…