Category: Studio

September always feels like the ideal month for fresh starts. Even though I’ve been out of college for over a decade at this point, I still associate this time of year with getting back into the swing of routines after taking it a bit easier over the summer. For better or worse, 2020 hasn’t followed…

Two years of dreaming and planning. One big move to Palm Springs. Three months of building. A million (rough estimate!) trips to Home Depot. 120 square feet of pure magic. After months of hard work behind the scenes, the build-out of the new Branch studio space wrapped up in early March. I was excited to…

In an entrepreneurial world that can leave you feeling pressured to do more and be more, it can be difficult to create space to reflect and dream. I want to remind you that you don’t have to be “on” all the time, moving at warp-speed in your business just because it seems like everyone else…

Six years. Two cities. 3 office spaces (soon to be 4). 700 completed projects. Plenty of opportunities for growth. And…just as many mistakes to learn from. Back in September 2013, I started Branch out of sheer necessity. The year before, I’d finally landed my dream design job but right as I began to settle in,…

I’ve always loved creating mood boards for client projects — they set the visual tone for the strategy and ensure we’re on the same page before the design phase begins. A few weeks back, I began thinking about the benefits of mood boards and how they could be leveraged internally for my own business. Jotting…

As a creative director and designer who spends most of my waking hours behind a computer, you can probably guess that public speaking has never been my thing. In high school, I remember being nervous even with something as simple as an introduction on the first day of class. The thought of being put on…

Often, when small businesses get booked up with client work, the first thing to fall to the back burner are internal tasks. The to-do list grows and grows until one day it’s so overwhelming you’re not sure where to start. Last year was our busiest year by far and with that, a lot of small…

As 2016 comes to a close, I wanted to write a more personal post here because the work we produce only counts for so much. Behind that work is always people — the people seeking help to get the work done, the people producing the work and finally, the people consuming the work. We’re all interrelated.…

As this new year picks up steam and your to-do list becomes more packed, it’s easy to push your own personal, just-for-fun projects to the side. At the studio, we’re already feeling that same time crunch as new client projects roll in. Of course, those take first priority but it’s important to not lose sight…