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Steven Donaldson
Principal

What Does Local Mean? and Who Values it?

The motivation to protect what’s unique to a specific community, a region, or a particular street has come as a reaction to the mass influx of chain stores in the last 30 years.

Beer Labels Gone Bad

The actual design of the new labels along with the methodology to change the names is a disjointed and confusing with sports illustrations that look like a collage gone bad. There are so many activities I can’t figure out what I’m supposed to be doing. The visual images are more evocative of an energy drink than a beer.

Ask Jeeves is Back! – the butler’s back in the UK!

Three years after making a critical online branding mistake, Ask Jeeves in Great Britain is back with a fancy new suit and good advice. Yes, the Jeeves brand element, which we redesigned, has returned to center stage.

What is the Wells Fargo brand as it expands through Wachovia territory?

“Why does Wells Fargo use the stagecoach – isn’t it out of date and slow? What’s this brand got to do with modern banking?” The acquisition of Wachovia is a perfect opportunity to build a national brand that can leverage the entire value of their history…