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The work.

More than 30 years of it, one format: the client, the result, the number. Eighteen full case studies, and one more card that carries the number.

Case studies

Ledger Stax devices held in a hand

Blockchain hardware

Ledger

+20% monthly sales YoY

Through the industry's worst downturn. Two sub-brands built from scratch.

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Altitude, BetterCloud's customer conference, New York

B2B SaaS

BetterCloud

25% market share regained

From Gartner Visionary to Gartner Leader.

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The Tria hair-removal laser in use

Consumer technology

Tria Beauty

+63% website revenue YoY

Referral revenue up 600%+. Messaging moved from the device to the transformation.

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Rock Hard News cover

Global sweepstakes

Hard Rock Cafe International

+15% in-store traffic

The Mystery Tour, and a Telly Award. Also the first Hard Rock website.

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Vacation Magic, the Disney Vacation Club newsletter

Disney Vacation Club repositioning

Disney

+38% memberships in 90 days

Inquiries and bookings up 50% in the first 14 days; growth held at +30% YoY for 18 months. Plus copy across the parks. Before any of it: the canoes.

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Intel Core M launch page

Global product launch

Intel

+25% sales & online conversions

Core M, the Jim Parsons campaign and #ConflictFree on Intel.com.

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Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards app

Kids' Choice Awards app

Nickelodeon

+20% engagement YoY

A gamified voting app with a featured spot in the App Store.

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Google Project Re:Brief

Project Re:Brief

Google

Cannes Cyber Lion

Four classic campaigns rebuilt for the modern web.

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Sony Connected World

Connected World launch

Sony

33 languages, one launch

Companion site for Sony's global campaign, from IFA Berlin to CES.

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Microsoft retail campaign concept

Retail promotion

Microsoft

+18% online conversions

Sign-ups and purchases beat every previous quarter.

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USA Today relaunch case study

News relaunch

USA Today

FWA Site of the Day

One of America's most-read news sites, re-imagined for how people consume news now.

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Broadway.com iPad app case study

iPad app

Broadway.com

Broadway, on the iPad

The best of Broadway.com, refined for touch: shows, videos, and a clean, sophisticated visual personality.

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The new Wacom.com case study

Product site reinvention

Wacom

A new kind of product site

An experiential site that lets you feel what it's like to own the product, with a humanised product finder.

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EA Madden Ultimate Team case study

Madden Ultimate Team

EA

A billion-dollar franchise, on the web

Card packs, storefront, auction block and data visualizations in one interface familiar to console gamers.

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Google Ramayana case study

Ramayana

Google

Chrome's launch in Asia

An interactive retelling of the epic, with OgilvyOne: handcrafted artwork, digital physics, five chapters across multiple Chrome windows.

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The Future of Airline Websites

Creative exploration

The Future of Airline Websites

Three airlines called within ten days

A what-if for online travel booking: intelligent, aware, suggestive. Conceived, written and produced by Chris at Fantasy Interactive.

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Pages from the Apto Solutions messaging brief

IT asset disposition

Apto Solutions

+41% revenue YoY

The founders' story, finally told without the founders.

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Pages from the Remark messaging brief

Agency

Remark Growth Marketing

+36% revenue YoY

+87% page views and +44% lead conversions after the rebuild.

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American Red Cross

Donor campaign

American Red Cross

+30% blood donations

Year over year, from one messaging campaign.

Full study coming

Disney Vacation Club

Vacation Magic, the international newsletter, photographed from the archive: the cover, the club news, the resort pages, the member stories.

Vacation Magic, cover
Vacation Magic, cover
Club News spread
Club News spread
Old Key West and Vero Beach
Old Key West and Vero Beach
Hilton Head Island and BoardWalk Villas
Hilton Head Island and BoardWalk Villas
Making Magic: member stories
Making Magic: member stories
Disney's Old Key West Resort page
Disney's Old Key West Resort page
Disney's BoardWalk Villas page
Disney's BoardWalk Villas page
Happy Anniversary, Disney Vacation Club
Happy Anniversary, Disney Vacation Club
Remember the Magic: the back page
Remember the Magic: the back page

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Microsoft Store

Retail work from the archive: an Xbox table on the store floor with the copy sketched in marker before it was set in type, the back-to-school concepts, a holiday e-blast, the NYC Mixer site.

Xbox One X and One S table, in store: the copy roughed in by hand
Xbox One X and One S table, in store: the copy roughed in by hand
The table, detail
The table, detail
Back-to-school concept: Artist
Back-to-school concept: Artist
Back-to-school concept: Collette
Back-to-school concept: Collette
Back-to-school concept: Easton
Back-to-school concept: Easton
Back-to-school concept: Engineer
Back-to-school concept: Engineer
Back-to-school concept: Mikaila
Back-to-school concept: Mikaila
Holiday e-blast, Ala Moana Center
Holiday e-blast, Ala Moana Center
NYC Mixer site
NYC Mixer site

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Broadway.com, on the iPad

From the case study: the idea sheet, the shows grid, a show page, the featured news layer, and the app in both orientations.

The idea sheet: home page, sketched
The idea sheet: home page, sketched
Shows
Shows
Show page: Chicago
Show page: Chicago
Featured news
Featured news
The news layer
The news layer
Landscape and portrait
Landscape and portrait

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Madden Ultimate Team

From the case study: the owner's box, the cards front to back, the packs, the auction block, a card profile, and the UX playbook.

The owner's box
The owner's box
Cards, front to back
Cards, front to back
Packs
Packs
The auction block
The auction block
Card profile
Card profile
The UX playbook
The UX playbook

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Brands the work has touched.

  • Google
  • Intel
  • Nickelodeon
  • Microsoft Store
  • Sony
  • Hard Rock Cafe
  • American Red Cross
  • HP
  • Xbox
  • EA
  • Nike
  • MTV
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • Walt Disney World
  • Epcot Center
  • Darden Restaurants
  • Westinghouse
  • ChevronTexaco
  • The Hartford
  • Wells Fargo
  • Bank of America
  • Chase
  • Citi
  • CNET
  • T-Mobile
  • Coca-Cola
  • Avis
  • Volvo
  • Arlo
  • Ford
  • McAfee
  • NETGEAR
  • Farmers Insurance
  • GameSpot
  • CBS Sports
  • Cisco
  • Wacom
  • HTC
  • Charles River Laboratories
  • Hawaiian Airlines
  • Cedars-Sinai
  • Illumina
  • Salesforce
  • PepsiCo
  • LAX
  • BET
  • Ledger
  • BetterCloud
  • Tria Beauty
  • Apto Solutions
  • Remark Growth Marketing
  • Collective Health
  • Phil
  • Off Assignment
  • Slack
  • SigFig
  • Metajive
  • Moov
  • BlueVine
  • Taberumo
  • DialogTech
  • SoFi
  • Boundless

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