Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

When I worked at The Bivings Group, we always sent out traditional holiday cards.  The cards  were amazing due to the talent we had on staff, but it always seemed strange to me to produce a printed card.  As a digital agency, it seemed to me that we should do something digital. ...

In Search of a Great Tool for Holiday Fundraising?

Here at the Brick Factory, we understand that competition for donor dollars is fierce in this economy. Having worked with many nonprofit and political organizations we know you have to be creative for your fundraising to have an impact.

Giving eCards is a new product that provides organizations with a creative and cost-effective way to raise money online....

Five Inspirational Digital Campaigns

I’m happy to say we’ve been pretty slammed here at the Brick Factory, so there hasn’t been much time for blogging lately.  But I did want to quickly share some cool digital campaigns I’ve come across the last few weeks that inspired me (or more accurately, that I want to rip off in some way). ...

Moved In

The Brick Factory has finally gotten settled in our beautiful new office space. It has been an exciting transition, and now that furniture is in place, hardware is plugged in, a makeshift basketball hoop has been secured near the strategists, and candy is in the bowl in the reception area,...

Steve Jobs Meets Paul Rand

The Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson features a great anecdote about Paul Rand, the legendary designer who created logos for IBM, Enron, UPS,  and ABC, among others.  Jobs hired Rand to design the logo for the first company he started after leaving Apple, NeXt.  Rand, who was in his 70s at the time and had earned the right to work on his own terms,...