Holiday Parties Galore!

So far we have attended a big client’s fete at The Boar’s Head Inn, The Chamber’s shindig at Monticello and just last night the Company of Friends bash. It’s always so much fun to reconnect with friends and clients and other business contacts over the holidays. Wishing every one of you a fantastic season…….

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Build Your Brand with Artifacts

In the August 2008 and September 2008 tips I touched on the significance of creating artifacts for your organization. This month, I’ll take that to the next logical step: building your brand with artifacts. As with historic artifacts, the more we find, the more we know about a past civilization. Each part holds information about […]

Honoring Virginia’s State Royalty

The 2008 Sorensen Gala was held in honor of Senator John Warner in Washington DC this past spring.  It was attended by current and past Virginia governors and senators, including Governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. The event honored Senator Warner’s service to the Commonwealth over the past several decades. Of special note: All of […]

Creating Artifacts, continued

The conceptual premise of The Center for the Constitution’s brochure was that we tacitly understand contextual clues in our environment. We instantaneously observe the materials, textures, level of precision, craftsmanship, style, colors and so on. Through some amount of cultural acclimation, we are able to look at man-made objects and glean some idea of whence […]

Montpelier: Constitution for Kids 

Montpelier, the home of James Madison, opened The Center for The Constitution to educate our citizenry on the Constitution and its role in public life. Acknowleging that the founding document has no animation, sound effects or virtual connectivity, Sean O’Brien, Executive Director of The Center, challenged us to create some collateral that would bridge the […]

New Employees

Birch Studio has had 3 new folks join our team here recently. Mike Kanasink (designer) and Frank DeRosa (programmer) came to us several months ago and Jill Williams (designer) most recently. Their pics and bios are coming shortly. You will be hearing much more about them!

Creating Artifacts

What do pre-historic civilizations and thriving businesses have in common? Artifacts. They are our evidence of life. In some sense, the more artifacts one has, the more thriving one is. While we don’t recommend creating, say a website and brochure for a fund-raising event just because everyone else has one, we do recommend creating a […]