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10 Fundamental Differences Between Design Gurus and Legit Designers

September 26, 2019 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

October 2014 Lebron 12 Shoe

To become legit at anything takes time, passion, and humility. It means caring about something long after everyone around you has lost interest. It may not bring quick fame or fortune, but your gifts have tremendous potential to mend a society and culture that has battered by greed and vanity.

Filed Under: Branding, Design

2020 C8 Corvette, a Harvard Case Study without an Ending

September 23, 2019 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

I really didn’t want to write a blog about a Corvette. As a designer, I respect the Corvette’s beginnings, back in the 1950s and 1960s when we were flying into Outer Space and flying down the roads in Space Age cars. But, I came of age in the 1990s, and by then, the Corvette didn’t […]

Filed Under: Design, Technology and Culture

Understanding Productive Tensions

August 15, 2019 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

Productive Tensions in Marketing, Web Design, Branding, and Life!

There’s a beautiful, productive tension between fundamentals vs trends. This tension informs everything that we do here at smithHOUSE, everyday.

Filed Under: Branding, Design, Digital Marketing, Website Design, Workplace Culture

2020 VW Bus: It’s Okay to Believe

June 6, 2019 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

New 2020 VW Bus

Filed Under: Design, Technology and Culture

Five Innovative Brands, Part 3: Collaborations We’re Dying To See

August 25, 2016 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

2019 VW Beetles, gray and red

Great companies collaborate with one another to create something new, useful, + cool. Boost your brand’s value, bring in new customers, generate perfect buzz.

Filed Under: Design, Digital Marketing

Five Innovative Brands, Part 2: How to Disrupt an Industry

August 18, 2016 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

Blog, 5 Innovative Brands, Part II: How to Disrupt an Industry

Each of our 5 fresh companies recognized changing climates and responded with disruptive strategies. What does this mean for you?

Filed Under: Design, Digital Marketing

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