Communication Breakdown? What do the public really want?

The last two weeks saw the release of Tim Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows’ and Mark Zuckerberg’s selling of shares on Facebook. The link between the two may seem tenuous – or even non-existent – but I think there is one.

Both Burton and Zuckerberg have desperately tried to accommodate what they think the public wants, but might be getting onto the wrong track.

Design Crimes : No. 18 : Are you really being sincere?

After working in the creative industries for almost 20 years I feel like it’s time to give a little back. I feel like I have a responsibility to creative folk out there.

To designers, dare I say it, that might be looking up to me for some kind of guidance. I do want to give. I do want to help you out as you strike out in this scary world. A truly wonderful thing, is that today – we have the internetz, which means I can spread my advice far and wide to all those fledgling designers out there.

Firedog rank 79th in The Drum Design 100

For the first time in our near 10 year history, Firedog have been included in The Drum Design 100.

Our new entry as 79^th on the list highlights our growth as an agency and makes us very proud indeed.

The Design 100 list is a nationwide list of the top 100 design consultancies in the UK, ranked by fee income from design activities for the 2011 calendar. This is essentially a guide to the UK design industry for 2012 and gives some great insight. The vast majority of design consultancies in The Drum Design 100 now identify digital as one of their specialisms – which shows just how important digital has now become for any company. We’ll be working hard throughout 2012 to make sure we can our way up this list for 2013.

Take a look at the full Design 100 list on The Drum website.