Hi class, welcome to R&R 101, where your teachers are our teammates. Throughout the year we have the opportunity to shape beautiful designs and delightful copy, but long ago we discovered that we can’t do either one without first getting our learn on. You see, smart ideas are the backbone to successful marketing and communication […]

I was recently asked to participate in a one-on-one research interview regarding my thoughts on AI in branding. The study was being conducted by the Journalism and Communications school at my alma mater so I felt compelled to say yes. As I logged onto Zoom, I realized that it had been a long time since […]

Who Doesn’t Love a Theme? Every quarter, prior to our quarterly meeting, Karen and I pick a theme that we, as a team, can focus our goals around. We work to select something that everyone, regardless of role or experience, can champion and relate to. Over the years, we’ve had some that were aspirational and […]

We may have hung up our value, but we haven’t retired the fun. In fact, because we’ve made time for life over the last few years, we’ve had the chance to rediscover the fun – in work and in play. Which is why we’re ready to bring back National Have Fun at Work Day! Whether […]

Rhyme & Reason Design opened its virtual doors way back in 2008. Hustle culture was big, entrepreneurship was just becoming a college major, the iPhone was in its infancy and Facebook was cool. In other words, times were different. Fast forward to today. COVID is a common term in our vocabulary, TikTok has taught us […]

Months ago, 15 since we’re all counting, the world as we knew it shut down. It was a screeching, scary halt. And yet, in time we came to terms with it. We bought gym pants instead of work pants, slipped on slippers, zoomed meetings to milestones and learned to enjoy the small, quiet moments of […]

If you’ve looked at any content over the last few weeks you’ve likely seen memes and headlines hyper-focused on the one-year anniversary of our “two-week” quarantine. If you’re like us, you’re a wee bit triggered by them. It’s hard to believe that it has been 365 shimmies around the sun since we’ve actually danced any […]

I know when the clock struck 12:01 on January 1, 2021 we didn’t have delusions of grandeur, but there was a small exhalation of breath, a bit of cautious optimism and a few glimmers of hope. And don’t get me wrong, January hasn’t been all poop emojis and doom scrolling, but as an agency founded […]

What we DON’T say matters. What we DO say matters. When it comes to marketing and communications, the words we use, the photos we share, the tone we take all speak volumes. They have the ability to define our organizations – to create perceptions, right or wrong. Now more than ever, we need to decide […]

When first penned, Rhyme & Reason’s values included to “wear your passion on your sleeve.” In time, we came to realize that “passion” wasn’t something that everyone had, nor was it something we felt everyone had to have. So, instead of pressuring people into feeling passionate about work, we removed it. Even though we withdrew […]