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“Some day we’ll be able to measure the power of words. I think they are things. They get on the walls. They get on your wallpaper. They get in your rugs, in your upholstery, and your [...]

The creative team at BatesMeron works hard to come up with design solutions that are invisible. By that, I mean we use design and creative copy that allows our clients’ vision to take center [...]

Pinterest just came out with a new series of documentary-esque advertising spots promoting their new Guided Search function, and they are not only precious nuggets of sweetness, they are actually [...]

Eating is one of my favorite things to do. I have a Google document where I keep track of restaurants I want to visit, then dutifully check them off as I slowly make my way through it. I’ll [...]

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way. – Edward de Bono As a group of writers, designers and just plain crazy-fun individuals we [...]

Everyone has heard the adage, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Some people may even live by this phrase. But for creative people, the task of setting aside face value and [...]

Here at BatesMeron we love going into projects that give us a blank slate for creativity, but we need a device to corral all of our ideas. That’s where mood boards come in. We use mood [...]

Melissa Leonard is an Art Director at BatesMeron Sweet Design. In that role, she works to ensure that all creative development serves the client’s purpose and supports their vision. [...]

We like to keep the library here at BMSD chock-full of inspirational goodies. So, when we stumbled upon an unusual graphic novel, Building Stories, last weekend at a local bookstore, we just HAD [...]

Tony Abruscato is the owner/director of the Chicago Flower & Garden Show and is also a great friend of BatesMeron. As the owner and director of the Midwest’s premier flower and gardening [...]