Meaningful Moments of Connection.
The 6+ Cs for creating successful communication. In the last post on the Gulf State Park interpretive project, we talked about what WE did to create the strategy for successful communication. The winning strategy is talking with people and not at them. In that spirit, this post will be less about what we did and more about how what we…
2018 Farm 2 Fork Fundraiser
Despite the rain, our 2018 Farm 2 Fork Dinner was another big success. On a rainy Sunday evening in September, 70+ folks gathered inside the Downtown Martinsburg Public Library for the second annual Farm 2 Fork Dinner – a locally-sourced and prepared 4-course dinner. Last year’s 50 seat dinner sold out so fast that we increased the number of tickets…
NEWS: H+W receives Six American Graphic Design Awards
We’re excited to announce that Hersick + Webster has been awarded six American Graphic Design Awards. We’d like to say a super-big thanks to our clients for partnering with us on these award-winning projects. We’re thankful for the recognition, but we’re even more grateful for the relationships that allow us to do great things together. The six projects reflect our…
Helping 6,150 Acres Find Its Voice
The Alabama Gulf State Park Project Interpretive Design Strategy. Creating and implementing the interpretive design experience for Alabama’s Gulf State Park not only brought out the best in our project management skills, but it also allowed our team an opportunity to utilize everything we’ve learned in our careers–design, research, writing, illustration, and photography–on a very large scale. Gulf State Park…
Design Thinking and Food
Epicenter Memphis + The Think Tank In June, Laurel and I found ourselves presenting on food and design thinking in the amazing Cooper Young district of Memphis, Tennessee. We were asked to speak about using design thinking to increase opportunity and access to local food and to facilitate a workshop at Epicenter’s kick-off event–The Think Tank. This hands-on weekend was dedicated…
Farmers Market Update 2018
Is three the magic number? The Martinsburg Farmers Market, in West Virginia, kicked off its 3rd season on May 4th. It was our best-attended opening yet! More importantly, the energy and excitement of the shoppers and vendors had a different feel to it. To say the least, I’m very excited to see what this market season has in store for…
Adding to our story
More Experiences + More Capabilities + More Collaborators + More Growth + More us = A New Name + New Goals The last 2+ years at Native have been an exciting blur of growth and creativity. We’ve been challenged by opportunities and projects that pushed us to become more. When we opened this studio, we created a company that reflected…