Berlin, the city, is one of the most creative places in the world. While the creative infrastructure in many other places is organized around galleries or design studios or other structures, in Berlin the creativity oozes out of the cracks. Art is everywhere. When the wall went up in 1961, opposing tanks squared off yards apart, ready. One false move could have sent the world into a tailspin. Now that’s tension. Tension, for them, is the sweet spot. The most effective communication has a sense of tension in its DNA. It causes the audience to think twice, or to think harder. Finding those points of tension and teasing out the brilliant bits and the emotional bits and the human bits is what excites them. That's why they are called Berlin.
SpecialGuest is a communication and arts company that gets people thinking. They partner with thought leader clientele who are aiming to change the world, re-think things, or disrupt a category. Qualities of their work are experimentation, thoughtfulness, cleverness, and sophistication, resulting in inventive work that has built in discovery and makes the work satisfying and memorable. They practice a tightly-knit collaboration between their clientele and community of artists, directors, writers, inventors, engineers, scientists, designers, technologists, coders, and academics plus a range of other specialists, all who bring smart strategic thinking to everything they do.
ThompsonCo is a brand design studio. They help build and position brands by combining strong concepts and smart ideas with considered design and craftsmanship. They create effective brand imagery and communications by laying the groundwork and allowing careful forethought and understanding guide their process.