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The work that fuels our studio.

Longevity is a matter of context. The average NHL career is merely 5 years.¹ The average duration of marriages in Canada remains around 14 years.² While there might not be statistical data to validate the claim, having a client relationship for 18 years feels like rarefied air.

“How long will this logo last?” isn’t an easy question to answer. But clients love to ask it. Even the very best fortune-teller would say it’s hard to know.

In the 10 years I’ve worked at H&W, I’ve had the opportunity to work with a number of great development partners on the websites and apps we’ve created for clients.

I’m fascinated with colour. But it’s a complex subject. Like the game of baseball, the more you understand it, the more you realize how little you know.

I am often asked by designers and colleagues how it is that I love going into first meetings or pitch situations. I find designers experience a massive amount of anxiety on that first face-to-face — they self-impose pressure. I understand why.

Starting this year, and running for the first four months of 2019, Hambly & Woolley initiated an internship program. 

One of the greatest strengths of humanity is our diversity. At the same time, it presents one of the most challenging design problems.

‘Constraint’ is somewhat of a strange word to me. On a superficial level the word seems to connote such negativity – all about limits and restrictions.

The inescapable dilemma of business development through the black hole of procurement.