We are honored to have our work selected as Fast Company’s Best Branding of 2015. To see the seven programs from around the world that made the cut, click here.

Brian Collins will be speaking at his alma mater, the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, on Thursday, February 11.To register click here here.

Richard Baird placed our redesign of Target’s Room Essentials among the five best projects of 2015 on BP&O. Very honored to be included on the list.

Design Week just named our work with Spotify as one the most influential identity and design projects of the year. See the full review here.

Collins President Amber Guild chats with Laura Dunn of the Huffington Post about leadership, challenges, mentorship and what we hope to accomplish in the next year here at Collins. Read the full article here.

Happy Holidays from all of us here at COLLINS! See you in 2016.

Leland discusses with NPR the emergence of the hot holiday gift this year and how it’s fires have been linked to new manufacturing processes in China. Read the full article here.

In response to PepsiCo executive Brad Jakeman’s spirited presentation at the Masters of Marketing conference in October, Amber writes “Amen, Mr. Jakeman” in an op-ed featured in ​Monday’s issue of Ad Age​. Amber​ ​writes about ​the beginnings of her career in advertising, and witnessing the best and worst of the industry over the course of her 17 year career. She joined Collins in the fall of 2014 after an energizing conversation with Collins founders Brian Collins and Leland Maschmeyer who were trying to answer the same question she was: “Why should​ ​an industry tasked with building​ ​brands have a talent base that​ ​in no way reflects the diversity of​ ​the world we live in?​”​ Hear, hear, Amber. Read the op-ed here.

Amber Guild was featured in Sunday’s issue of the New York Times​. ​Corner Office, a collection of columns by Adam Bryant, is featured in the Business Day section of the Times and highlights conversations with top executives about leadership and management. In her conversation with Adam Bryant, Amber reflects on her childhood and how ​her experiences helped hone her skills to be the ​remarkably ​dynamic​, honest and direct business leader she is today.​​
Read the interview here.

COLLINS is excited to announce the opening of our San Francisco office. COLLINS San Francisco, led by creative director Matt Luckhurst, has already begun developing projects with West Coast clients including Facebook, Airbnb and Shyp. Founder & CCO Brian Collins is especially excited: “We’re honored to become a part of this remarkable creative community.”Read the full press release here.