Two ad men, a cocktail napkin and a borrowed projector became a Chicago agency built to replace cultural shorthand with cultural intelligence. The clever part was knowing when their own original idea had to change.
For 25 years, Larry Fairley’s North Carolina agency has translated cultural fluency into practical work - from scholarship programs and HBCU tours to a BMW conference app that reached 75% adoption.
TALEA Beer Co. is a women-founded and women-owned craft brewery based in Brooklyn, New York, built to make beer approachable for people the craft category has historically overlooked. Founded in 2018 by Tara Hankinson and LeAnn Darland and opened as a brewery and taproom in 2021, TALEA brews fruit-forward, lower-alcohol reinventions of classic styles and runs a growing network of design-forward taprooms across New York City, alongside a direct-to-consumer online shop, retail distribution in 1,300+ New York stores, and events.