Mall of America Rebrand

What’s old is new again, never going out of style.

By Duffy & Partners May 15, 2013 Comments (1)


Summit Brewing Company's Union Series

An all-new package design for an all-new series of craft beers.

By Duffy & Partners Apr 26, 2013

Cultivating Family: Articondo & Happy Canyon

Introducing two new package designs for Grassini Family Vineyards.

By Duffy & Partners Apr 22, 2013


Elevate Your Package Design

The Dieline Conference 2013

By Joseph Duffy Apr 8, 2013

Everyday Design

Making it Personal

By Tricia Davidson Apr 4, 2013


Fisher Price: The Joy of Learning

Designing a tool to make shopping easier.

By Tricia Davidson Mar 11, 2013

Fisher Price: The Packaging System

Simplify & Unify.

By Tricia Davidson Mar 11, 2013


Summit Brewing Company Debuts New Logo

Rebranding the Summit Brewing Company

By Nancy Kullas Feb 21, 2013


The City of Lakes Loppet Ski Festival 2013

Welcoming ice and snow.

By Valerie Reupert Feb 1, 2013

Educate A Child

The hope for a better future begins with children.

By Tricia Davidson Nov 26, 2012


Ommegang Earns Its Seat at the Thanksgiving Table

This Belgian-style brew pairs well with style.

By Ashley Hudson Nov 22, 2012

Process Journals—Brewery Ommegang

Designing the perfect balance.

By Duffy & Partners Nov 21, 2012


The Drawing Type

Celebrating the TDC's 65th Anniversary

By Joe Duffy Sep 24, 2012 Comments (3)

Brewery Ommegang

Our latest design offering comes by the case.

By Joseph Duffy Aug 30, 2012 Comments (2)


6 Beers, 2 Bottles of Wine, and a Fifth of Whiskey.

No, that’s not what I had for dinner last night … but it is what I’ve been focusing much of my attention on these past few months.

By Joe Duffy Aug 22, 2012 Comments (1)


New Case Study :: AmLactin

Specially formulated. Clinically proven.

By Tricia Davidson Jul 9, 2012

Do What You Love

Art, life, and having a damn good time.

By Valerie Reupert Jun 22, 2012


Process Journals—Society for Rational Dress

Behind the scenes at D&P.

By Valerie Reupert Jun 8, 2012

Hillshire Brands

Proud to Rebrand

By Nancy Kullas Jun 5, 2012


Everyone's A Designer.

A Forbes CMO Network piece.

By Joe Duffy May 31, 2012

Be Change

Attending the See Change Conference 2012

By Valerie Reupert May 23, 2012


MOM Brands

By Ashley Hudson Feb 22, 2012


City of Lakes Loppet

By Carly Wright Jan 9, 2012

Why The Best Brands Eventually Leave Their Names Behind. Part 2

Branding giant Joe Duffy looks at the world's most powerful brands and how they've evolved to the point of "wordlessness."

By Joe Duffy Jan 3, 2012 Comments (1)



Speaking to Idiots.

A Forbes CMO Network piece.

By Joe Duffy Dec 12, 2011



Embracing Variation

What we can learn from the painting of Gerhard Richter.

By Valerie Reupert Oct 18, 2011



Cause Branding

A natural extension

By Tricia Davidson Apr 12, 2011

Tibor Kalman vs. Joe Duffy Revisited

"The mother of all design debates."

By Valerie Reupert Apr 7, 2011 Comments (1)


Design Icon Joe Duffy

The most important skills a designer can acquire.

By Valerie Reupert Apr 5, 2011

Locally Sourced Food

The race for green is a race with no finish line.

By Valerie Reupert Mar 29, 2011 Comments (5)


More signs - NYC

By Missy Wilson Mar 11, 2011




How Magazine's January Issue "Common Ground"

“We have clients who are bold, brash and opinionated, while others are meek, mild and couldn’t be nicer—and everything in between. The best designers learn to communicate in that particular person’s language.” Joe Duffy



Recently back from Seoul

"The soul of Asia"

By Tricia Davidson Dec 22, 2010




Blue

One day a couple weeks ago my daughter asked why it is that you can only find things in “4 shades of blue.”

By Tricia Davidson Sep 10, 2010 Comments (3)


Green Bike Invasion is Here

Close to 2 years ago John Munger and Bill Dossett came to D&P to discuss an idea that Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak had - bringing a bike share program to our city. At this point we were basically starting from scratch. Their direction was to make it happen, period.

By Joseph Duffy Jun 18, 2010

One Show Design 2010

I had the distinct pleasure to join an amazing cast of creatives as a judge at this year's One Show Design competition in Brooklyn, NY.

By Joseph Duffy May 4, 2010 Comments (1)


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Winter Olympic Uniform Design - Part Trois: The Ultimate Formula for Success?

How about asking a native artist from the host nation to design your uniforms? That’s what the Dutch did, and I honestly think they deserve the gold medal in design.

By Joe Duffy Feb 26, 2010


Winter Olympic Uniform Design - For God, Country, Fashion & Sport

The excitement is rising. The games will soon be here. I can’t wait. As someone raised in the ice and snow of Minnesota, the Winter Olympics are my favorite spectator event.

By Joe Duffy Feb 12, 2010 Comments (1)



NEW MATH: Arithmetic for the right-brain

Let me introduce the smart, witty artwork of American artist Craig Damrauer.

These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things

Last minute gift inspiration

By Tricia Davidson Dec 17, 2009 Comments (1)


Design Is Country

The country audience is the one we designers need to "play to" if we're going to broaden the appeal of our best work.

By Joe Duffy Dec 9, 2009


Design - The Gift That Keeps On Giving

In my life design has always been a way to connect me to the people I love and the things I believe in.

By Joe Duffy Nov 13, 2009


A Saloon Keeper's Son

Barkeeping and branding are both in my blood...and have more in common than you might think.

By Joe Duffy Nov 5, 2009