Atelier Sway_
New York. Est. 2012
Hello_

Brands people feel before they understand.

I am Michael Milligan, a creative director. Most brands look fine, and fine is forgettable. For nearly two decades I have been hunting for the one idea a company cannot live without, then carrying it through pictures, words, rooms and screens until people feel it.

The form changes. The idea has to survive it.
00.0Contents
01

The Practice

  1. 01.1/Brand, identity and creative direction
  2. 01.2/For companies in the middle of a change
  3. 01.3/Two or three projects at a time. You get me, not a team you have never met.Start
02

The Lab

  1. 02.1/Short films, dreamed first
  2. 02.2/Products that whisper
  3. 02.3/Unfinished on purposeEnter
03

The Work

  1. 03.1/The Cosmopolitan of Las VegasProphet
  2. 03.2/LexusBerlin Cameron
  3. 03.3/DeloitteDeloitte Digital
  4. 03.4/GucciArnell
  5. 03.5/EmartProphet
  6. 03.6/FontainebleauArnell
  7. 03.7/Shown in person, chosen for youAsk
04

Before

  1. 04.1/Deloitte DigitalBrand at scale
  2. 04.2/Berlin Cameron / WPPCulture, fast
  3. 04.3/ProphetDesign at the table
  4. 04.4/ArnellHeat and heritage
05

Beliefs, this week

  1. 05.1/If it feels safe, it is wrong.
  2. 05.2/Mystery needs a little room.
  3. 05.3/Tools accelerate. Judgment decides.
06

Connect

  1. 06.1/Is your business moving faster than your brand? Write to me. That is usually where the good work starts.
  2. 06.2/connect@ateliersway.com
  3. 06.3/LinkedIn
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