Catalyst Ranch’s
Creative Juice Blog
Today’s blog entry is guest written by Kristin Neperud Merz of www.unscribbled.com where she has been designing, branding and doing all things creative since 2000. Kristin also serves Catalyst Ranch as a Creative Strategist and is our designer of all things digital. You can see some of her fabulous work in our website redesign which is now live! She is also the writer of [...]
One of the things that makes Catalyst Ranch such a wonderful place is the incredible talent and creativity of the staff. Many of our Ranch Hands lead a rich and talented artistic life outside of the Ranch! From actors to crafters, sculptors to musicians and everything in between, our employees' creative lives enrich the Catalyst Ranch [...]
Well Creative Juicers, today is a very special day here at Catalyst Ranch. Today is the 11 year anniversary of our very first meeting. On that fateful day 11 years ago the very first clients walked in the (freshly painted) doors of Catalyst Ranch. Back then we were only one floor and the staff was more [...]
It's Halloween here at Catalyst Ranch! (Well it's Halloween everywhere I suppose) To celebrate this creative holiday we decided to put our Ranch Hands to the test in the ultimate battle of wits, creativity and stamina - a pumpkin carving contest. Its up to you now to vote for your favorite creation and ultimately crown one [...]
In addition to being a go to destination for meetings and events, Catalyst Ranch partners with several community based philanthropic organizations throughout Chicago. We recently partnered with Lydia Home on projectMUSIC to send 40 abused and neglected children to summer camp. Coming up this week we partner with another amazing Chicago philanthropy called Kaleidoscope for their [...]
We're smack in the middle of Big Draw Chicago and all of us at Catalyst Ranch are having a blast checking out all the amazing events! We've already written at length about what an amazing project Big Draw Chicago is and Catalyst Ranch is so proud to be one of its sponsors! If you aren't familiar with [...]
When Dilini Fernando, an Associate Brand Manager over at Miller and the winner of this years Cubicle Makeover Contest, submitted to us she mentioned that she is "expected to be at the epi-center of all things fun/hip/chic/Millennial but right now, my desk hardly reflects that." In designing her Cubicle Makeover Catalyst Ranch's Eva Niewiadomski and Lauren Smith [...]
As anyone who has been to Catalyst Ranch knows, there is nowhere else quite like Catalyst Ranch. And now we are pleased to unveil our brand new website that highlights just how unique the Ranch truly is. The new site was created by our designer of all things digital, (and frequent guest blogger) Kristin Neperud Merz [...]
We're eleven days away from projectMUSIC and all of us here at Catalyst Ranch could not be more excited! Out of all the events we host every year projectMUSIC is definitely one of our favorites. On August 24th, Spirit Family Reunion will come to the Ranch to play a special private performance to benefit the kids of [...]
If you go back through notes from past meetings, I'd be willing to bet that somewhere amongst the bullet points are more than a few doodles (don't worry we won't tell). And I'd also be willing to bet that as a toddler, before you even knew what you were doing, you were drawing on every surface [...]