OUR APPROACH
We imagine and transform brands by putting the human at the heart of our creative approach.
“Because boring is bad for business.”
WHO ARE THEY
They Department is a multidisciplinary creative agency based in Manhattan & Taichung that helps businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals speak up, step forward and stand out.
We arrive at business-reflective design decisions by integrating strategic thinking with human-centric design, creating brands with personalities that you’ll want to hang out with (and buy things from).
WHAT WE DO
Brand Strategy
Product Development
Production Sourcing
Retail Strategy
Brand Identity Design
Art Direction
Creative Advertising
E-commerce Web Design
Digital Marketing
Social Media Management
Brand Photography & Film
Interior / Experience Design
WHAT WE GIVE A SHIT ABOUT
We believe in the power of great design = good business, the energy of working creatively together, and good, clean, simple, no BS communications.
We also believe that doing yoga regularly can eventually give you magical powers.
“There’s no shortage in remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them.”
- Some famous marketing guy said this, we forgot his name
THE TEAM
Jack Lin | Creative Director
taking care of how the brand looks and feels
Daniel Ojalvo | Business & Retail Director
taking care of how the brand makes money
Angela Lin | PR / Marketing Director
taking care of how the brand survives in the world
Our team is lean, which is another word for small, which allows us to be flexible, keeping the overhead down and providing our clients with that personal touch that leads to true collaborations. When creative juices flow and wifi is strong - we can always assemble our senior-level creative partners, designers, photographers, writers, strategists, PR people, sugar-daddies and manufacturing connections, as needed, on projects for the perfect fit.
“We may be small but our hearts are large”
- That Ben Stiller movie with museum dinosaurs
Awards & Recognitions
2020
A’ Design Award (Italy) - Gold
Nominated for Designer of the Year
2020
Golden Pin Design Award - Finalist
2019
Fashion Institue of Technology - Design Entrepreneur Finalist
2018
Micam Milano 85 - Emerging Designer
2017
Adobe Design Achievement Award - Design
2016