Why Economic Development Matters

Why Economic Development Matters

By Jami Gibson I recently watched the documentary Rich Hill, a 2014 Sundance Film Festival award-winning film that depicts the lives of three teenage boys and their families living in rural Missouri. The town, Rich Hill, was once a thriving coal-mining town in the...

Avoiding Web Design Mistakes

By Jami Gibson Earlier this month, I attended a local tech talk aimed to help small businesses avoid the pitfalls of website design. Chad Warner, founder of OptimWise, a Holland, MI-based web design agency, delivered a phenomenal presentation highlighting the most...

JOY

By Jami Gibson With the holidays in full effect, I’ve spent much time with family and friends over the past several weeks. It seems that many of the conversations we have this time of year are spent reflecting on the past year and anticipating the New Year. It was on...

4D Printing: Bringing Designs to Life

By Jami Gibson “‘Some assembly required’ may soon be replaced with ‘just add water.’” The opening quote from FW:Thinking’s YouTube video, 4D Printing is the Future of Design, is shockingly accurate. While 3D printing has been gaining momentum commercially for some...