The Top 10 Ways to Become Creatively Inspired

To celebrate Red Door’s 10th anniversary this year (double digits!), we would like to share our personality, core values, and overall excitement through a series of “top 10” blog posts on the 10th each month. Coming up with ideas on demand can be a challenge, but not when you’re armed with the right inspiration. Here, the Red Door Creative Department shares the top 10 ways they kick-start their creative thinking. 1. Change it up. To me, change is so inspiring ... Continue Reading

Does Red Door Have Talent?

  Red Door’s Got Talent!... or at least we like to think we do. This summer has really blown by and the Red Door Interns have completely settled-in, staying busy with client meetings, internal projects and day-to-day tasks. We’ve come all the way from nervous newbies to pulling off a full-blown takeover of Red Door’s social media platforms. And in the midst of this coup, we’re organizing the first annual Red Door Variety Show! This internal ... Continue Reading

Let’s chat. Join us for a #CreativeChat!

  Join Red Door's Executive Creative Director, Lisa Schiavello, & the social summer interns as we begin the conversation about taking Creative Risks. Want to join us? On Thursday, August 11th from 1 to 2 PM (PST) we'll be tweeting via #creativechat  & @RedDoor  asking Lisa about some risky business! Have some questions you want to create buzz about? Send 'em to our Facebook or Twitter by August 10th! Want to meet us face to face? ... Continue Reading

Save the Date: August Speaker Series – Creative Risk Taking

  Creative Risk Taking: When thinking outside the box just isn’t enough The Old Spice twitter campaign. Subservient Chicken. Apple’s 1984. Great advertising has always been about taking risks. But it’s not just the creatives that push the envelope with their ideas. It’s also about the marketing leaders that are willing to approve work that makes them just a teensy bit nervous. Or the account director that provides proof points for why the ... Continue Reading

Red Door Interactive’s Featured Artist: Joanna Milo

  Welcome to Red Door Interactive’s first featured artist post. Each quarter we will highlight the work of a different featured artist in our “Gallery” themed conference room.  We hope you enjoy the paintings created by this quarter’s highlighted artist, Joanna Milo, and welcome you to stop by our Downtown San Diego office to see and be inspired by them.   Drawing Inspiration from Featured Artwork: Here at Red Door Interactive ... Continue Reading

You Don’t Have to Be a “Creative” to Be Creative

Fast Company Reid Carr What does a person deemed "creative" look like? You might picture a man with horn-rimmed glasses in a long-sleeved black mock turtleneck or a young woman, powered by caffeine, donning the latest fashions. They are certain to come up with the next big idea, the white knight, at each and every brainstorming session, or maybe not. There is no question that some people are more inventive than others, but is that "right brain" a product of nature ... Continue Reading

When You Launch the Maritime Museum Web Site, Do You Smash a Bottle of Champagne Across the Bow?

One of the best things about working at Red Door is that we get to serve extraordinary clients. The Maritime Museum of San Diego is a perfect example. Red Door Interactive was recently chosen to create their new Web site. The museum is great local organization and has been an asset to the community for decades.

The Maritime Museum’s research credentials and educational programs are second to none. Nautical books, seafaring

Red Door’s Beer:30 boxcar wins at the San Diego ADDYs

Every year, Red Door enters top creative to the San Diego ADDYs Creative Show. We’ve walked away with numerous awards over the years, but never anything quite like this. This year, the San Diego Ad Club decided to host the first annual Pinewood Derby contest where local agencies race in-house designed boxcars. The Pinewood Derby supports this years ADDYs theme “Your ideas have legs. Now let’s see if they have wheels.” There were four awards given: Fastest, Slowest, Most Creative ... Continue Reading

When it’s okay to break the rules.

Recently, my six-year old daughter was looking over my shoulder as I was writing some ad copy. She then said, “Hey Mom, you can’t start a sentence with and.” “Well, Gina,” I said, rather at a loss for words, wondering how does she know this, “I’m writing Web copy. It’s okay to break the rules.” My apologies to Gina’s first-grade teacher Mrs. Willis, I am one of those responsible for the decline of the English language. But as a copywriter, I’m not writing ... Continue Reading

Sex, Links and Videotape

Yesterday I  went back to an older post on this blog to watch a video of the Red Door creative department at the New Children's Museum. I was rather surprised to see a selection of related videos show up in the screen when the video was done playing. One of these videos was titled 3-D Interactive Sex Game as you can see in the screen shot below. Oh my goodness. Apparently, one of the prices you pay for streaming to YouTube for free is the ready availability of other content. Which ... Continue Reading

Creative outing to the New Children's Museum

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” -Pablo Picasso Every so often, the Red Door creative team makes an outing to a local museum for inspiration. Interactive Designer Michelle’s sister Lindsay works at the New Children’s Museum, just a short stroll along the embarcadero from the RDI offices. Museum is really a misnomer for the place, it’s more like New Children’s Fun-o-rama and the creative team had no problem tapping into ... Continue Reading

Creative outing to the New Children’s Museum

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” -Pablo Picasso Every so often, the Red Door creative team makes an outing to a local museum for inspiration. Interactive Designer Michelle’s sister Lindsay works at the New Children’s Museum, just a short stroll along the embarcadero from the RDI offices. Museum is really a misnomer for the place, it’s more like New Children’s Fun-o-rama and the creative team had no problem tapping into the ... Continue Reading