Stories

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Exploring the Problem of Plastic Pollution First-Hand

Each day leading up to Giving Tuesday on November 27^th, we will feature one case study showcasing our member companies’ social impact work. View the list to date here.

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BEworks Hosts Inaugural Summit for Science in Financial Services

Dressed in lab coats, over 150 professionals from financial service industries gathered at the Art Gallery of Ontario for the BEworks Summit for Science in Financial Services.

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Meet Kepler London

Mallory Anderson is the London office lead and director of client development in EMEA. She also directs the Marketing Analytics team across Kepler offices.

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RedPeak Rebrands MoveOn.org

The organization wanted to stand out in today’s flurry of messaging and media, and serve as a resource for Americans seeking to get active and stand up for democracy.

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A Glimpse Into Sid Lee Paris

We invited Sid Lee Paris to give us a taste of how the team stays true to its French Canadian roots – while also adding a Parisian flair.

Launching the kyu Portfolio

Home to almost 300 dynamic examples of the kyu Collective’s work, the kyu Portfolio is finally opening to showcase the immense depth and breadth of our impact.

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Kepler Joins kyu

Kepler Group, a digital marketing services company, enters the kyu community.

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9 Questions with Carla Mavaddat, Sid Lee

To get to know the creatives in our community better, 9 Questions is a regular series profiling their art and work.

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9 Questions with RedPeak’s Achu Fones

To get to know the creatives in the kyu community better 9 Questions is a regular series profiling their art and work.

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Backed by kyu, Sid Lee Paris Joins Forces with YARD

The deal was the first majority acquisition made by kyu to support the growth plans of a member company.

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IDEO acquires Datascope, a Chicago-based data science firm, with support from kyu

Who will harness the power of Augmented Intelligence?* The daily interactions between humans and machines present a massive opportunity to build new ventures, create new markets, and unlock value for customers.

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Digital Kitchen In Partnership with HBO, DK wins a Creative Arts Emmy Award

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Building Partnerships: The kyu Maru Program

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Creative Collaboration at Work: kyu Collective Canvas 2017

kyu has always set out to be a different type of collective, one driven by a unique purpose: to be a source of creativity that propels the economy and society forward. Three years since its founding, how are kyu and its member companies not only advancing this vision, but also transforming it into reality – especially through collaboration?

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Rebranding Red Peak

Red Peak has been making waves with their recent work for Brighthouse and Avnet.

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Cultivating Creative Talent: kyu at SXSW 2017

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Behavioral Economics Firm BEworks joins kyu Collective

The firm is the latest to join kyu’s network of creative companies.

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What It Looks Like When Philanthropy and Creativity Collide

In honor of #GivingTuesday, IDEO.org teamed up with the kyu Collective to launch #Designsgiving.