Larsen Broadens Talent Pool

Larsen & Lifescience Alley Present Mavericks at Work on October 25

Larsen Expands Creative Staff

College of Visual Arts Exhibit — Ideas Made Visible — to Showcase 30 Years of Work by Larsen Design + Interactive

Larsen Announces New Business Worth $1.5 Million In Revenue

News @ Larsen

Larsen deepens talent pool

April 2008

Larsen has added four new professionals in Minneapolis and three in California, filling important roles in design, interactive development, account service, and marketing.

In Minneapolis, Jim Madson, president of AIGA Minnesota, joins Larsen as Director of Business Development. Arnold Andres Porras joins as Interactive Designer, Jason Brierley joins as Account Executive, and Nick Richter joins as Interactive Developer.

In California, Mike Harding joins as Account Executive, and Wei Tien Pang and Akiko Ito join as contract designers.

Arnold Andres Porras speaks fluent Spanish, both Mike Harding and Wei Tien Pang speak fluent Mandarin Chinese, and Akiko Ito speaks fluent Japanese. Larsen is delighted to bring the additional expertise of these professionals to our clients.

Tim Larsen lauded in Graphic Design USA

March 2008

Graphic Design USA recognized Tim Larsen for his recent AIGA Fellow Award: "In 1971, Tim Larsen got his start as a young graphic designer, working for one of the two major graphic design firms in Minneapolis. When he opened up his own design firm four years later, simply known as Larsen, he launched the next wave of companies that built the vibrant Minnesota design community we all know today."
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New work, new clients

March 2008
Larsen teams are working on new branding, design, marketing, interactive, and environmental graphics projects for clients including Best Buy, Buffalo Wild Wings, HealthPartners, Image Sensing Systems, Norwest Equity Partners, Banner Engineering, Energy Efficient Solutions, Prime Therapeutics, Albertsson Hansen Architecture, and The Children's Theatre Company.

Happy New Year Greeting

January 2008
Welcome 2008! Larsen is delighted to celebrate a brand new (leap) year.
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Tim Larsen interviewed in Twin Cities Business for "What I Learned" column.

December 2007
"My father owned the Capital Theater in downtown Bismarck, North Dakota. I started working there when I was 12, making popcorn and selling candy...." Read article

Jo Davison appointed board member

December 2007
Jo Davison, Vice President, Creative, appointed board member for APDF (Association of Professional Design Firms) and asked to serve on University of Wisconsin-Stout Advisory Council.

Larsen Senior Writer John Andreini wins first place in Answers.com Creative Writing Challenge

October 2007
Larsen Senior Writer John Andreini captured first place in the Answers.com Creative Writing Challenge with his original composition "The Shrieking of the Monkeys." The contest required Andreini to use (and link to) 10 words specified by Answers.com, including "fug," "horripilation," and "simian." John talks about his winning entry in this interview.

Larsen sponsors Mavericks at Work

October 2007
Larsen is sponsoring bestselling author and CNN innovation correspondent Polly LaBarre, author of Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win, at October 25 breakfast event at the Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis. Registration is through LifeScience Alley Programs and Events.

Larsen sponsors Steven Heller, CVA Leaders of Design Series

October 2007
Steven Heller, author of more than 100 books on design and visual culture, to speak at CVA Leaders of Design Series on November 1 at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul. Larsen is sponsoring the event with AIGA Minnesota, Studio On Fire, and Target Corporation. Registration is through AIGA Minnesota.

Larsen on top 25 marketing blog

September 2007
Larsen's Director of Writing Services Gwyneth Dwyer has been invited to blog on MarketingProfs Daily Fix, a top 25 marketing blog. Updated daily, the MarketingProfs Daily Fix pools commentary and opinion from 75 contributors, including Tom Peters, Joseph Jaffe, Gerry McGovern, and Seth Godin.

Tim Larsen honored with two prestigious awards

August 2007
Larsen's president and founder will receive an AIGA Fellow Award from the Minnesota Chapter of AIGA for his significant contribution to the practice of design. The award will be announced at the AIGA Design Legends Gala in September in New York. Larsen will also receive a Distinguished Alumni Award from Minnesota State University Moorhead for his professional and civic contributions.

Big props to us

July 2007
Well, big pushpins anyway. Larsen's websites for Enclos and Naterra Land and our very own inSights e-newsletter have found their way into AdFed's 2007 "The Show." We'll try not to let it go to our heads. Really, we will.

This month, we're all business

June 2007
We're pleased to announce that exciting new projects are in the works for a number of new and existing Larsen clients, including the University of Minnesota, Medtronic, Regions Hospital, Century College, Grand View Lodge, and Target Corporation.

You read it here first

May 2007
Larsen inSights articles are getting around. MarketingProfs.com recently reprinted "Humor in Communications" and "Creativity at Work" from previous editions of our e-newsletter. Both articles ranked among the site's top five reads the weeks they appeared.

A win-win-win-win-win situation

April 2007
Larsen projects took five awards at this year's annual competitions of the Minnesota chapters of AIGA and the Public Relations Society of America. Our SEMICON West 2006 invitation and 2006 holiday card for Applied Materials and signage for the Minneapolis Public Library and Guthrie Theater were stars of the AIGA Minnesota Design Show, while Larsen's 2005 annual report for St. Jude Medical earned a best-in-category PRSA award.

Larsen is in the game!

March 2007
We recently teamed up with HOK Architecture and Architectural Alliance on the new TCF Bank stadium in the works at the University of Minnesota. Larsen is designing signage and graphics that Gopher fans will be sure to cheer.

Larsen announces new work

January 2007
Larsen teams are jazzed to be working on a variety of new projects including rebranding, website design, online and print promotions, packaging, visual systems, and environmental graphics for numerous clients including Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Microsoft Expression™, Minnesota Public Radio, Image Sensing Systems, Walsh Bishop Associates, Norwest Equity Partners, Marquette Asset Management, and Landmark Center.

Larsen wins four international writing awards from MarCom Creative

December 2006
The Larsen writing department recently captured four MarCom Creative awards for writing excellence, including a platinum award, the highest honor, for the Park Nicollet Major Gifts Campaign "Make it Better" brochure. Larsen won a gold writing award for the Starkey nFusion™ brochure, and two Larsen inSights e-newsletter articles took gold and honorable mention awards: "Humor in Communications: 6 Serious Tips" and "Visual Systems: Controlling What Was Once Left To Chance."