Three years ago this month, my name came off the door. We said farewell to “Borshoff Johnson Matthews” and our co-branded creative branch “2Fold.” We melded together and became known as simply “Borshoff.”

It was a good move. We believe in collaboration and coordinated communications. One name for one team in one company – working together for our clients.

Yes, I had been very proud to have my name on the door. But I’m even prouder today, as our focused vision has moved our agency forward with purpose and clarity. In spite of the recent economic challenges, and in part because of the name change and all it represents, we are stronger than ever.

Three years ago when I told my mother we were sunsetting the name Borshoff Johnson Matthews, she paused and said, “Well, it does sound like a fuddy-duddy law firm.”

Mom was right. But because she’s a mom, she still drinks her coffee from a Borshoff Johnson Matthews mug.

“I could probably push a little more here…”

“I like the connection here…”

“I’m drawn to that…”

“We need to get it a little bigger to communicate…”

“The relationship between the shape and the type is much more balanced here…”

“The greens and blues make me feel good…”

“I love what you did with the Y here…”

“Adding the vertical line – it needed that…”

“I like the thought behind that…”

“It seems a little funky…”

“This is an initial look at where we’re going with the theme…”

“If we could just give a little more color and life to it…”

“I wanted this typeface to have a little more personality on this level…”

“I want to work this a little more — see if I can bring in a little more color…”

“I want to impress as much as we can…”

“I’d like to have other themes in our back pocket…”

“I would feel comfortable presenting these three just the way they are…”

“Beyond that, if you guys want to tweak and finesse, I’m all for it…”

“Perfect. Thanks guys.”