Rizen Creative Ideas, advertising & design for underdog brands

Amela, one of our talented graphic designers, is Bosnian and from the small town of Teslic, Bosnia – a few hours north of Sarajevo. She and her family are refugees from the war torn province (cool Underdog story).
As part of our monthly “Lunch, Lounge and Learn” we took a trip to the BoEx which is a [...]

We already mentioned how cool we thought it was that this sign went viral. What’s even cooler?

Macklemore himself noticed! Nice shout out for our friends at the Idaho Youth Ranch.

Ads can speak to us in many ways. These new Nordstom ads, created by Mekanism (a San Fransisco based agency), demonstrate the perfect blend of clever copy, and less than ordinary imagery.
Old Spice meets Hipster, basically.
The difference being that these ads don’t take things too far like most of the Old Spice ad impersonators out [...]

From thematboard.com:
The Matboard is a social bookmarking hub for the creative world which will enable users to explore, share, and inspire creative work via two of the most compelling elements of social media: creative visual content and social media sharing capabilities. The Matboard will offer the creative world a digital platform from which they can [...]

In case you haven’t heard, this great city of ours (Boise) is turning 150 this year! If you want to sound smart, start using the word “sesquicentennial” around all your friends. And while you’re at it, check out some of the sesquicentennial celebratory events and exhibits around town.
The “Remnants of Boise” exhibit is particularly fascinating as [...]

“The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.”
- Antony Jay

In our minds, the 1982 Wolverine comic mini-series was and still is an achievement in art and concept. It portrayed Wolverine as a stranger in Japan. Drawn brilliantly by Frank Miller with words from Chris Claremont, the story perfectly captured the outcast mentality of Wolverine and magnified it by placing him in the orient.
Now, Hollywood [...]

Like the rest of America, we caught the bracket bug this week. Starting with a blank slate of 64 teams, everyone was their own expert when filling out their forms. Some were ESPN informed, others used a best-logo-advances formula. But, either way, by day two, many a bracket were busted.
It could be that we [...]

Nothing witty, metaphorical or anecdotal to say. We just wanted to provide a deep belly laughter. And that is brought to you by a Guy On A Buffalo.

The crew at Wieden Kennedy does it again. Taking the internet by storm with this brilliant Mr. Wolfdog campaign for their new “Wild Collection.” Mr. Wolfdog was first introduced to us as the Chief Director of Marketing for Old Spice last week on Facebook. Followed by a series of video’s offering his expert opinion on [...]