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April Fool’s Day comes but once a year and when it arrives, it’s awfully hard to resist here at Rizen. We’re all lovers of good-natured pranks and today certainly proved that to be true. But before we delve into just who got the brunt of our prankster energy, let’s take a look at a brief [...]

We’ve chronicled the transformation of Fork, a client of ours, over the past few months. It’s impressive to see the old bank building on 8th and Idaho transform so dramatically in such a short period of time. Soon this space will be brimming with folks enjoying yummy Northwest cuisine and libations from an immense wine [...]

Our office building was constructed almost 100 years right next to the train tracks that once cut through downtown Boise. Today, those railroad tracks are gone. Torn up, paved over and, in our case, replaced with a parking garage.
The result is this window (we have two of them actually) that looks out on the cinder [...]

Six Design teams came together for a great cause this week.  They all submitted mural designs for the wall that surrounds the former Eastman Building - better known as “the hole”- to honor the 100th anniversary of The Women’s and Children’s Alliance. Each year The Boise Ad Federation takes on a public service campaign to [...]

Here’s something every guitar player needs: a Rizen Creative guitar pick. Interested? Drop us a note and we’ll set one aside for you. Rock on!

Last week, we posted about our Christmas card process and how this year we worked with Giraffe Laugh Learning Centers to create them.
While the “winners” were selected, printed and put in the mail (we’ll share those next week), we received so many great illustrations that we wanted to share a few of them here. The [...]

‘Tis the season of giving. We’re celebrating with a Rizen Family Christmas, an effort to bring together Rizen’s extended family to help a couple of families in need. If you’re feeling extra generous, we’d love to have you join us. Read more about it here.
In the meantime regale yourself with photos from our Rizen Family [...]

Thanks to the efforts of Travis Swartz’s camera, the rizen team and great weather, we spent a morning putting together our first effort toward expressing a sense of who we are - creatives at the core!
Through storytelling, we used a series of Mad Men references to suggest what we are not.
Guest appearance by Bethany’s dog [...]

Heavens to Murgatroyd! The shelves (and fridge) at Rizen are fully stocked. I mean, fully stocked.