Meet the Media Underdogs of Portland: Left Hand Agency
A creative eye to serious media strategy—without the holding company baggage
Legal Readiness in the Age of Independent Agency M&A
Matchstick Legal’s latest resources help independent agencies prepare for what’s next
How Independent Agencies Can Crush the Pitch: 10 Tough Lessons from a Search Consultant
No holding back by Stephan Argent
For Indie Agencies, This Might Be One of the More Useful AI Conversation Yet
Forget the buzzwords—Taryn Southern and Nilesh Ashra offered a smart, weird, and refreshingly useful look at AI in the agency context
Across Time Zones, On the Same Wavelength: Sister Cities for Q2
Indie Agency News members finding common ground, one unexpected match at a time
#1 | Top 40: Design | The Most Beautiful Airport Rebrand Has an Icelandic Vibe
Brandenburg’s KEF identity is a masterclass in multisensory design
#2 | Top 40: Design | Queer Stories and a Bold Format
Part magazine, part manifesto—Animal Print from Vacation is what happens when design, culture, and identity collide beautifully on paper
#3 | Top 40: Design | Scaling Pitch Black Into a National Brand for Black Entrepreneurs
A bold redesign from Odd Notion turned this single-day event into a 365-day movement
#4 | Top 40: Design | Deck the Halls with Generative AI and Disco
A little ABBA, a lot of Ammunition
#5 | Top 40: Design | Butterfly Superhighway Project Soars on Design
Lafayette American connects nature
#7 | Top 40: Design | Icelandic Real Estate Gets a Joyful Rebrand
Design that builds belonging from Brandenburg
#8 | Top 40: Design | A Holiday Cookbook Full of Chaos and Charm
Agency recipes from Curiosity, some edible, all beautiful.
#10 | Top 40: Design | A Giant Slime Tanker, Courtesy of MrBeast
This toy launch made a mess—in a good way from R&R Partners
#11 | Top 40: Design | Elevating the Tasting Experience
Gilded, gorgeous, and grape-forward from Partners + Napier