• Baker+Brown Co
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• Stories

Stories

As Harold Goddard quite eloquently positions the power of story, "The destiny of the world is determined less by the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves and believes in."

• 21-Jun-2017
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• Neil Brown
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• Adventure

We’ve packed up the stagecoach and are seeking out a little oasis in the desert.

We are tired exhausted! The last three months have been hectic. Actually, the last three years have been hectic. A quick recap: merged Neil’s previous company with another agency, began consulting independently, started living between two cities (NYC & ATL), meandered the U.S. for seven months (living out of our car basically), continued traveling for another year (by plane, mostly), settled back into just NYC for a year, and welcomed a baby boy into the family — yes we are now responsible for another human being. Those are just the highlights! And now we’re going off to college (Jen, not the baby boy) living between Phoenix and Manhattan.

• 20-Nov-2016
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• Neil Brown
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• Adventure

Finding time to reflect and envision is a critical element in the creative process.

We joined forces with Ben and Micole Messner to design a weekend away—a retreat—nestled in the rolling hills of the Hudson Valley in upstate New York. No stranger to short term adventures, Ben Messner is a mastermind of planning, logistics, organizing, sourcing and especially, vision for nurturing community. After months and months of nonstop travel, we were thrilled at the notion of a weekend to pause with old friends, and the growing Spectrum team.

• 24-Jan-2016
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• Neil Brown
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• Portrait

A global community centered on the passionate pursuit of capturing portraits, and telling the stories of those in our world.

We hold the world in the palm of our hand. With a few taps of a ‘button’ behind slick, scratch resistant glass one can find himself instantly connecting with individuals around the globe. While we know this networked kinship is easy achievable, it is a rare sight to see individuals leaving the isolation of the digital world in order to venture out into reality together as strangers with the anticipation of leaving as friends. Pursuit of Portraits is one such rarity, bonding wanderers in a single common endeavor—the human story.

• 11-Jan-2016
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• Neil Brown
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• Travel

While many accelerate after ringing in the new year, we gathered with a group upstate to reflect on last year and contemplate our path forward.

The new year marks typical rituals of ambitious goal setting, ignoring the past for the sake of the future and striking an accelerated tempo to kick off the year strong. We chose to rebel. We joined forces with Ben and Micole Messner to design a weekend away—a retreat—nestled in the rolling hills in the Hudson Valley in upstate New York. No stranger to short term adventures, Ben is a mastermind of planning, logistics, organizing, sourcing and especially, vision for nurturing community. After months and months of nonstop travel, Jen and I were thrilled at the notion of a weekend to pause with old friends, and new.

• 02-Jan-2016
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• Neil Brown
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• Entrepreneurs

Re-imaging the real estate industry’s role to renew, refresh and transform neighborhoods and communities.

In-town neighborhoods have seen significant change over the last several decades. In many areas, communities fell apart years ago and today the real estate industry is picking up the pieces as quickly as possible to turn as much profit as possible. New opportunities are rising to re-imagine the real estate industry for generations to come—developing the industry to focus on the value of families, neighbors and communities.

• 12-Dec-2015
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• Jen Baker Brown
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• Portrait

A few stationary weeks calls for a celebration!

Hibernating in Atlanta for the past few weeks after five months of being on the road has meant two things; first, my Instagram feed has shifted from epic views back to its norm…cat photos. Second, we have paused in one location just long enough to squeeze in a Baker+Brown holiday party. Hostessing is one of my often unfulfilled joys in life—especially when we’re traveling more than we are at home. So, having the opportunity to catch up with friends and eat gobs of butter laden cookies was a treat!