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Remembering the Simple Life

For the Blackcoffee Studio launch, my goal was to create a website that was clean and simple: a site that would illustrate clarity, one that would be easy to navigate and speak to a business case. Yet I still wanted to engage the heart along with the brain. Finding the right art – photos, illustrations,…

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The Evolution of Blackcoffee

Launching Blackcoffee Studio has been a powerful and humbling exercise. Following the creation of Blackcoffee Communications in 2002, I tackled client challenges with gusto and determination, soon forgetting to tend to the needs of my own brand. I knew I suffered from the ‘shoemaker’s children syndrome’, but business was good and lots of other priorities…

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Shannon Larkins

Shannon Larkins

Hi I’m Shannon, founder of Blackcoffee. A former reporter, spin doctor and politico, I now focus on using those instincts where they matter most.

I create powerful brands for clients and help shape how their stories are understood in the world. I’m also rather addicted to my nutty family, dogs with pushed-in faces, Mexico and of course coffee ... black.