ML:What are your feelings about the large layoffs and the slump in the industry?
HC:I'm saddened for those who have been hit hard by it, but I stopped obsessing on it long ago...I do wonder how much further it will go, where will it lead us, how will it continue to change our lives.
ML:We know that you've contracted work out to agencies such as Razorfish, have you ever done so with individual freelance designers? If so, what's been your experience?
HC:Actually it's the other way around...Razorfish has contracted work out to us, we have referred jobs to them and other agencies, but we stay away from contracting work out to freelancers or other studios simply because we have little to gain. We live and die by the quality of our work and we have stayed deliberately small so that we can stay focused on design, not management.