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Summer just got a little brighter at AGAR ☀️

Please join us in welcoming our summer co-ops: Stella Nicholas, Kori Moore and Brooke Honerlaw.

Kori joins us as a Graphic Design Co-op from the University of Cincinnati, Stella joins us as a Marketing Co-op from Miami University, and Brooke joins us as a Finance & Accounting Co-op from the University of Cincinnati.

We’re grateful to have their fresh perspective, curiosity, and creative energy in the mix this summer. Welcome to the team!

👏 Congratulations to Josh Heuser on being named a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2026 East Central!

Presented by EY, Entrepreneur Of The Year has been celebrating bold, visionary leaders since 1986 and has recognized more than 11,000 entrepreneurs across nearly 60 countries who are shaping industries through innovation, courage, and growth.

This recognition places Josh among an outstanding group of founders and business leaders across Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia who are driving real impact and redefining what is possible in business today.

: AGAR’s Kerry Francis was recently featured in the Cincinnati Business Courier, sharing more about our move downtown and the opening of Sample Space.

More than a new office, this space represents a new chapter for how we gather, create, and build culture. As a blank canvas for art, strategy, and experience - every corner was designed with human connection in mind.

Every meaningful experience starts with a clear emotional or cultural truth.

Core Meaning is the defining idea behind the experience:
📍 What it stands for.
🌎 Why it exists.
🫶 What people connect to emotionally.

Without meaning, experiences become moments.
With meaning, they become movements.

Tonight marks the fourth and final Artist Talk at Elm Street Plaza.

Join AGAR’s Doug Bunker and Noah Beiting for a conversation around Coluratura - our latest public art installation exploring color, interaction, and the power of shared space.

They’ll share the inspiration behind the piece and how we think about public art as a tool for transforming everyday environments into places of connection.

🗓 Thursday, May 28
⏰ 5:30 PM
📍 Elm Street Plaza

Places hold capacity. Experiences hold memory ✨

From festivals and concerts to sporting events and cultural moments, AGAR designs for the feeling people carry with them long after the lights go down.

A little Friday archive dive before the long weekend.

Since 2026 is apparently the new 2016, we went back ten years to where the wonder was already in motion - building moments, shaping culture, and finding new ways to move people.

Different decade ⏰ Same wonder ✨

What if connection wasn’t the result of an experience, but the foundation of it?

Emotional Infrastructure™ embeds human connection into the core of brands, places, and experiences from the very beginning.

Not as a marketing outcome.
Not as a KPI.
As infrastructure.

Because the experiences that create lasting relevance are the ones designed around how people feel, engage, and connect with one another.

AGAR is headed to InfoComm 2026! Join Justin Brookhart for “Designing Collective Wonder: Light, Art & the Future of Immersive Placemaking” - a conversation exploring how light, art, and technology can transform everyday environments into immersive shared experiences that deepen connection and reshape how people engage with place.

🗓 Thursday, June 18
⏰ 2:30 PM
📍 Las Vegas