A New York based design agency, founded by famous designers Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh, sent out an email blast announcing the re-launch of their firm with nude photos of themselves when Walsh joined the team in June 2012.
The photo replicated the mailer Sagmeister sent out 19 years ago to announce his firm Sagmeister Inc. and it caused quite a stir online, Huffingtonpost reported.
Walsh said that within an hour of sending out the email blast, they received a ton of publicity through social media, according to a February 2013 interview with The Creative Influence Director Mario De Armas.
Walsh insisted that it was quite a functional piece of design.
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