Gabe Couch of Tagless Included in AB's 20 in Their 20s
In case you missed it, Gabe Couch of Tagless is one of the beautiful people.
And by that, we mean of course, a member of Arkansas Business' 20 in Their 20s, The New Influentials, out this week.
Like we said, the young, beautiful people...(who one day soon will systematically take over the world and relegate anybody over 30 to Carousel. We kid, we kid. We hope we kid.)
Anyway, that's Gabe in the graphic at right, middle of the top row. Look for the beard.
Couch is one the guys behind the Few agency in Little Rock, the Made by Few conference and Designed by Few competition. He's also a founder of Tagless, the current ARK Challenge Little Rock startup (and therefore IA client firm).
IA and Arkansas Business are running a series of profiles on ARK teams in Little Rock; look for Tagless in the next few days.
Meantime, here's the write-up on Gabe from 20 in Their 20's (and yes, it's Ga'Briel):
Ga’Briel Couch graduated from the University of Central Arkansas in 2009 with a degree in graphic design, but said he comes from a school of thought that’s founded in self-learning and self-challenging. “You learn more from core experiences than from the core curriculum that’s set out for you,” Couch said. This ideal set the course for Couch’s nonlinear career path.
During an internship with Arkansas Business Publishing Group, Couch was introduced to the corporate structure of producing creative products for the public. He worked with management to become the company’s first junior designer, but left soon after to work for Essick Air Products and later for Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield.
After about three years, he began working as a designer for Acumen Brands and Saatchi & Saatchi X in northwest Arkansas before he decided corporate life wasn’t for him.
Couch is now a partner and designer at Few, a website development company composed of a group of friends. “I want to work in environments that allow me to challenge myself — better myself — as well as my friends and the people around me as we develop things we care about,” he said.
The company came about after Couch launched tech and design conferences Made by Few and Designed by Few in 2012 and 2013.
In addition to contributing to the “maker culture” of Arkansas, Couch is also launching startup Tagless Style, an online curated style service.