{"id":1394,"date":"2014-02-07T17:19:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T23:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curedesigngroup.com\/wordpress\/?p=1394"},"modified":"2014-05-20T02:01:38","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T07:01:38","slug":"friends-fun-ction-design-alive-magazine-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curedesigngroup.com\/wordpress\/cure-design-group\/friends-fun-ction-design-alive-magazine-feature.html","title":{"rendered":"Friends, Fun-ction &#038; Design \/\/ ALIVE Magazine Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>EVERY project I work on becomes personal to me because I love what I do. To that end, every project is rewarding because the finished design enhances and influences my client&#8217;s quality of life- it&#8217;s especially fantastic, though, when said project happens to be one of your best friends. 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