We are all more creative than we think.

The Creative Common Good

We Make Things

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Product, Branding and Hugs

Shifting Scales

I often speak about the need to be plastic and shift scales, about being able to look at situations from both a macro and micro point of view in order to fully understand the task at hand.

I have also spent much of my career working in very small studios-- April Greiman, Richard Holbrook, Don Chadwick, or even in my own studio-- and have had the great fortune of having worked on many amazing projects.

In 2014, the scale in which I was working radically shifted when I was offered a role within Gensler, one of the most esteemed Architecture & Design firms in the world, to act as Director of Product Design in the Southwest Region.

Shifting Perspectives

New vantage points offer new perspectives on life. It's why we have climbed the tallest peaks, ventured to the surface of the moon, and explored the deepest depths of the oceans.

Working on a radically different scale, gaining access to 6,000+ designers and architects around the world, combined with the promise of leveraging these new colleagues to perform true primary level research was an opportunity most would have a hard time passing up.

Since joining Gensler, I have been working as a Design Director in the Los Angeles Gensler office, working alongside clients around the world. I have also had the great pleasure of serving as Global Practice Area Leader for Product Design where I was able to mentor designers across the firm.

A Note about the Work

Having stepped away from my own studio has meant that I have also stepped away from doing work for myself. With that, much of the work that appears on this site has been done while at Gensler and is clearly stated as such. For more information on Gensler, please go here.

We’re Not Myopic

There's an antiqued notion in some realms that in order to accomplish goal X, you need to seek someone that has only done X before. In the end, they will deliver just that-- X. The problem is, you're now standing in a long line of X's. ReadMore-->

It’s All Connected

If there's one truism that can be carried across design genre, it's that Brand can't be divorced from Product. It doesn't matter what that product is, if there's not a narrative that dictates every nuance to a product or project, there's a disconnect. And people notice. ReadMore-->

A Lasting Relationship

Healthy relationships are those that grow together, and all parties involved can benefit from one another over time. When you're invested in the process and project, everyone has so much more to gain. ReadMore-->
A FEW THINGS WE'RE PROUD OF
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Thoughts
  • While it wasn’t intended for me per se, I got quit a laugh out of the new line of t-shirts Knoll is offering at the NYC shop.

  • There are a lot of “dying” artforms out there, and this is surely one of them. The talent these people have, and the contributions made to our …

  • They’re known by everyone. We see their work if not every day, it’s close there to every day. But like most designers, most of us don’t know …