creativepro.com’s Design Doyenne Margaret Richardson has been visiting design agencies around the world. This is her latest dispatch. Dear Pamela, I’ve been catching up with your friends and mine at Plazm Media now in its 11th year. I”m so happy for them — this Portland design firm not just survives but thrives here and at […]

Dear Pamela, After my excursion to the wilds of Salem, Oregon for my last missive, I traveled up the road to Hornall Anderson Design Works in Seattle. This large design firm of approximately 90 people has managed to thrive and whet its creative edge for almost two decades. Take this as a metaphor for HADW’s […]

Dear Pamela, After being dazzled by the bright design lights of London in my previous missives, I’m happy to be back home. I’ve been thinking about how design transcends borders and that often the most interesting things are found in the most unlikely places. Case in point: Scott Clum’s Ride Studio boasts an international reputation […]

Dear Pamela, Finally had a chat with that world-traveling designer Jonathan Barnbrook, now back in his London office after treks to those diametrically opposed destinations Los Angeles and Denmark. Jonathan and his colleague Jason Beard work out of the Barnbook Studio in London’s Soho (complete with seedy sex shops viewed from the window, if one […]