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Christie Porter Left Room for Someone Else
A request to design a campus in Mexico helped Christie Porter decide to start ONE NINE Architecture. She built the practice around a question that still shapes its work: who else could this help?
Katie Otis and the trouble with a beautiful idea
Katie Otis built Design in Mind from a solo practice into a San Jose creative agency. Her work connects the spectacle of a conference entrance with the everyday usefulness of a volunteer’s template.
ONE NINE Architecture Has Plans for the Leftovers
The California design firm connects office renovations, custom interiors and nonprofit work. Even its fabric scraps get another assignment.
Lovely’s big-name portfolio began with a small-budget idea
The Los Angeles agency lists work for Angela Bassett, Issa Rae and Nicki Minaj. Its founding pitch was closer to Main Street: give charities and small businesses access to professional design without five-figure budgets.