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Julia Huang took the agency downstairs
A dinner-table critique started Intertrend. A move into Long Beach’s Psychic Temple revealed what Julia Huang wanted to build around it: a place where business, art and the neighborhood could meet.
Sid Sijbrandij and the case for an interesting life
Before GitLab, Sid Sijbrandij chose submarines over consulting. His career since has turned open-source code, written rules and a taste for unlikely projects into companies and public art.
Keith & Co. makes a place easier to read
A confusing hallway, a neighborhood under construction, a museum finding its voice. Keith & Co. turns the practical business of getting people oriented into graphic design with a public life.
Karwan Company gives ordinary things a second life
A painted marlin, a firetruck bedsheet, a discarded shopping bag. Johnny Karwan’s San Francisco studio finds work for an image wherever it can live.
RSM Design makes places worth finding
A parking garage can borrow the swagger of a concert poster. A former naval base can keep its bearings. RSM Design builds the visual clues that help a place make sense.
PLAYLAB makes a business of thinking too big
A flower sprawled across Manhattan. A fashion show became a playground. Inside the Los Angeles studio turning unlikely ideas into places, objects and experiences people remember.