Portland Progress pt. 3

Good morning,

though I am tired ( I left around 11 last night and was up at the usual 5:30 this morning. Everything is starting to come together.

Portland Progress pt.2

Portland Progress pt.1

This is a good shot to show how the existing showroom feels.

and this is a good representation of where the project was at this point.


No caption necessary...




Here Greg fixes a greeting card while Erin tries her best to ignore him.




ecohaus Portland is moving along nicely.

Completed Seattle

I am including some shots of the completed ecohaus Seattle to use as a contextual comparison for the upcoming ecohaus Portland.

Seattle was the realization of a new retail concept. It was designed to support the customer by engaging them more fully in the "play" aspect of shopping. By formatting all the materials in the same manner a consistent palette is presented to the customer. Providing them work space and the tools needed to successfully build a material story is central in the design. It's really about access: access to materials, knowledge, space and help.

Seattle was the prototype. Now it's time to apply what we learned there to the next stores and Portland is the next.






I don't have a decent shot of the paint bar so here's the rendering.

Grand opening

Greetings all and welcome to the inaugural post of the fabulous and hoped to be much talked about* blog by yours truly.

My intention in doing this is to give access to projects that I am currently working on as well as highlighting things that interest me. I will try to keep the navel gazing to a minimum and endeavor
to make these entries as interesting as I can. I am bound to fail, at times, so I ask for your patience
and thank you for taking an interest.

*well, let's hope that "much talked about" is more favorable and less scorn and fury.