design studios in hawaii?
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- omahadesigns
does anyone know of any?
- Douglas0
i made this list last year of design, advertising, animation/post, marketing firms, and freelancers over there. i was going more for comprehensiveness than quality. some links may not work.
also hit http://honolulu.aiga.org/ as they are fairly active.Oahu:
http://www.milici.com/
http://www.starrtech.com/
http://www.element08.com/
http://www.hyperspective.com
http://junglepost.wordpress.com/…
http://www.mixplatemedia.com/http://www.hawaiianimation.com/
http://www.sightandsoundhawaii.c…
http://www.giddymachine.com/
http://thisisfirefly.com/
http://www.graphicdesignstudio.n…http://www.olomanamarketing.com/…
http://www.toast-ed.com/http://www.fleetstreet.net/
http://www.onewavedesigns.com/http://www.eightinc.com/
http://www.jonduarte.com/
http://teamvision.com/http://www.islandshots.com/
http://www.emdesigns.info/http://www.freelancedesigners.co…
http://www.kuladesignhi.com/
http://www.bananagrafeeks.com/
http://www.belanddesigns.com/
http://www.csidestudio.com/
http://www.mixplatemedia.com/
http://www.SplooshGraphix.com/
http://www.458dproductions.com/
http://junglepost.wordpress.com/…
http://www.goodiesdesign.com/
http://hpmgraphics.com/hc3.asp
http://www.elliedesigns.com/emd_…
http://www.johnwingarddesign.com…
http://www.windwarddesigns.com/
http://www.imagekind.com/MemberP…
http://stevenpalmerdesign.com/
http://suggestionofmotion.com/
http://www.conceptblue.net/
http://www.nolesdesign.com/faq/i…
http://www.warreno.com/content/v…
http://designcolab.com/index3
http://www.BLCgraphics.com/Maui:
http://mukustudios.com/
http://www.yellowbirdgraphics.co…
http://www.dkdesignhawaii.com/
- Douglas0
at the end of making this list, i kinda concluded that if i were going to move over there, i would most likely start my own firm and try to rope all my mainland clients with me.
- duckseason0
Douglas, you are amazing.
I've been beating around the idea of moving to Oahu with a few friends next year. Have been meaning to look into what the design scene has to offer.
- Douglas0
I have a lot of thoughts on it actually as my wife is from Oahu and we've studied the idea of moving back eventually. The local culture can be challenging to break into for work. The chinatown area has been up and coming for the past couple years. Lots of small galleries with mediocre art, coffeeshops, bars, etc... but generally a good creative scene. Most jobs would center on either the local tech companies or small shops/restaurants. It would be good to snag the Hotel work, but they still seem to outsource back to LA or someplace on the mainland a lot. I still there there is potential to start something that can bridge Japan/Asia with America, whether it be Fine Art or Design. They have a decent size film festival that happens in a couple weeks that the wife is going back for. I'll be interested to see what types of local "creatives" she meets through that.
I actually had an interesting conversation with Todd at HunterGatherer about it and the goods and bads of trying it.
- Good to know. Any other info/insight you have would be appreciated. ;)duckseason
- omahadesigns0
thanks for the info, a lot, but not much
- bzsaw0
// nope nothing going on in Hawaii
- I had been planning on emailing you and picking your brain about this.duckseason
- omahadesigns0
and you work there?
- design_edinburgh0
no idea bout Hawaii - but we work overseas :)
http://www.mspan.co.uk
- fredddddd0
so?