We began in a small sunroom with a couple of projects and a burning desire to get back to
the craft of creating beauty with thoughtfulness and care and real passion. We felt a kinship
to the Arts and Crafts period, at the turn of the last century- more than mere style; it was a
movement, a way of life. Like them we believed passionately in what we were doing. Our goal
was to help people have better lives, by creating inspired places for them to truly live.
As things progressed, we did some nice architecture but there was something missing. We wanted
our work to be consistent and for the quality and thoughtfulness of the architecture to be
reflected in the interior spaces as well; especially the décor within the furnishings,
draperies, rugs and artwork. It was an important and natural progression, so we created
Tracery to create beautiful interiors. We have been amazed at the depth that has been
realized in our work and a greater sensitivity has emerged as a result of thinking about
design from the inside and outside simultaneously. There is no line between anymore.
From that progression, it was only a matter of time until we were design entire towns. Our
methods differ from “land planning”, which is merely two-dimensional thinking. We “see the
place”, and then create a master plan from that vision. We work with visionary people who are
changing the way people live across the entire country. Working at this scale, we realized
that there was a great need to be able to communicate effectively through words and pictures,
“the vision”. It is a difficult challenge to condense a whole vision into a few words,
pictures, sketches in an elegant and succinct way. We began to create printed pieces,
advertisements, signage and websites so once again we moved into a new area of design, at
that point we created The G Brand to communicate vision.
Somewhere along the way, other talented, passionate and fun-loving people came along and
actually stuck around to see what would happen next. Because of the synergy or their amazing
work, the whole world is a better place because of them. We work in the mountains and the
beach and all points across the south, sometimes in Canada or the Bahamas or Utah. We have
now a “house of design”, working together to create beautiful environments, helping people
live better lives. It’s still all about people- its still all about a passion for great design. |
