workSHOP:

>  workSHOP is the brainchild of two creative partners living in an inspirational loft along the edges of South Pasadena and Los Angeles who have very clever friends.

in the hopes of inspiring innovation through collaboration, dwight BOND and april WOOD BOND have formed a collective of designers, thinkers, and pragmatics with the purpose of delivering extraordinary design concepts in a short amount of time.

by applying a rapid brainstorm and project refinement process with the diverse members of the workSHOP collective, preconception, the arch enemy of innovation, is minimized or eliminated all together allowing innovation to flourish.

as a product of this process, our projects are delivered incredibly fast  by a team capable of bringing an idea to fruition from concept to construction and fabrication.

>  project types:  urban planning, mixed use, commercial, housing, custom residential, restaurant, hospitality and resort planning, public art, environmental graphics, graphic design, branding and fashion.

that is what we do...this is who we are:

workSHOP design collective:  team members

>  dwight BOND is a long time southern california resident who has 18 years of experience as an award winning project designer, senior associate and associate principal of three award winning architecture firms in los angeles.  after spending 3 years at RTKL, and 6 years at the Jerde Partnership, dwight has spent the last 9 years as an associate principal at RSA.   dwight is a licensed architect in the state of California.

>  april WOOD BOND grew up in southern california and has spent the last 15 years working in operating rooms all over the country.  she brings a very methodical approach to the design process by applying her anthropological background to project research, management, and business development.

> richard SAWYER is a successful project designer with several high profile commercial projects in Los Angeles to his credit including The Grove and Americana projects for Caruso Affiliated.  his creativity and background in cinematic set design helps him create world class environments. 

> clifford SELBERT and robin PERKINS lead one  of the country's premiere environmental graphic design and branding firms, Selbert Perkins Design.  robin and cliff have collaborated with dwight on award winning projects at both the Jerde Partnership and RSA.

>  edel LEGASPI - COURTS, iida is a graduate of woodbury university and has extensive experience in high end custom residential, corporate, hospitality, and restaurant interior design.  edel collaborated with dwight on the  huang residence in pasadena, california.

>  james WONG  is an established photographer in southern california, the director of multi-media, and an associate at RSA.  james and dwight have collaborated on several photography, multi-media presentations, and 3D modeling at RSA.

>  man ONE is an urban artist and gallery owner in downtown los angeles. he is a leading proponent for urban art and its purpose and potential for cultural expression. man ONE was commissioned to create a painting in dwight and april's loft and collaborated with dwight at RSA on the Molino Lofts project.

>  benjamin bryce KELLEY is a talented artist whose sculptures capture the essence of the human form in bronze using the lost wax process.  his sculptures are a perfect balance between art and architecture and a unique perspective to the design process.  benjamin has collaborated with edel at RSA.

>  jeannie JOE is the owner of Sew Joe Stitch Lounge in South Pasadena and is known for her very clever and ecclectic use of materials as it applies to the world of fashion design.  she has experience in movie wardrobe design and has been involved with bravo's project runway. 

>  valeria McCULLOCH is a fashion design in new york and spent 1992 studying in Paris, France with april.  in a recent interview she was quoted as saying, "in college, I majored in color theory. BLUE was the most interesting color, historically. germanic tribes wore it to ward off enemies; christians used it to denote divinity. wearing blue for me is being in a dream all day."  ValBlu is her line and she brings a very colorful perspective to our projects.

>  becky TOWE has been a freelance graphic designer for the past 14 years and a media designer for channel 5 television in Oklahoma City for the 5 years prior.  she has collaborated with dwight on the Oklahoma City Memorial Competition.

>  max WILLIAMS, aia, leed a.p. is an award winning registered architect with over 20 years of experience in southern california, spending the last 16 years at RSA working on a diverse portfolio of project types.  max and dwight worked on and completed many projects including the Molino Lofts project.

>  jay MARTINEZ is a long time resident of southern california and registered architect.  jay worked for RSA for 4 years with max, edel, and dwight and collaborated with dwight on the Westfield Solano project.