Design+Dialogue

As is my tradition, one of the first blogs of the year is my reblog posting referring to creating and maintaining your portfolio.  The first of the year is the ideal time to start working on your portfolio or to update your portfolio with work samples from the past year. [...]

One week down, 51 weeks to go.  2017 is getting off to a great start for DBI.  For the new year, DBI is starting a weekly review blog post.  We want to post a blog each Friday to share what we learned, what we read, what we are excited about, [...]

2017 is here and if you loved it or hated it, 2016 is gone!  As all of us here at DBI settle into the new year, we have some exciting goals ahead.  I am not a “resolutions” kind of guy.  I like to think of the year as a theme.  [...]

This marks the eighth holiday I have had since starting DBI.  This (somewhat self-serving) proclamation is because I can honestly say that for each day within each of those seven years I have learned something new. Not all lessons have been great ones.  There is truth to the adage that [...]

DBI is working with an influence and growing general contracting firm in Seattle, Washington, helping them to hire a strong Senior Construction Project Manager.   Our client firm works across General Contracting and Construction Management to Design-Build and Consulting. The Senior Construction Project Manager role will oversee the planning, organizing, managing, [...]

S & T Studio Lead in Washington D.C.   DBI has been hired as a strategic partner, supporting a global client to fill an opportunity in their Washington D.C. office.  Our new client is a design firm driven by idea that spaces should inspiring always, enrich in multiple ways, and [...]

  Design focused and collaboration define the approach to design problems for DBI’s new client.  This firm is constantly bending, stretching, sharing, and developing solutions for its clients.   All of this shows in the firm’s work.  They are a reflection of this age.  They are interaction, investigation, thought and design. [...]

If you have been reading my blog post, and I know many of you have (thanks Google Analytics) you know that as much as my journey has been around growing and expanding my firm, I am on another journey.  And if I am going to be honest, this other journey [...]

Last evening, the DBI team was able to experience something I feel is uniquely Seattle.  I have lived in Seattle since 1998, and what I mean when I say “uniquely Seattle” is that essence of the “hard work and passion can change the world” belief that drove families West, forged [...]

JOB OF THE WEEK!   Retail design.  Its reach is felt by everyone, in every city, in every country across the planet.  DBI’s new client has a need for a Retail Designer who can create the next retail experience.  As the way we buy things changes, so must where we [...]

This is the beginning of everything you want!  We understand you and where you are.  You have passion and drive.  You are smart, maybe smarter than most, and you are bold!  You are working and you find it rewarding but something is missing.  You know what it is…you have big [...]

Organization guru?  Read on.  Friendly team player?  Take action! So there’s you.  You love people and connecting with people.  You meet people easily and find friends in almost every situation.  You like making connections and seeing new relationships grow.  You also like a challenge and want to be a part [...]

With 20 years of experience in providing organizations with world class consulting services and products, our client’s strategies and efforts have helped to design, create, and maintain some of the biggest and most complex projects in the country.  As this firm grows they are in need of a Design Practice [...]

Top retail design firm is seeking a Project Architect for their Minneapolis or Columbus office. This firm is committed to improving revenue and profits for national and global retail and multi-unit food brands. They hire innovative thinkers that thrive on working closely with talented co-workers to deliver great results. Company [...]

Featured Job: Senior Interior Designer-Hospitality Job Description Global firm with a local focus, DBI’s client is looking to hire a Senior Hospitality/Gaming Interior Designer in Las Vegas.  This firm believes that every success, for every project, must be measured at an environmental level.  There is a clear understanding that for [...]

Featured Job: Senior Retail Designer in Eugene, OR Job Description A top retail design firm is seeking a Senior Designer. The Senior Designer plays an essential role in achieving the firm’s efforts to be recognized as a reinvention and design specialist through direct communication and presentation to our clients. This [...]

Featured Job: Principal Architect in Orange County Job Description DBI is partnering up with a well-established firm based out of San Jose that is looking to expand their market reach. The firm is currently seeking a highly talented Principal-level individual to lead their Orange County office. These newly created leadership [...]

Featured Job: Associate Hospitality Designer in Chicago Job Description Those that create, the artist, the writer, the innovator, all have a passion to share a vision with the world. If you are a person who has a voice and wants to use that design voice to create truly beautiful spaces, [...]