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Featured Job: Project Architect in San Francisco A global firm that values teamwork, creative thinking, world class design, and self-empowerment is actively recruiting a Project Architect to join their San Francisco office. The Project Architect is responsible for ensuring that technical solutions are consistent with the project design and are […]

Monographs: Design implications of “the internet of everything” By: Scott Rixon As part of our regular blog calendar our Monographs postings take an inquisitive approach, offering more questions than they answer in the hope that these questions can catalyze useful thoughts amongst our team and our industry. In this post […]

So here is what your year one is all about!  For a Sourcer, it is truly legendary!  Legendary!  You will be using your skills to do what you love, find talent, but it is so much more than that. Establish a world class sourcing function. This is going to take […]

  My name is David Brown and I am an entrepreneur.  No, I am an Entrepreneur!  I have to admit, it took me a long time to realize this truth about myself.  Yes, I have been successful working for others, but it was when I started working for myself that […]

There you sit, hands sweating.   You felt prepared on the train!  The elevator ride up was fine.  So why is your mind now a total blank?  What day is it?  You can’t even remember your name now.  What’s that?  Your hands are soaked.  Oh no, here comes someone…they want to […]

DBI, the leading global executive search firm focused on the Architecture and Interior Design industry, has an immediate need for Sourcer.  The Sourcer is a key position within the DBI organization.  This role will be responsible establishing the overall sourcing and research group for the firm. By partnering with Recruiting […]

In his most recent post, Scott Rixon shares how differentiation can make or break your brand and how every interaction must be thoughtful and consistent.   As DBI continues to grow both domestically and internationally, a priority that surfaces in our conversations is the concept of our brand, how the actions each […]

FEATURED JOB: Senior Project Manager (Healthcare) in Bremerton, WA Outstanding 35+ person architecture and interior design firm, is seeking to fill an outstanding Healthcare Project Manager leader. This firm, housed in their own award-winning LEED Platinum studio, has high design quality and sustainability as the cornerstones of their practice. The […]

Does Your Firm Have a Dedicated Interview Team? If not, you are doing it wrong. Think about your firm’s most recent hire.  What was the biggest challenge?  In today’s market, I would say, with confidence, that the most challenging aspect of your search was finding the talent in the marketplace.  […]

The job market for Architecture and Interior Design talent is heating up.  Firms across the globe are hiring and have set a very high bar for the people they make an offer to.  For better or for worse, much of those hiring decisions are made on the strength of the […]

DBI has been successfully helping the global Architecture and Interior-Design industry discover and hire executive talent for over six years!  The firm has three offices (Seattle, New York, and Hong Kong) and supports clients in the major design cities of the world. DBI believes in dedication to excellence and that […]

Many of the candidates I work with are searching for new opportunities outside the city or town they currently live in.  In these uncertain times, openness to relocation can give a candidate a real edge in a job search.  I understand that there are big challenges when you relocate to […]

Many of the candidates I work with are searching for new opportunities outside the city or town they currently live in.  In this recovery, as the competition for roles is increasing, openness to relocation can give a candidate a real edge in a job search.  I understand that there are […]

As design competition increases and current design practices mature, how does evidence-based design begin to inform areas of design outside of healthcare, and what is the resulting impact on the competitive advantage of design firms that integrate evidence-based design throughout their practice areas? Evidence-based design, which grew out of the […]

  So there she is, my “new” 1985 Cadillac Eldorado.  It is a wedding gift from my husband.  It is big, blue and in need of a great deal of work.  Now I know a little about cars.  I was lucky enough to have parents who believed in making me […]

Today, I want to talk about partnership. Not partners, as in one or many who hold an ownership stake in your firm, but those you may team with from time to time. To my firm, and to me as a leader and recruiter, these partnerships have become paramount. By partnering […]

I was reading the Puget Sound Business Journal this weekend and came across a quote from Buckminster Fuller.  It reads: “You never change things by fighting the existing reality.  To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” These are exciting times at DBI.  As a […]

Over sharing.  My mother always warned against it by tsk-ing to me that “fools names and fool faces always appear in public places”.  Mind you, this is the same mother who now posts every cooked meal, ordered desert, baby picture, and Gin Rummy hand on Facebook!   We have met […]

Typography!  I love it.  I have always loved it, and that is not hyperbole.  I remember doodling letters from a very early age.  I am intrigued by the forced design recognition of typography.   You literally cannot, not notice the design, if you want to read what you are looking […]

Seattle, WA- December 10, 2012- DBI/David Brown International is excited to announce the hiring of Mike Buring PHR, in to the firm’s Seattle office.   DBI/David Brown International is pleased to welcome Mike Buring to their growing recruiting team.  With a strong background in Recruiting as well as Human Resources and […]