Working with sharp signs

We’re looking forward to working with you.

This page outlines our processes and names our boundaries as a creative studio. Our goal is to be open, flexible, and transparent. Our work centers liberation, community, and rest. These guidelines help us in leading with those values. 

We trust your experience.

Throughout our process we ask questions, research your work, and stay connected with you. We trust that you know your field and how to move through your work. Your knowledge and experiences are valuable to co-creating.

We also trust our expertise.

We’ve been at this for almost 10 years. We have a seasoned design team and we’re good at what we do. We work to help you achieve a set of goals or pursue a vision. We take your input and your feedback then make design decisions based on our experience. The strongest work that we produce happens when clients trust us.

Vision over details.

In our experience, the strongest designs focus on vision and not details. Throughout our process centering the vision and what we’re trying to accomplish will produce a strong outcome.

COMMUNICATION

If we are ever unclear or there is any confusion, name it. We want to make sure we understand your vision and your goals. If you ever need clarity, or for us to explain or define something, just ask.

If we agreed to work with you, it means we believe in your mission and support your work. If we disagree with something we’ll let you know. If we think something’s problematic we’ll alert you. What we co-create doesn’t just reflect your work, it reflects ours. We will speak up whenever necessary.

CAPACITY

We work with you, not for you.

As an organization we value the health and well-being of our team members. We will work to protect them from exploitation, cultural taxation, and actions that devalue us or our work.

We set aside the appropriate amount of time to complete the project. Some partners or clients are interested in more frequent contact or a hands on approach. We are happy to connect with you as often as needed and for as much time as your budget will allow.