All across the white space of America, are small towns dotting the horizon with their watertower or grain elevator. Tucked into the mountains, beyond the next prairie are thriving hamlets unseen or unspoken. Of course, I know this, because, I find myself in one.
As a solo designer in my own small town of Edwardsville, IL, I wonder what other small-town designers out past the rivers and deserts are creating away in their small office. Questions roll through my mind: What clients are they working on? Are they AIGA members? Do they volunteer in their community? What does their office look like? Is it a barn, a house, a garage, an old church?
Are they the “Design” member of their Rotary, too? What impact do they offer their small town? And, most importantly, how are they percieved by the “non-designer” neigbors?
So many questions about this has lit the fire under my curiousity hot enough to go find them, and report back. Its now my mission to locate, interview and share who is “small” amongst us.
With your help, we’ll locate these folks. There are two group pages dedicated to finding and corralling these loose steeds:
Today my criteria is simple: If your firm is located over 30 miles from a major market; and your town has a population of less than 30,000; and your company is less than 5 people; I’m looking for you.
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