Business Annual
We look at five design firms that have built innovative businesses based on creating projects they love and working the way they want.
• Juicy Temples principal Klaus Heesch screwed up early in his career, on his way to founding the award-winning studio
• San Francisco-based Dora Drimalas and Brian Flynn run a super-cool design studio/retail store/product-design outfit
• KCD operates on a Kentucky farm, far away but technologically connected to its high-profile clients
• 37signals ditched web design to create innovative project-management and collaboration tools that'll change the way designers work
• Three talented designers in three different cities run an award-winning design firm, Principle
PLUS:
• The ever-engaging Stefan Bucher shares a worksheet for finding your career bliss
• HOW's 2006 Design Salary Report shows who's getting the big bucks
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