Metaform - A communication design studio

Susan is a proud design generalist — eschewing routine and thriving on variety. Since starting Metaform 16 years ago, her instinct for communication, razor-sharp memory and earnest approach to business have kept great projects coming in the door. Longtime UBC MOA collaborator David Cunningham has often said “what I like about working with Susan is that she never does what I ask for.” While this might send shivers through some potential clients, others get that good designers look at a problem from a few different angles, some of them unexpected.  Read Susan’s LinkedIn Profile.

An émigré from sunny California, Scot has been our bridge between the 2D world of graphic design and the 3D world of architecture. After receiving his M.Arch at UBC, Scot dove straight into the overlap between environmental graphics, exhibit and marketing design. Scot is a keen strategist in messaging and campaign planning — he has been instrumental in keeping us on track with our client’s core values. That is, not only the “what” and “why”, but more importantly the “why you care.” Currently he is also an instructor in the re-developing Design Formations program at Langara College.

Mark comes from the far eastern reaches of the country, where lobster and fiddles still abound. He exchanged the Atlantic for the Pacific to study design at the Emily Carr Institute University after academic pursuits in biochemistry, silversmithing, photography, and computer science (in no particular order). Naturally this makes him a good fit at Metaform. Mark’s many and varied interests inform much of his work, and he has been known to make physics-themed design projects in his spare time. No matter how many websites he makes, he stalwartly refuses to believe that print is dead.