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The Creatives

By John Levesque July 17, 2015

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This article originally appeared in the August 2015 issue of Seattle magazine.

Maybe its the location.

Maybe its the beer.

Whatever the reason, Seattle has an unusually strong pool of creative, talented people who have established a community of design boutique firms doing ambitious, edgy design work for important clients.

Click the links below to take a look at nine of them.

Michael Ellsworth
Cofounder and chief creative officer, Civilization
Capitol Hill; builtbycivilization.com

Kate Harmer
Founder and creative director, Hum Creative
Pioneer Square; humcreative.com

Keith Goldberg
Partner and chief creative officer, Rally
Downtown; rallygroup.com

Taylor Kieburtz
Cofounder and strategy director, Wintr
Fremont; wintr.us

Ben Graham
Principal and Co-creative director, Turnstyle
Ballard; turnstylestudio.com

Mike Calkins
Principal and creative director, Mint Design
Lower Queen Anne; mint-usa.com

Matt Dente
Principal and Designer, Fell Swoop
Pioneer Square; fellswoop.com

Pat Snavely
Principal and Creative Director, Partly Sunny
Ballard; partly-sunny.com

Jeff Gelfuso
Director of Customer Experience, Amazon
South Lake Union; amazon.com

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