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Eric had a grand time talking to the students. Thanks .linh.d and the rest of the faculty for inviting him! (And way to challenge him with all the questions!)

New Case Study: 650 Townsend

Townsend Center in San Francisco is one of the original anchor properties of the SOMA neighborhood in San Francisco, starting as a fashion mart in the 1980s, an event venue in the 1990s and 2000s, and ultimately a tech hub for some of the most successful tech companies like Zynga and Airbnb. To continue to usher the building into the 21st century and beyond, Volume was tasked by with designing a vibrant graphic language and a robust wayfinding system for the labyrinthine floor plan.

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New Case Study: Pellier Park

Volume collaborated with to create a 115-foot-long history wall that tells the history of Louis Pellier, known as “The Prune King,” who introduced the French Prune to the Santa Clara Valley in 1856.

The design system also includes ground markers delineating Pellier’s home’s original location on park grounds and interpretive panels for the park’s historic plum trees.

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Volume partner has some new writing up on about, um, NO design? YES, really. All opinions are his, not that of Volume, but we do agree with some of what he says. Link in bio!

(Check out his previous essay, “No Taste,” too, which—contrary to popular opinion—is not about COVID-19 symptoms. Link also in bio.)

Volume partner wrote AND designed a feature, “No Manifesto,” for the latest issue of . Thanks to .grafik for letting him have so much fun.

Finally, we can check that “design a yellow, 12-foot high dinosaur sign” off our bucket list. When we can tell you more, we will!

A nailbiter of a lunchtime Volume Bocce match today!

The Volume-designed ReadyMade book, spotted in , 17 years after publication, its philosophy seemingly still resonating. 💪🏻🪛✂️

From the beginning of our design process with and to create a fitting legacy and tribute to Harvey Milk, we were inspired by the energy and spirit of this poster by . So we were super excited to purchase our own copy from Martin’s archive. We’ll keep it on our studio wall as inspiration as we move into the next phase of this challenging and inspiring project. Onward!

Our is mad. ALL of us are mad. So we’re reposting his work (with apologies to ) here. Feeling a little helpless and sad, too. But come Monday, there’s work to be done, people. Donate money, vote, protest, rally the troops.

A big Volume welcome to our new rock star intern, Kyra Pease! Kyra is a visual designer and artist from Boulder, Colorado, who is drawn to conceptual and thought-provoking design. If she’s not in the studio, chances are she’s reading, buying another record, surfing, tending to her plants, or admiring the clouds. We’re super excited to have her.

Great to see our work with at featured on the cover of Landscape Architecture Magazine (). Those big numbers are so photogenic…

“It is a soft G, pronounced ‘jif.’” Glad that’s settled. RIP, Mr Wilhite.

Gotta say, A cool Japanese(?) poster for “The Night Porter” is not what we would expect in a bathroom at the AMC Kabuki theaters…🤷🏻‍♂️🎥

Our friends at have a great new video about a great new project they did with no less that Andy Goldsworthy. But we couldn’t help but be distracted by the poster on the wall that we did for way back in the day….

Go with the new book! Obviously, when we worked with him back in the ReadyMade mag days, we knew he was going places…😉👏🏻💥

The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design has selected our University of Kentucky exhibition “This Will (Not) Be Easy” as one of their “Good Design” picks for the year. Kudos to our team!

Found in a book today, our very first business card from 20 years ago. (Eric’s nose is still a good example of “volume”…😉🥸)

Merry Xmas everyone, with a photo courtesy of our pal Michael Ray who’s kept our 10th anniversary invite all these years…🎄🎁🎅🕎

The Volume-designed new book by spotted at local fave bookstore . Perfect holiday gift!

As always, we enjoyed working with on her new book Still Lives published by books. Congrats on today’s release! Check for signed copies. 📸 (yes, we stole these photos from Leslie’s feed)

Nice to see the shirts we designed 10? 15? years ago for still being sported by some staff at the Monster Drawing Rally today.

So this happened…! Congrats to on receiving the Steven Heller Prize for Cultural Commentary. Much deserved!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎉🎉🎉✍️✍️✍️🔥🔥🔥

We opened up a portal. It will close soon.

140 New Montgomery, we just can’t quit you. Back to this spectacularly beautiful building for another project. More soon…

A pleasure to work with , and on Leslie’s new book, “Still Lives: In the Homes of Artists, Great and Unsung.” Available for preorder on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Volume partner Eric Heiman will be the latest guest of the Design Observer Community Sessions, happening next Wednesday, January 27, 12:30pm Eastern / 9:30am Pacific. Eric will discuss the exhibit "Volume Inc: This Will (Not) Be Easy" which opened a year ago (yes, right before the pandemic) and which features a mix of of graphic, architectural, and experiential projects that both inform and interrogate design practice. Join the conversation at the link below.

Design Observer Community Sessions : January 27 Featuring Eric Heiman, Principal + Creative Director, Volume (San Francisco)