Founded in 1999, Elevator is a design studio working in a variety of media that cross-pollinate from print to web, 2D to 3D.

Elevator design is visual and conceptual. We're inspired by urban and local cultures, DIY design, social issues like energy and sustainability, and make connections between commercial projects and everyday life, communication and product.

Elevator has directed projects for culture, entertainment, architecture, education, technology, pharmaceutical and sport markets.

Elevator also works as a mini idea lab. We like to collaborate, make things, explore form and concept, photograph everyday typography. Add visual research, writing and teaching - all diverse activities that feed client-based work with new ideas.

Conceptually, we're interested in the cultural significance of elevators - how they create social situations and interactions, how the elevator transformed urban centers, how cultures change through old and new technologies, innovation and need.

And an elevator is like a continuum from one point to another with a lot of levels in between. We see that as a metaphor for design, and for the idea that Elevator design transports you - from idea to finished product.