STUDIO TOURS
You can explore a city by wandering the streets, visiting local attractions and soaking up the atmosphere.
You can explore a city's design scene by taking a HOW Design Conference Studio Tour. You'll get inside six Boston design firms, ranging from large (550 employees) to small (2 people). You'll get to see how they work, how they arrange their space and how they function.
The tour takes place in the morning on Sunday, May 18 and is repeated in the afternoon. Each tour lasts about four hours and makes six stops; the registration fee is $150 in addition to your full-Conference registration fee. (The registration fee for non-Full-Conference attendees is $250.) Register early; Studio Tours are always quick to sell out.
NOTE: Studios Tours are optional events not included in the Conference registration price.
Arnold Worldwide
Arnold Boston is located in Copley Mall in Boston's historic Back Bay neighborhood, just steps away
from the finish of the Boston Marathon. Arnold takes an integrated, cross-channel approach to design,
offering clients functional teams of designers, copywriters, art directors, interactive experts, CRM
specialists and promotions people. Clients include truth, Timberland, Amtrak, Jack Daniels and ESPN.
www.arn.com
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Catapult Thinking
Catapult Thinking is housed in a former warehouse in the Leather District,
a neighborhood likened by Boston Magazine to "Greenwich Village or SoHo in
the 1970s." The office space features the original brick and arched windows,
and the bright, open space fosters collaboration and informal meetings. Catapult's
interdisciplinary teams provide branding design services for clients like
Dell Computer, New Balance and Nokia.
www.catapultthinking.com
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Sametz Blackstone Associates
Sametz Blackstone is located in an 1850s-era brownstone in Boston's historic South End. The
neighborhood is home to elegant Victorian row houses and features a vibrant, diverse population.
Sametz Blackstone's 20-person, six-dog team integrates strategy, design and technology to better
help their clients—including Compaq and Fieldcrest Cannon—navigate change.
www.sametz.com
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Seltzer
Seltzer is located in the heart of Back Bay, on Newbury Street. The office space is open
and bright—there are no walls or cubicles. Seltzer is a brand identity firm, specializing
in print collateral and websites for clients such as Fox River Paper Company and Children's
Hospital Trust.
www.seltzerdesign.com
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Silverscape
Silverscape is located in a former pharmaceuticals warehouse built after the great fire in 1872.
Silverscape occupies three floors of the building's open loft space; Dooley's Tavern calls the
ground floor home. A marketing strategy and design firm, Silverscape works with clients like
Genzyme, Janome sewing machines and driFire.
www.silverscape.com
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Visual Dialogue
Visual Dialogue is located in an 1850s rowhouse in Boston's South End. The space has been
converted into a modern, minimal live/work space, with the studio on the first floor, and
the living area occupying the top three floors. Visual Dialogue specializes in brand identity,
print and websites for educational institutions and arts/cultural organizations, like the Gardner
Museum and the Institute of Contemporary Art.
www.visualdialogue.com
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