RSM is proud to participate in a shoe donation drive with The Salvation Army and St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church during the month of May. The drive will provide wearable used shoes, boots, sandals for people in developing countries and for every pound of shoes collected, $0.75 will be donated to help fund local outreach programs through St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church. Now, if only flip flops were a bit heavier…

RSM is currently working on some new and exciting projects across the globe.

• @SOL- Solingen, Germany
• Europark- Dalian, China
• Mukul- Guacalito, Nicaragua
• Collection- Oxnard, CA
• Goodzone- Kashirskoye, Russia

…and several more around the world!

Congratulations to the entire team for this success and a bright future for the site! To find out more about the award, visit the W3 site at http://www.w3award.com/ and visit ArchitypeReview at http://www.architypereview.com/

Marianne comes to us from Lisbon, Portugal. Born in Paris and raised in Lisbon she offers a global perspective of design to the RSM team. She has her degree in industrial and graphic design from the School of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon and has previous work experience as a designer for an international commercial development company. She specializes in logos and branding and adds a colorful spirit and cultural flavor to the team with her knowledge of great cheese and ability to speak five languages!

Jeff is a local Southern Californian raised on San Clemente’s sunny beaches and a graduate from Point Loma Nazarene University. He brings a wide range of talents to our team and is an active part of the many multifacets of design including branding, advertising and architecture. When not at the office, Jeff spends his time training to be a triathlete. With his work ethic, energy and determination we have no doubt this feat will be accomplished soon!

Leon is a recent architecture graduate from USC and daily makes the loop from his hometown of Rancho Santa Margarita (aka RSM) to the Redmond Schwartz Mark office (aka RSM). He enjoys combining his interests in 2D and 3D design with typography, focusing on letter shapes and forms and has experience working both in graphic design and architecture on both national and international projects. He hopes to one day visit the Great Pyramids, road trip across the US and spend a day at Corbusier’s chapel at Ronchamp.

Chilis ranged from sweet to spicy, from meaty to veggie, and some new comers included chuck roast, curry and molasses as special ingredients. As each team member ate to their heartburn’s content, there was chit-chatter, laughter and hovering as speculation grew over which chili might take home the coveted award. Each one was unique and scrumptious and the task at hand proved to be a tough decision.

Alas at the end of the day, Kyle’s spicy chuck roast chili was the grand prize winner, making him champ for the THIRD time out of five cook offs! It was unmistakably delicious to boot and once again well-deserved. Congratulations to all who competed in making it a hard choice and a huge extra thank you to the rest of the team who brought all the fixin’s for the chili!

The team explored and researched the city and created vision and goals for this revitalization project in the downtown plaza of Solingen.

The team at RSM Design is excited to announce our latest graphics, signage, and branding projects currently being designed and on the boards… from Tegucigalpa to Chengdu, and many places in between.

As we continue to dive into the designs for these new projects, we look forward to investigating rich and colorful cultures, traveling to unique locations, and creating dynamic new environmental graphics systems for these project types. We’ll be posting soon new designs for these varied projects… graphics systems ranging from a boutique resort and spa,  to a world class retail renovation, to a new downtown, and to an entire community. Check back soon!

The Scouts were given the opportunity to create their own logos by tracing and drawing letterforms, combining them to make a logotype. The enthusiastic and knowledgable Scouts impressed RSM with their ability to envision and create unique logotypes. Merit badge certificates were handed out to all of the Scouts for their participation and knowledge learned of Graphic Arts and Architecture.