Public-Library

Public-Library is a cross-disciplinary design studio based in Los Angeles, California and Portland, Oregon. We caught up with Founder & Creative Director, Marshall Rake. EM: Why did you decide to start Public-Library? MR: Ramon and I started Public-Library in 2011 originally as a way to challenge ourselves and each other. We both had day jobs and were working freelance gigs, but for me design was starting to feel a little safe and stale. So having someone to bounce ideas off of and tell you things are horrible or great really allowed us to grow. We are both people who get bored really easily, which doesn’t fit well with the standard design profession. Public-Library is a place where we can be more flexible in the type of projects and types of people we collaborate with.