Eight Inc.

At Eight Inc., we think of design as a collaborative process. Our clients, some of the most successful individuals and companies in the world, recognize design as part of daily life and rely on us for a broad range of creative services. Typically, our collaboration produces an enduring relationship, involving multiple projects over extended periods of time. Our service is informed by a deep knowledge of our clients’ needs and environment, and our work is both appropriate and precise. This is the value we offer.

We rely on diverse backgrounds and different combinations of skills and experience. We are engaged in multiple disciplines but share the same beliefs and passion. Our goal is to create work that has meaning and relevance; an appropriate and distinctive response to the challenges of each assignment.



2006 Artbox Design Competition, Pilform, exhibition finalist

2005 Flight 93 National Memorial, Honorable Mention Award

2003 Nam June Paik Museum Architectural Competition, finalist

2003 Malama Learning Center Competition, winner

2003 San Jose State University Art + Design Museum Competition



2006 VM+SD International Visual Competition, First Place, Nokia, Moscow Flagship  

2006 Architectural Record “Katrina Design Competition: High-Density on the High Ground” - 1st Place winner

2006 Living Steel International Competition for Sustainable Housing - finalist

2006 SADI First Place

2005 American Architecture Award The Chicago Athenaeum

2005 Good Design Award The Chicago Athenaeum

2004 AIA SF Design Award

2003 AIA Bienal Miami+Beach Gold

2003 AIA Bienal Miami+Beach Silver

2003 NASFM Grand Prize

2002 IDSA IDEA Gold Winner, Environments

2002 SADI Award, Best New Retail Store

2001 FX International Interior Design Award

2001 IDEA IDSA Silver Award

2001 IIDA Interior Design Award

2000 IDEA Silver Award

2000 IIDA Interior Design Award



Nokia Flagship Store, Moscow

Coach Global Flagship, 595 Madison Avenue, New York

Coach Flagship, Beverly Hills

Coach Flagship Building, Nagoya, Japan

Apple Retail Stores, Worldwide

The Malama Learning Center, Hawaii, LEED® registered Silver project

The Edgewood House, Mill Valley, California

Virgin Atlantic Airways Clubhouse, San Francisco Int’l Airport

2100 Kalakaua Center



Russian Futurism, SOMA Magazine, March 2006, by Kimberly Lapham

Selling Cellphone Buzz, The Wall Street Journal, 2/23/06, by Cassell, Bryan-Low and Li Yuan,

Line of Site, Metropolis Magazine, June 2004, by Andrew Blum