1998-1999
Design Hovie Studios began as Hovie Hawk Design in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington in 1998. Opened as a small, local, print design firm, within a few months, the studio began to see a tremendous increase in web design work and by the end of the year its web and print projects were demanding equal time. View 1998 Web Site

1999
In early 1999, Hovie Hawk Design changed its name to Design > Hovie. The firm saw increasing volumes of web and print design work, along with a steady increase in larger, corporate clients. Additional staff was hired and the studio moved into a new, larger office. View 1998-1999 Web Site

2000-2001
At the end of 1999, Design > Hovie officially became Design Hovie Studios, Inc. The firm continued to grow landing still larger clients and projects. Awards and recognition followed and in September of 2000, Design Hovie Studios was approached by European digital agency Winsome Italia about forming a partnership. In January of 2001, Design Hovie Studios and Winsome Italia formally agreed on a partnership and the studio opened its Milan, Italy office while maintaining a scaled down presence in Seattle. View 1999-2000 Web Site

2001-2002
From 2001-2002, the Studio created primarily interactive media for European clients. Late in 2002, Design Hovie Studios made the decision to create a greater balance between its printed and digital work, and between its European and American clients. To facilitate this, Design Hovie Studios entered into a new partnership with Qwentes Italia of Milan. The Studio increased its focus on the US market and began to build up its Seattle office. At the same time, with Qwentes, the firm continued to grow its European client base. View 2000-2001 Web Site

2002-2004
Even though we are focused more on a balance between the print and web design worlds, based on our strong portfolio of web work done in Italy, work during these years is made up of 75% web sites and 25% print design. View 2002-2004 Web Site

2004-2006
Design Hovie Studios begins to see a shift toward more traditional print based graphic design. We see a large increase in brand identity projects and print collateral. In turn, our work load evens out at 50% web sites and 50% print design.

2006-2008
Design Hovie Studios continues its relationship with Qwentes Italia and adds Bear Ideas and Wines of Washington Promotion as working partners. We begin to focus exclusively on design and use our partners, Qwentes Italia and Bear Ideas, for the development of web sites. This refined direction allows us to expand our services and branch out in to label and package design, in addition to brand identity, print collateral and web site design.

2009-Present
Design Hovie Studios' strategic focus is based on creating logos and building brand identity systems and associated collateral. We also begin to increase our emphasis on serving the San Diego, California market in addition to our Seattle core base.