Design for a Better Experience.

As a minority- and woman-owned agency based in New York City and Honolulu, we’re committed to continuing to make diversity, equity, and inclusion part of everything we do—from how we approach information design to how we build our team. Join us.

At every step, we prioritize technology-driven solutions that are adaptive to the way people orient themselves. From digital signs to app integrations, our clients receive digital toolkits that are innovative, future-minded, and utilize the mediums the public uses to discover information today — all so diverse communities can self-navigate to their intended destinations.

When Two Twelve was established in 1980 at Yale University, the alma mater of the founding partners David Gibson, Juanita Dugdale, Sylvia Woodard and also our current Managing Director and CEO Ann Harakawa,  the world of graphic design was in its formative years, and Yale was the epicenter. The birthplace of graphic design as we know it today, Yale’s program generated the movement to visually design the presentation of information for clarity and depth of understanding. Influenced by instructors including Paul Rand, Walker Evans, Bradbury Thompson, Armin Hoffman, Norman Ives, among others, the program shaped Ann and David as designers. 
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Wayfinding as a discipline and widely used terminology – the combination of where, when and how people want and need information to navigate places – evolved out of David’s background in both architecture and graphic design. Ann’s approach to wayfinding is influenced by growing up in Hawai‘i, and her education in both the fine arts and graphic design. Her work on pivotal infrastructure projects, both in New York City and Hawai‘i, has supported the accessibility of information across demographics, illuminating the voices of indigenous cultures and enriching a person’s experience of a place.
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Currently under Ann’s leadership, this foundation continues to guide our projects and practice as the need for wayfinding evolves and increases. In remaining curious and resilient, Two Twelve continues to  thrive across the worlds of education, transportation, healthcare, corporate and culture.