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South Pacific Design Group
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 It was just another sunny day in Haleiwa, the picturesque surf town on O‘ahu’s fabled North Shore. The first substantial swell of the season was in, and the big surf breaks—Pupukea, Pipeline and Sunset Beach—were cranking out expert conditions. Tourists strolled the streets looking for T-shirts. The aroma of fresh garlic shrimp, a North Shore staple, wafted enticingly on the breeze. And at the offices of South Pacific Design Group, partners Christopher Moreland and Ursula Gehrmann were tending to business as usual, which today included the rather challenging task of explaining to a visitor what they are really all about.
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Vladimir Ossipoff: Hawaii's modern architect revisited
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 When the Honolulu Academy of Arts opened the exhibition Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff last November, it coincided with the centennial of the birth of one of Hawai'i's most influential architects. Vladimir Ossipoff, born in 1907 in Vladivostok, the son of a Russian military attaché, was raised in Tokyo where he attended western schools until he was 16.
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Shirley Wagner
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 Shirley Wagner ASID loves to show visitors a tiny, hidden etching on the hand-blown window of the historic Spencer House, home to her Kamuela-based interior design company Fine Design Interiors, Inc. According to local lore, the graffiti, which reads “Boy Blue 1888,” was engraved by Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, of the royal house of Kalakaua. Boy Blue had been his nickname.
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Richard Peterson, AIA
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 Can architectural and interior design truly serve as healing arts? They can when Richard Peterson is the artist. One measure of just how well he succeeds in achieving this ambitious goal is the glowing thank-you letter he received from the owners of the Manoa Valley Retreat, a brand-new mountain home with ocean views above Honolulu, for which Peterson served as both architect and interior designer.
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Judy Dawson
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 Award-winning interior designer Judy Dawson brings a painter’s eye and
architect’s training to her work; she specializes in kitchen & bath
remodeling. Judy Dawson unofficially launched her career in design by remodeling her own home five times.
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The Path With A Heart
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 This famous piece of advice originally came from a Yaqui Indian wise man named Don Juan. But when Hawai‘i-based interior designer Michelle Uchiyama embarked on her unconventional career in interior design, she didn’t need any guru’s guidance.
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Art and Automation, Inc.
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 Former Disney “Imagineers” Paul Bailey and Mike Ruger spent over a decade designing award-winning theme park attractions and entertainment around the world. Now they apply their expertise in special effects, lighting, projection, and specialized construction techniques to private homes, creating unique personal “residential resorts” for upscale clients in Hawai‘i.
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Aloha Interior Design
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Aloha Interior Design is an extension of Rick Clark’s love for the
Hawaiian Islands. Clark became a full time Big Island resident 12 years ago and
launched his company in May of 2005 after working the previous five years for
two Kona designers.
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Dian Cleve
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 As a child growing up in Austin, Texas, Dian Cleve whetted her appetite for creative design by preparing meals at home with her father, a professional chef who was a first-generation Italian-American.
“He instilled in me the desire to create beauty,” she says. “I really learned about aesthetics from him. As an interior designer, I consider...
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Brooke Israel with Soha Living
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 At an early age, Brooke Israel has attained what many people do not achieve their entire lives: success and fulfillment in a career they are passionate about. For Israel, that means offering exceptional interior design knowledge along with co-owning a growing home décor store, Soha Living (which stands for South of Hawai`i).
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Kailua-born interior designer creates timeless classics
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 One successful approach to design is to begin by focusing on the functionality of any given work…then, draw inspiration from the timeless natural shapes and colors of nature that may be found in one’s own back yard.
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Every Design Is Distinctive
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When a top design team says, “We don’t have a signature style,” it means that they have mastered dozens of styles, and are equally adept at deploying, blending, and reinventing styles as the client, project, and occasion demand.
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Exclusively Yours: The Maui Home Design Center
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 Imagine this: a single design consultant is assigned to each client. In a series of one-on-one conferences, the consultant takes the client through each step of the design process from initial brainstorming to fruition. In between, the designer works closely with the client, creating a file of all the products that he or she is interested in, specifying the model or finish, and ordering the item as well as overseeing installation.
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