Find your place in the Collective
MEMBERSHIP
Two ways to belong
Whether the Collective becomes your business home base or a place to plug in, membership is designed to give independent designers more of what helps their work—and businesses—thrive.
STUDIO PRINCIPAL
Your studio, with support.
A deeper level of membership that brings dedicated workspace, business infrastructure, resources and relationships together around your studio.
You know where you want to take your business. And you’re ready for the way you work to catch up with the ambition behind it.
Maybe you’re building your studio from the ground up. Maybe you’ve built something successful and you’re ready for what comes next. Either way, you’re serious about your work, intentional about how you show up, and ready to operate at a different level.
But building an independent design business means building everything around the design, too—the place you work, the way you welcome clients, the resources you need at hand, the relationships that open doors, and the operational support that gives you room to keep moving forward.
Studio Principal brings those pieces together.
Your business stays entirely your own. The Collective gives you a dedicated place to work, beautiful spaces to host clients, sourcing resources at your fingertips, operational support, industry relationships, and a community of designers with their own big plans.
A studio that matches your ambition.
A professional environment that reflects the level of work you’re building toward—without the overhead of creating and running a studio entirely on your own.
Dedicated workspace
A place that’s yours to settle into, spread out and get to work.
Client-ready spaces
Beautiful, considered rooms for presentations, meetings and conversations.
Resources at your fingertips
A working library of samples, materials and makers built for the way designers actually source.
The everyday infrastructure
Mail and package receiving, printing, technology, studio amenities and the practical things that make a workday work.
More behind your business.
The real value of getting in the room: being connected to the people, knowledge and opportunities that can move your work—and your business—forward.
A community of designers
Build real relationships with other independent designers who are serious about where they’re going.
Industry connections
Meet reps, makers, trades and partners—and build relationships beyond your own network.
Education + conversations
Programming built around design, business and the things independent designers are navigating right now.
Member experiences
Events, conversations, sourcing opportunities and experiences created for the Collective community.
Founding Studio Principals
THE FIRST EIGHT.
Every community has the people who were there at the beginning.
The first eight Studio Principal members will do more than join the Collective. They’ll help establish its rhythm, its culture and what it feels like to be part of this community from the very start.
These are the designers whose names will always be part of the earliest chapter—who worked here first, gathered around the table first, and helped turn a beautiful space into something much bigger.
Founding members will receive legacy pricing and priority renewal, along with the opportunity to have a real voice in the Collective as it takes shape.
Once those eight memberships are spoken for, this chapter closes.
STUDIO ACCESS
Better connected, by design.
You don’t need another office. You do want more of what happens when the right designers, resources and ideas are in the same room.
You’re serious about where you want to take your design business—even if you’re not ready for a dedicated studio just yet.
Studio Access gives you a way into the people, resources and experiences of the Collective at a level that meets you where you are. With flexible access to the studio each month, come in to work, source for a project, join a conversation, connect with designers and industry partners, or simply spend time in a place where design business is happening all around you.
Because sometimes the next step isn’t having everything figured out. It’s getting yourself into the right room.
A place to plug in
Flexible access to a professional design environment when you need it—without the commitment of a dedicated workspace.
Shared workspace
Come in, open your laptop, spread out and get some work done away from home.
Sourcing at your fingertips
Access to the Collective’s working library of samples, materials and makers.
Spaces to use
Work, source, collaborate and meet within the Collective during your available studio days.
Flexible studio access
A set number of days each month to make the Collective part of your working rhythm.
People & ideas within reach.
Because leveling up isn’t just about where you work. It’s about having more resources, relationships and support behind what you’re building.
Procurement support
Help carrying the work that happens after the design decisions are made—from ordering and tracking to the inevitable issues in between.
Industry relationships + access
Stronger connections to vendors, reps, trades and makers, with preferred procurement opportunities where available.
Business growth + education
Programming, conversations and shared knowledge designed around the realities of building a design business.
A room full of people going somewhere
A community of independent designers who are serious about their work, generous with what they know and invested in building strong businesses of their own.
MEMBERSHIP AT A GLANCE
Find the right fit
Two ways to be part of the Collective, built around how you want to work, connect and grow.
Work
Operate
Grow
Belong
Studio Principal
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Dedicated workstation
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Unlimited studio access
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Priority conference room reservations
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Business mailing address
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Mail + package receiving
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Preferred procurement rates
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Studio Sessions included
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CEUs included
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Quarterly Masterclasses included
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Annual Strategy Intensive
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Partner programming
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Community gatherings
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Editorial feature opportunities
Studio Access
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Flexible workspace
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5 studio days per month
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Conference room access
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Procurement services available
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Studio Sessions included
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Member pricing for CEUs
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Member pricing for Masterclasses
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Partner programming
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Community gatherings