Daniel is originally from New York City. He has worked and lived in many places, Including, Seattle, San Francisco, Paris, Barcelona, Hong Kong and Sydney. Daniel brings a worldview, positive attitude and absolute passion for life to those around him creating a great working environment at Design Alchemy.
It was difficult to choose only one thing he wanted to be when he grew up. He has always wanted to be an artist. He wanted to wear many hats and utilize many mediums, share his ideas with my friends and colleagues.
Daniel has worked as an illustrator, a designer and painter of theatre and film sets, he has served as Executive Director to the Center On Contemporary Art (COCA) and also served as Managing Director to the Northwest Actors Studio. Daniel Co-Founded Design Alchemy with Ole Sorenson in 1994
daniel@designalchemy.comJosh was born and raised in to a creative environment, with a family that was involved in theatre and fine art exhibitions. Josh has been with a black pen in his hand, scribbling ideas, concepts and stories since he was able to hold one. Josh has since then graduated from the Art institute of Seattle with a background in Visual Communication as well as the Art institute of San Francisco with a background in fine art and art history.
Josh has worked with a number of clients over the years in various industries; clients include Nokia, Warner Brothers, Leighton International, Proctor & Gamble, and TSL Jewelry to name a few. In recent years, josh has had a heavy focus in fashion and retail photography, shooting and art directing in locations such as Los Angeles, Miami, New York and Hong Kong.
josh@designalchemy.comRan was born in Jerusalem and grew up in Montreal, Canada. In university, he obtained his BA in Creative Writing while working full time in various industries, enjoying the challenge and scope of working as a communications officer for the Ontario Human Rights Commission. A humanist at heart, Ran moved out of human rights and went back to school to get training in pharmaceutical science and then clinical trials research methodology, which he obtained at the University of Hong Kong. He worked as the senior editor for Key Media International’s medical magazine, and then as an editorial project manager for Elsevier. In 2006, he met Mr. Po Chung, founder of DHL International, the global courier company, eventually joining Mr. Chung as his special consultant. Ran founded Sigei Media to help Mr. Chung complete various works in Entrepreneurship, education and much more. After his 3-year term, Ran spent 6 months as a senior copywriter at McCann-Erickson, the advertising agency charged with the Cathay Pacific Airlines account. Now more of an entrepreneur than a copywriter, he joined Design Alchemy in early 2009.
ran@designalchemy.comDesign Alchemy is a design & branding consultancy.
As both brand consultants and graphic designers, we are able to offer a wide range of creative and strategic services with a single point of contact.
Whether building your brand, website or marketing collaterals, our approach is proven, thoughtful, insightful, and driven by research.
We work with organizations of all sizes – from redesigning well-known global brands to local non-profits. We proudly that we don't feel no need to advertise., as all our clients come through referral or from seeing our work.
Our multi-disciplinary teams include brand specialists, visual designers, copywriters, interaction and information designers, content strategists, production specialists and project managers. Our senior people each have decades of experience in understanding brand-and-user needs for print and digital media. We also bring expertise gained through creating solutions for a broad range of industries and users. Our U.S. offices are in Seattle, Washington and our Asia Pacific offices are in Hong Kong.