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Left to Right: Ryan Dunn, Wyeth Hansen

About

Studio Size

Small (1-5)

Year founded

2008

Borough

Brooklyn

Studio Bio/Philosophy

Founded in 2008 by partners Ryan Dunn and Wyeth Hansen, Labour is a studio that employs a craftsman model, with both partners closely involved on each project in all aspects. Despite its size, Labour has created a widely varied body of work.

The Team

Labour has 2 people. Of those, 2 are studio heads.

60% of studios are small-sized (1-5 people).

Average height

More than 6’

Shortest: 6’1”
Tallest: 6’2”

Number of freelancers/year

1-5

Number of interns/year

0

Average: 1-2

Conversations

Our aesthetics overlap but our approaches are different.

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Studio Disciplines

Breakdown of Work

65%

Motion

10%

Interactive

Number of studio projects

26–50

Pro-bono projects

6–10

Primary Specialties

  • Art Direction (58)
  • Branding & Identity (77)
  • Broadcast Graphics (18)
  • Illustration (45)
  • Motion (29)
  • Print (75)
  • Sound Design (6)

Clients’ Industries

  • Education (40)
  • Fashion (45)
  • Local & community organizations (41)
  • Movies/Film (19)
  • Technology (37)
  • The Arts/Cultural Institutions (71)
  • TV (17)

Sister Studio

Athletics

Labour’s Clients

Ryan Dunn, Partner

Demographics

Age 32, Male, from Dallas, Texas, USA, now lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. Formal education is undergraduate degree, primary design education is school (Rhode Island School of Design).

Years in Design Industry

10 years

Average: 17 years

Wyeth Hansen, Partner

Demographics

Age 31, Male, from Fresno, CA, USA, now lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY. Formal education is undergraduate degree, primary design education is school (Rhode Island School of Design).

What’s been the biggest influence on your design career?

Psychedelic poster art, Talking Heads/David Byrne/Brian Eno, Annie and Josef Albers, Hans and Sophie-Tauber Arp, Tintin comics, Barney Bubbles, Wire and Colin Newman, John Baldessari text paintings.

Years in Design Industry

10 years

Previous Design Employment

Time spent designing

50% actual

60% desired

Location

The Space

The studio is about 1000 square feet. They’ve been there for 10 months.

Approximately 333 square feet/person. The average is 210 square feet/person.
37% of studios share a space.

Number of times moved

3

Other businesses in the space

  • Individual freelancers

Number of plants

0

Type of chair

Eames Aluminum Group

Decorations

Nothing

Desk Policy

To each their own: some keep their desks tidy, while others like it messier.

Space Satisfaction

We like it, but plan to make some changes to the space

Culture

Music

Plays music for 40% of the day at an average volume. Currently obsessed with Jacques Jams, and most played over the last year is Tom Petty Megamix.

Biking to work

2

127 bikers across all studios

Overall Noise Level

Quiet

36% of studios are quiet

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