Office of Paul Sahre
About
Studio Size
Small (1-5)
Year founded
1997
Borough
Manhattan
Studio Bio/Philosophy
Office of Paul Sahre (O.O.P.S.) is a 2 person (Paul Sahre and Erik Carter) graphic design studio interested in the space between commercial and personal projects. This is reflected in the physical layout of the workspace: part design studio, part silkscreen lab, part classroom.
Elsewhere
The Team
Office of Paul Sahre has 2 people. Of those, 1 is a studio head.
60% of studios are small-sized (1-5 people).
Gender Breakdown
100% male
0% female
Average height
More than 6’
Shortest: 6’2”
Tallest: 6’2”
Average age
36-40
Youngest: 24
Oldest: 48
Studio Disciplines
Breakdown of Work
Number of studio projects
100+
Pro-bono projects
0
Strategy/Execution
0% Strategy
100% Execution
Primary Specialties
- Books (52)
- Illustration (45)
- Print (75)
Outside the scope of the studio
- Brand Strategy (8)
- Broadcast Graphics (27)
- Exhibition Design (5)
- Experience Design (12)
- Industrial Design (35)
- Product (18)
- Sound Design (49)
- Typeface Design (20)
- Web Development (43)
Clients’ Industries
- Healthcare (18)
- Local & community organizations (41)
- Media & Publishing (58)
- Music (28)
- The Arts/Cultural Institutions (71)
Office of Paul Sahre’s Clients
- AIDS Institute (NQC)
- American Illustration
- ArtAsiaPacific
- Atlantic Theatre
- Bloomberg View (3)
- Little Brown
- New Directions
- New York Magazine (5)
- Pantheon Books
- Polity
- Public Bikes
- Simon and Schuster Publishers (2)
- The New York Times (12)
- They Might Be Giants (2)
- This American Life (2)
Paul Sahre, Principal
Demographics
From Binghamton , New York, USA!, now lives in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, NY. Formal education is graduate degree, primary design education is school (Kent State University).
What’s been the biggest influence on your design career?
j. Charles Walker (former head of the design program at Kent State). Charles pushed me, but he also gave me plenty room to fail. In many ways I have modeled my design practice on my experience in grad school.
Previous Design Employment
- Doyle Partners
- GKV Design
- Rutka Weadock Design
- Barton-Gillet
Teaching Design
- Shepherd College — 1 years
- University of Baltimore — 3 years
- Parsons The New School for Design — 4 years
- Cooper Union — 2 years
- School of Visual Arts — 13 years
Time spent designing
80% actual
100% desired
Location
The Space
The studio is about 650 square feet. It’s rented and they’ve been there for 13 years.
Approximately 163 square feet/person. The average is 210 square feet/person.
37% of studios share a space.
Number of times moved
1
Other businesses in the space
- Other graphic design studios
Amenities
- Cleaning service (44)
- Library/book collection (67)
- Private bathrooms (34)
Number of plants
1-5
Decorations
Books and bookshelves, Process materials for ongoing projects
Desk Policy
We like it messier: everyone keeps books, trinkets, photos and more on their desks.
Space Satisfaction
We love it, it’s perfect
Working Days
Working week
The work week is 40-49 hours/week, core hours are 9:30-6:00, with the first in at 9:30am and the last out at 7:00pm.
50% of studios work 40-49 hours/week.
The average is 40-49 hours/week.
Paid Vacation
6-10 days
26% of studios in this range
Work Weekends?
Once a month
Take Summer Fridays?
No
Busiest Time of day?
It’s high intensity all day
Favorite Typefaces:
- Founders Grotesk (2)
- Futura (12)
- Gotham (17)
- Helvetica / Helvetica Neue (14)
- Italian Sans
- New Grotesk
- Novel Powell
- Sharp Sans
- Tiempos
- Trade Gothic Bold (2)
Culture
Biking to work
1
127 bikers across all studios
Pick your poison
Beer
Overall Noise Level
Quiet
36% of studios are quiet
Working groups
Lunch Habits
Eats individually
Favorite delivery/take-out: Republic
Eat out for lunch?
Every day
Favorite sit-down lunch: Village Yogart