Mike Hawks

Mike Hawks

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Member Since

September 2011

Mike Hawks is a designer at Mayer/Reed, a multidisciplinary design studio providing landscape architecture, urban design, visual communications and product design. A lifelong student of psychology and sociology, Mike Hawks concerns himself with how people come to understand their environment, navigate through it and obtain a perception of safety and well-being.
Earning a BFA in Interior Design from Marylhurst University, Mike Hawks brings a lifetime of varied and relevant experience to the practice of EGD – his prior careers in fashion retail and the building trades (as well as practically congenital passions for Lego and drawing), helped him develop a deep affection for graphic environments and a keen understanding of making: how things work, how they fit together, what makes them memorable and useful.
Mike Hawks is a former co-chair of the Portland Chapter.
Connect with Mike Hawks on LinkedIn. Learn more about Mike’s work with Mayer/Reed.

Ask me about

ADA and other code requirements.

My super power is

Knowing exactly what size container the leftovers will fit in.

I'm looking for

Opportunities to mentor and educate.

Best piece of advice I've ever heard

Just breathe.

Practice Area

Branded Environments, Placemaking, Strategy/Research/Planning, Wayfinding

Focus Area

Equitable Design, Graphic, Interpretive, Signage, Sustainability

Industry

Cultural, Education, Healthcare, Recreation, Transportation, Urban + Civic