Michael Reed

Mayer/Reed

Established in 1977, Mayer/Reed is a 27-person Portland, Oregon-based design studio providing landscape architecture, urban design, visual communications and product design services for the environments in which people live, work and play. Our designs emerge from a process that explores the social, cultural, ecological and historic contexts of each place, resulting in spaces that resonate with genuine identity.

SEGD Fellow Committee Update

SEGD Fellow Committee Update

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A legacy of 43 SEGD Fellows has distinguished our organization as the foremost in environmental and experiential design, exemplifying both innovation and excellence. SEGD established the Fellow Award in 1987 and every year recognizes the profession’s laureates: those who are honored for their outstanding and significant contributions to the field over time.

MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility, East Campus Housing

Merit Award 2020
MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility, East Campus Housing

The Oregon Youth Authority is a correctional agency that has taken a significant departure from the status quo by working to transform the lives of incarcerated youth every day. The goal for the new East Campus Cottages at MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility was to embody a new program for how the most dangerous incarcerated youth in Oregon should live, learn, and heal from trauma.

Questions, Answered—Four Years of SEGD Interviews

Questions, Answered—Four Years of SEGD Interviews

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SEGD and SEGD Members ask a lot of questions—and—we get the answers! Over the past four years, we've published a lot of interviews—interviews with fellows, friends of the community, with designers young and old, the famous and the unknown. For your summer reading pleasure, we've compiled 20 interviews that cover a broad range of topics and interviewees. 

Have a few minutes (or several hours) to spare? Happy reading! 

 

The Fellows

Mayer/Reed Celebrates Thirty and Forty Years

Mayer/Reed Celebrates 30 and 40 Years

This year, the Portland multi-disciplinary design firm Mayer/Reed, Inc. is recognizing two anniversaries—a thirtieth and a fortieth. This unusual milestone marks the firm’s establishment by Michael Reed, FSEGD, in 1977 as a visual communications and product design studio; then he formed a partnership ten years later with Carol Mayer-Reed, FASLA, who added landscape architecture and urban design services.

Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People

Finalist 2017
Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People

As Portland’s first new bridge across the Willamette River in 42 years, Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People is the first transit, bike and pedestrian-only bridge in the US, marking a new era in transportation. The transit agency challenged the Mayer/Reed design team to create a commemoration honoring its place in Portland’s history. The design team was asked to propose the commemoration location, content and form.

SEGD's Best Content of 2016

Best Content of 2016 Graphic

2016 was a busy year for our members and followers, so you probably haven’t read or watched each and every one of the over 1,000 pieces of new content posted on segd.org over the last 12 months. Lucky for you, we’ve compiled a top 20 list from all the articles, videos and content the website has to offer. Consider it your SEGD 2016 executive summary. Sit back, relax and enjoy!

Object, Symbol, Message - 2016 Fellow Michael Reed

SEGD is an amazing community of designers, fabricators and manufacturers who create experiences that connect people to place. One of the many membership benefits of SEGD is a library of talks from SEGD's 4-6 events a year. Starting from 2014, these videos are available for viewing for members for free. If you are a member please log in (hint: top right below search) if not please join SEGD and experience its amazing resources.

2016 SEGD Fellow and Excellence Award Winners Announced

SEATTLE– During the 2016 SEGD Conference Experience Seattle, winners of the 2016 SEGD Excellence Awards were announced and celebrated among the largest annual gathering of members of the experiential graphic design community. Since 1987, SEGD’s Excellence Awards have honored the individuals, companies, and institutions whose work has significantly advanced the environmental and/or experiential graphic design fields. The 2016 honorees and awards are as follows:
 
2016 SEGD Fellow: Michael Reed, Mayer/Reed

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