What We Do
With multiple locations in the Southern California, Looking is a design consultancy with a focus on projects that live in the space between graphic design and art. Increasingly our projects are three dimensional, and we are comfortable working in various metals, stone and synthetic materials.
Unique to our process is that we only undertake projects where our role encompasses concept development, design, prototyping, and hands on supervision of all production, essentially from start to finish.
Our work spans five decades and diverse industries, with our current clients in real estate development, education, film and digital studios.
John Clark
I began my career as an intern with Peter Walker of Sasaki Walker & Associates, which ultimately led several of us to found The GNU Group—a Bay Area studio renowned for branding and environmental design.
To deepen my undestanding of design, I moved to Switzerland to attend the Kunstgewerbeschule Basel, studying with such design greats as Armin Hofmann, Wolfgang Weingart and Kurt Hauert. From there, I found a path to the Munich Büro Rolf Muller studio. A true genius—and lead designer for the 1972 Munich Olympic Games at age 26—Rolf continues to influence my work to this day.
Upon returning to the States, I connected with Jim Cross in Los Angeles and became a Vice President of Cross Associates during the 1980’s. I then returned to Switzerland as an instructor at Art Center (Europe) and was soon appointed Department Chairman for Communication Design. While in Europe, I founded Looking in 1990.
Who We Are
- John Clark
Principal, Designer - Marianne Thompson
Principal - Extended Team
Ron Larson
Ron Larson Design Inc.
CONTACT
Tel: 310 322 6330
214 Main Street, #302
El Segundo, California 90245
8267 Stillwater Drive
La Quinta, California 92253
Instagram: johnclark819
