2D CREATIVES / AWARDS

Jane Kobayashi art directs all graphic communications projects for the studio. Kobayashi graduated cum laude from UCLA with a BA in Design and with distinction from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena with a BFA in Graphic Design and Packaging. She has 24 years of design experience, 17 of them with 5D. Kobayashi has won numerous design awards and was nominated for inclusion in the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum exhibition on annual report design. She has taught at Art Center College of Design and Art Center’s Saturday High Program.

Maggie van Oppen has a BA in Art from California State University Long Beach and a BFA in Communication Arts from Otis Parsons in Los Angeles. She has 18 years of design experience including 10 years at Kim Baer Design Associates. van Oppen is a senior creative director, has won numerous design awards, and handles many of 2D’s accounts.

SERVICES
brand strategy & development
web design
brochures
catalogs
packaging
advertising campaigns
showroom design
environmental graphics
motion graphics

AWARDS
Communication Arts
AIGA California
Communication Arts
Creativity
Creativity 33
How International
How Self-Promotion
Mead Annual Report Show
Ad Review
American Association of Museums Public Design Competition (First Place in Annual Reports Category)
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
Gold Medal Casebook Awards
STA 100 (Society of Typographical Arts, Chicago)
Art Director Club of Los Angeles (ADLA)
Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) “on the Edge” Exhibition
Print Magazine, Annual Report on Annual Reports
Print Regional Design Award
Print Magazine
Type Directors Club
Desi Awards, Graphic Design USA
AR 100
OCAF Adawards
Creativity
Western Art Directors Club

BOOK PUBLICATIONS
Graphis: Designers USA No. 3
The Best of Annual Reports
Best of Direct Response
Typography 21
Design 2K
Big Book of Designs
Global Graphics Color
White Graphics
Small Graphics
Creative Edge: Brochures
Creative Edge: Letterhead and Business Cards
Direct Response Graphics
Print Casebooks on Annual Reports
Graphic Design USA
Clients & Designers
Graphic Design in Los Angeles

3D CREATIVES / AWARDS

David Ritch studied Urban Planning at the University of Cincinnati before receiving his BS in Industrial Design.

Mark Saffell  attended at Ringling College of Art and Design, where he received a BFA in Interior Architecture.

David and Mark worked together at Donald Chadwick’s studio for nearly a decade, involved in various furniture projects including the Herman Miller Aeron Chair. In 1995, Ritch and Saffell left Donald Chadwick to form the 3D portion of 5d studio.

Over the past 2 decades their studio has focused on corporate, healthcare, educational and residential furniture. They have collaborated with a broad range of furniture clients, from large multifaceted corporations to small family owned businesses. Their experience spans highly developmental ergonomic task seating to more fashion driven soft seating products. They take pride in solving problems, understanding their client and providing the best possible solution for their needs.

Ritch and Saffell, as 5dstudio, have been recognized with numerous awards including Best of competition at Neocon, Best of Competition Nightingale Award, IDSA- Design of the Decade, ID Annual design Review, Officeinsight Most Excellent Award, IIDA Acclaim Award, IIDEX, Good Design Award and Interior Design Best of the Year. Their work has also been featured in exhibits at the Cooper Hewitt National Museum and the Pasadena Museum of California Design.

AWARDS

Interwoven, Embra

2020 Best of CFYC, Healthcare Furnishings

2021 Nightingale Award – Innovation Award in Seating: Guest Lounge

Interwoven, Ezzeri

2021 Nightingale Award – Silver Award for Patient Seating

Arcadia, Scenery

2020 Best of CFYC, Seating, Modular

Good Design Award, 2021

Encore, Faction

2020 Best of CYFC, Seating, Multi-Purpose

Arcadia, Flirt
2018 International Design Excellence Award, Gold IDEA award

Good Design Award, 2018

Herman Miller, Ava
2016 ID HIP Award for Health and Wellness Furniture
Best of Neocon 2016, Gold for Patient Seating
2015 Nightingale Award – Best of Competition
2015 Nightingale Award – Gold Award for Patient Seating

2017 German Design Award Special

2016 Good Design Award

2016 European Healthcare Design

2015 Interior Design, Best fo the Year Honoree

Tuohy, Prato
Best of Neocon 2010 Silver For Systems Furniture

Nemschoff, Cente’
2007 NWIIDA In Award
2007 Nightingale Award – The Center For Health Design

Nienkamper, Aya
IIDEX 2007, Gold Seating

Herman Miller RED, Grasshopper
IDSA, Industrial Design Excellence Award, Bronze

Herman Miller, Baskets
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, National Design Triennial 2006

Vecta, Kart
Neocon 1998, Most Innovative
Neocon 1998, Gold for Seating Desk/Workstation
IIDA 1998, Gold Award Seating
IIDA 1999, Acclaim Award, Task Seating
IIDA 1999, Acclaim Award, Most Innovative
Good Design Award, 1998
Officeinsight, Most Excellent Award
ID Magazine 1999 Design Annual, Design Distinction
Industrial Design Excellence Award 1999, Gold IDEA
IDSA, Design Of The Decade 1999, Bronze

Vecta, Rocky
Neocon, 2004, Silver For Seating
Pasadena Museum of California Art, California Design Biennial 2007

Tuohy, Salone
Best of Neocon 2003, Gold For Tables (Conference and Training)
Best of Neocon 2003, Gold For Table (Electrified)
Best of Neocon 2002, Silver For Systems Furniture

Nienkamper, Satori
IIDEX 2001, Bronze Seating

Forms + Surfaces, Bantam
2000 Good Design Award

Arcadia, Milestone
Best Of LA Designweek, 1999

Haworth, Tas
Neocon 1997, Best Of Competition
Neocon 1997, Gold For Seating Desk/Workstation
Officeinsight, Most Excellent Award

Brayton, Umbrella
IIDA 1995, Acclaim Award

Metro, Viola
ID Magazine 1993, Annual Design Review