Carla Grande has worked with some of New York's most talented artists in the fields of photography, illustration, design and fine art for over twenty-five years. She represented artist John Dugdale for twelve years in commercial advertising and later, when he produced fine art, they worked on various studio projects and she designed his website.

She has designed this website and those of other clients, and began her new venture as Spirit I Design

News: Carla has teamed up with renown painter, Hunt Slonem to design French earthenware for Tiffany & Co.

Illustrator David Pfendler, a corn-fed Ohio native, was a one-time pre med student and fashion designer. Giving it all up to pursue his dream, David began illustrating television scripts for Levi's USA and moved on to national advertising campaigns as well as editorial and book projects.

His images are created digitally, yet maintain a loose, hand-drawn feel. His fresh, graphic style is a blend of urban lifestyle with a fashion bent, and is well-suited for editorial and advertising. His clients include Levi's USA, Abercrombie & Fitch, Rolex, Johnnie Walker and Axe. David lives and works in Greenwich Village, NYC.

Rory Gevis began her career as style director for House & Garden, W Magazine, Mirabella, and the unforgettable Taxi; creating visuals that were award winning and memorable. She lended her creative talents to Town & Country, Harper’s Bazaar, Seventeen, Self, Italian Elle, in addition to advertising images for Revlon, Bath & Body Works, Prescriptives, Chantecaillle, Coach, and Clinique.

A long stint at corporate life at Estee Lauder as Vice President of Creative Concepts for Prescriptives she has done and still continues to create product development for Estee Lauder, Donna Karan beauty, Prescriptives, Tom Ford cosmetics, Beauty Bank, Sean Jean, and Bath & Body Works. Rory's work has been featured in the Madison Avenue windows of Barneys NY.