Westwood is a Pacific Northwest design studio for makers, brewers, and outfitters. We design with the gravity of a pack on a long trail.
We accept four major projects a year and a number of small ones. Below — what is on the bench, who is at the easels, and the materials currently being pack-tested.
A 1972 mill town outfitter, refit head-to-toe. Wordmark, twelve SKU labels, riveted hangtags, and a catalogue rebuilt around the loom. Catalogue 14 sold out in 11 days.
We design identities the way an outfitter ties knots: with redundancy, with grip, with a knife close at hand. Marks for makers who ship outdoors.
Packaging design that travels well. Riveted hangtags, recycled board, debossed cedar accents. We pack-test every system in the back of a truck.
Long-form publication design with the discipline of a back-country guidebook. Saddle-stitched to clothbound, sized to fit a chest pocket.
Different bench, different work. Below, the differences in plain English.
“Westwood spent four days at our mill before drawing a single line. The wordmark fits the saw blades. We use it on every catalogue.”
“They sent the brand book in a waxed-canvas envelope, tied with twine. Eight years later, the canvas is still on my shelf, the brand on every label.”
“Westwood designs the way you build a fire — slowly, with kindling first. The result has the same warmth and the same staying power.”
Pricing is plain. Most projects align to a fourteen-week season. Tending retainers continue quarterly until the snow comes back.
Answered plainly. Letters reach us within a week — or come walk up the valley.
A converted woodshed in the Methow Valley, north-central Washington. Visits welcome — rubber boots advised in March.
Three project slots remain in spring. We read every brief, including the ones we politely return.