First real Design Studio

Sputnik, Tailfins, Televisions and Disneyland…

The 1950's were a time of unbridled optimism and limitless possibilities. Our founders started an industrial design studio in a basement of a house in the Hollywood hills. Three former schoolmates from Art Center College of Design decided in 1954 that they had the passion, talent and vision to launch their own consulting industrial design firm (Emerson-Johnson-Mackay, Inc.) No clients yet, just faith and the will to make it happen.