Laura Guido-Clark

Guido-Clark has contributed to the design of products for Herman Miller, HP, Samsung and Toyota. She has designed textiles and patterns for HBF, Pallas, Carnegie, Ultrafabrics, FLOR and Uncommon.[13]

She consults closely with Herman Miller as their Creative Director of Materials.[14]

In 2011 Guido-Clark founded the non-profit Project Color Corps. The charity aims to inspire local, urban communities to feel and be more positive through the power of color and pattern on community buildings such as schools. The charity teaches children and community members about color and pattern enabling and inviting them to be co-designers of their space. Professional designers and contractors are then engaged to work alongside volunteers to implement the community vision.[15]

Project Color Corps contributions to the community include the following:[16]

• E.C. Reems Academy, Oakland CA [17]
• Wo-Chieve Academy, Oakland CA
• Para Los Ninos School, Los Angeles CA [18]
• Cambridge Elementary, Concord CA [19]
• Willie Mays Boys and Girls Club, San Francisco CA [20]

As a guest blogger Guido-Clark has written a number of articles on color and design for Fast Company. In her Dreaming in Technicolor blog she writes about the impact of color on our everyday lives and the design process.[13] Her blog list includes:

• Why Color is Not a Cure-All [21]
• Focus Groups: It's Like Saying the F-Word to Creatives [22]
• Envisioning a Brighter Future: A ColorCorps for American Cities [23]

For over a decade she has been interviewed extensively on design, her role and her philosophy of color. In a 2005 SFGate interview she discussed her college years and her views on the emotional importance of color in our everyday lives.[24]

The New York Times has covered Guido-Clark twice. In 2006 she considered the design of the bed in an article entitled The Bed, Remade.[25] In 2009 she appeared in an article entitled Boundless Cheer covering her on a shopping trip to Manhattan.[26]

Guido-Clark discussed some of her favourite fellow designers such as Magnus Anesund, Vibe Harsloef, and Tanya Aguiñiga in a Design Milk article in 2010.[27]

In an interview given to Design Applause in 2011 she expanded on how she arrived at "Experience Consultant' to describe the work performed by her and her colleagues in Laura Guido-Clark Design. She also compared American and Japanese design processes and values.[28]

In June 2017, she was interviewed by the magazine Interior Design The piece covered her design inspiration, her childhood in Michigan, her philosophy of color and her current work including Love Good Color - her new design methodology.[29]