Michael Hodgson

Co-Founder

Ph.D. A Design Office

Santa Monica, CA

www.phdla.com

Michael Hodgson is the principal of Ph.D, a Santa Monica-based design office serving an enlightened roster of clients with visual acuity, crisp thinking and penetrating wit. Ph.D's work has been executed across a wide range of mediums for a mix of Fortune 500 companies, innovation leaders and cultural institutions such as Border Grill, Chronicle Books, Frederick Fisher & Partners, Gehry Partners, The Getty Foundation, Vitra, and The Rand Corporation. Born and raised in London, Michael studied at St. Martin’s School of Art in London and graduated from Brighton College of Art in 1974. He began his career at Harpers & Queen magazine under the legendary Willie Landels, where Michael served as art director until 1979. Michael is President Emeritus of AIGA Los Angeles and serves on the advisory board of the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design, which has been instrumental in recruiting over 100,000 design firms (and counting) to sign the Designers Accord, a Kyoto treaty for responsible design. In 2007 he was named an AIGA Fellow, the highest honor awarded by AIGA chapters. Most weekends he can be found on his Trek carving trails through the Santa Monica Mountains. Michael is married to Gill Hodgson and has three beautiful daughters: Lily, Maudie Rae, and Lucie. He always, always makes time for tea.

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