About us

Principle Centered Design.

For over 25 years the multi-disciplinary team at RSM Design has created award-winning graphic connections with architecture. Our studios have collaborated with some of the world’s most noted architects, developers, and institutions to seamlessly combine branding, wayfinding, art, and graphics into the built environment. The designs span the spectrums of locations, scales, project types, and cultures to create unique experiences through the lens of environmental graphics. RSM Design is a certified Women Business Enterprise (WBE) and is certified nationally by the National Women Business Owners Corporation.

Design Principles ›

RSM Design team members work collaboratively with color samples.
San Clemente Studio

Meet Our Team.

Headshot of RSM design team member Suzanne Redmond Schwartz in black and white. Headshot of RSM design team member Max Mcilwee in black and white. Headshot of RSM design team member Martin Schwartz in black and white. Headshot of RSM design team member Stephanie Wills in black and white. Headshot of RSM design team member Laura Escarcega in black and white. Headshot of RSM design team member Jeff Hertzler in black and white. Headshot of RSM design team member Harry Mark in black and white. Headshot of RSM design team member Susan Clark in black and white. Headshot of RSM design team member Eloisa Ortiz in black and white. Headshot of RSM design team member Cory Clinton in black and white. Headshot of RSM design team member Christy Montgomery in black and white. Headshot of RSM design team member Sue Tunstall in black and white. Headshot of RSM design team member Cody Clark in black and white.

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Decades of Design.

Working out of their garage apartment, Suzanne and Martin began the San Clemente studio in 1997 with one project from Walt Disney Imagineering. A nice project to begin with, but one that rapidly needed additional team members. Joined shortly by Harry, Stephanie and Cody, the team quickly grew in its collaborative spirit. That collaboration formally established Redmond Schwartz Mark Design in 1999 by merging with Harry’s architectural practice in Dallas… beginning two decades of working at the intersection of graphics and architecture.

In 1999, the studio moved out of the garage apartment and purchased the San Clemente design studio. This location was the first building designed by Korean architect Richard Y. Lim, a protege of Frank Lloyd Wright. Lim’s wife worked as a seamstress for the Wright family to pay for the internship at Taliesin West. Built in 1948, the structure was the first modernist building in San Clemente.

Our Story ›

RSM Design’s three founding members: (from left to right) Suzanne, Martin, and Harry.

Clients & Collaborators.

BIG logo Related logo DS+R logo OLIN logo The Star logo Studio MLA logo OJB logo logo One&Only logo OMA logo

Corporate
& Workplace

  • Alexandria Real Estate
  • Chemonics International
  • Crow Family Holdings
  • Hillwood
  • Hines
  • Irvine Company
  • Ivanhóe Cambridge
  • Pizza Hut / Yum International
  • Rosewood Property Company
  • State Farm Insurance

Retail & Entertainment

  • Aldar Properties
  • Brookfield Properties
  • Caruso Affiliated
  • Dacra Development
  • Dallas Cowboys
  • Emaar Development
  • The Festival Companies
  • L Catterton Read Estate
  • Macerich
  • Madison Marquette
  • Majid Al Futtaim Group
  • National Geographic Encounter
  • Nike
  • Portafolio Inmobiliario
  • The Related Group
  • Seritage Growth Properties
  • Simon Property Group
  • Sonae Sierra
  • Taubman
  • Triple Five
  • Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
  • Walt Disney Imagineering

Arts
& Culture

  • American Institute of Architects
  • Balboa Park Conservancy
  • Boy Scouts of America
  • Buddy Holly Performing Arts
  • Crow Collection of Asian Arts
  • Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
  • El Paso Children’s Museum
  • Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District
  • Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
  • Museo Miraflores
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation

Hospitality

  • Aman Resorts
  • Andaz Hotels by Hyatt
  • Caesars Palace Entertainment
  • Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
  • Hyatt Corporation
  • Intercontinental Hotels
  • Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
  • Omni Hotels & Resorts
  • One & Only Resorts
  • Ritz Carlton Resorts
  • Royal Caribbean Cruises
  • St. Regis Hotels
  • The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino
  • Viceroy Hotels & Resorts
  • Virgin Hotels
  • Walt Disney Hospitality

Healthcare

  • Baylor Scott & White
  • Dugoni School of Dentistry
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Memorial Hermann Health System
  • Parkland Memorial Hospital
  • St. Joseph Healthcare
  • Texas Medical Center

Architecture
& Landscape

  • Arquitectonica
  • Beyer Blinder Belle
  • Belzberg Architects
  • Benoy
  • Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)
  • Diamond Schmitt Architects
  • Diller Scofidio + Renfro
  • Elkus Manfredi Architects
  • Gensler
  • Jerde
  • Lake Flato Architects
  • NBBJ
  • Nelson Byrd Woltz
  • OLIN
  • Olson Kundig Architects
  • OMA
  • Safdie Rabines Architects
  • Skidmore, Ownings & Merrill (SOM)
  • Snøhetta
  • SWA Group

Institutional
& Civic

  • City of Aspen, CO
  • City of Beverly Hills, CA
  • City of Dallas, TX
  • City of Honolulu, HI
  • City of Huntington Beach, CA
  • City of Las Vegas, NV
  • City of Los Angeles, CA
  • City of Miami, FL
  • City of Newport Beach, CA
  • City of San Diego, CA
  • County of Los Angeles
  • Kamehameha School District
  • Lili’uokalani Trust
  • Los Angeles Metro
  • Miami Downtown Development Authority

Residential & Multi-Family

  • Brookfield Residential
  • Crescent Communities
  • Emaar MISR
  • Five Point Communities
  • Hillwood Communities
  • Hines
  • Lennar
  • Post Properties
  • Sotheby’s International Realty
  • Tavistock
  • Trammell Crow Residential Company

Real Estate & Infrastructure

  • American Airlines
  • Berkshire Hathaway
  • British Petroleum
  • Cadillac Fairview
  • Cushman & Wakefield
  • DeBartolo Development
  • Delhi International Airport Limited
  • Federal Realty Investment Trust
  • Howard Hughes Corporation
  • JBG Smith
  • Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
  • Kimco Realty
  • Metropolitan Transportation Authority
  • New World Development
  • Swire Development
  • Trammel Crow Company
  • Witkoff

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Awards.

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

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Testimonials.

Balboa Park Conservancy entry fountain with buildings in background

Balboa Park

San Diego, California

Our design process involves a high level of participatory planning with key stakeholders. We have partnered with RSM in transforming Balboa Park’s signage and wayfinding from pretty poor toward best-in-class. The firm has provided us a steady guide and inspiration as we inventoried and mapped all of the signage in and leading to the park. Sharing our findings with our key stakeholders with RSM remains one of the most effective community meetings we have held. Their plan provides us with a contextually sensitive design that is extremely attractive to our donors and to the city’s parks and recreation department. It sets the standard now for the entire park and is influencing system-wide donor recognition, advancing design from pedestrian to best-in-class.

Thomas Herrera-Wishler Executive Officer
Balboa Park Conservancy