Barbara Wright Design

Optometric Office Design and Consulting

Barbara’s Favorite Quote

"Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works."

-Steve Jobs

How We Work Together

How the Design Process Works
My design philosophy is simple but effective: First make it functional, then make it beautiful. I discuss your practice and your requirements with you so I understand how your patient flow should work and what amenities you want to include in your design. Your plan is developed in stages, reviewed, revised and refined until it meets your approval. All of our work is done via telephone, fax and e-mail.

Local Talent + Specialized Expertise = Superior Results
Your local design person may have excellent skills and experience in commercial office design, but you cannot expect him or her to have the specialized knowledge of a nationally recognized expert in your field. By using a combination of the two, you get the best of both worlds at the best price.

Your local person can produce your construction documents, get your plans through the building department approval process and visit the job site in the progress to check the contractor’s work. Your optical expert can insure that your practice is designed from the ground up to run like a well-oiled machine and that the merchandise presented in your dispensary practically sells itself.

• To get a good picture of the steps required to get a set of plans ready for the building department, you can download a free
  Plan Development Process chart
   
• To get a better idea of how we work, download the BWD Six Step Design Process brochure.

(these are PDF files which requires Adobe Reader.)

Barbara Wright Design • 1521 N. Jantzen Ave, Suite 379 • Portland, OR 97217
Toll-free 888.422.0361 • Tel  503.283.9611 • Fax 503.289.7598

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