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J. Street Creative provides 3D visualization services for residential spaces, corporate interiors, retail environments, or unique one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture. We specialize in high-quality renderings and concepts that customers will love.
Based on 30 years of manufacturing and building experience from handcrafted studio furniture making to corporate office furniture to retail displays and fixtures to kitchens & closet spaces to architectural millwork & architectural models. Let J. Street Creative help you visualize your next project.
Meet Michael Graham,
Founder & Lead Designer
What was your favorite childhood thing to do?
I used to build a lot of things with LEGO like: spaceships, vehicles, and buildings. If I came up with something that I liked I would take the time to slowly deconstruct it and make my own instruction booklets with colored pencils on graph paper.
What led you to become a designer?
My love of building things for one. But also I had a few people around me that influenced me. My mother was always making things with her hands and my father was always fixing up the house and adding on to it. Neither of them was trained; they just loved it and figured it out as they went. I adopted that mindset. Also, my cousin, Gary Graham, is a fashion designer. He's a few years older than me and when he went to design school I thought I could do that too. My great-grandfather built houses in Wilmington, DE and my grandfather was a graphic artist and designed store displays after illustrating pilot manuals in WW2.
Where did you go to school?
I studied furniture design at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. What attracted me to these schools was their hands-on learning & technology and their balance of art, design & craft. They were both great environments because of so many like-minded creative souls and opportunities to learn from other disciplines.
What is your design approach?
Each project is unique and really comes about because of the customer. They have a need to fulfill and I help them arrive at a solution. There are many things that factor into the decision process: Budget, durability, what kind of environment will it be in, colors, materials, time frame, aesthetic. I see the design process as a way to engage the customer and create a real sense of collaboration.
What is a "Bucket List" project you would love to work on in your lifetime?
I've always wanted to write my version of "The Great American Novel." I've made some progress on this recently and started outlining the plot and characters. It will be loosely based on my experience in the design world.
What is something most people don't know about you?
We are a homeschooling family. We believe that each of us is "a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit therefrom." We have a unique family outlook and think that our children can develop their spiritual gems (like creativity, generosity, cooperation, perseverance). It's so rewarding seeing them develop right in front of us and alongside us every day.
Best advice I've ever received: The impossible can be accomplished by breaking it down into possible tasks.
My happy place: A walk in the woods.
Most amazing place I've traveled: The Baha'i World Center in Haifa, Israel.
I'm inspired by: People that create unity.
Pet peeve: People not really listening to each other.