People
As the founder of Studio Montgomery, Christy Montgomery brings experience, talent and integrity.
She is passionate about community and connection. Christy graduated from Willamette University with a Bachelor of Arts in Art and Politics. She also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Art Center College of Design.
Christy’s strength is in defining strategies unique to each project. Since 2002, she has been thinking about graphic as an element of the built environment. Her recent work has focused on higher education, municipal wayfinding and parks/open spaces. In addition to these sectors of interest, she continues to work in multi-family and mixed use development.
Her skills are especially valuable in complex projects that yearn for intuitive solutions.
Professional Associations
Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD)
Member since 2018.
Symposium Speaker: Wayfinding + Placemaking, April 27-28, 2023
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Affiliate since 2023.
Session Speaker 2024: “My Place: Using Signs and Graphics to Enhance Personal Connections to Space”
Urban Land Institute (ULI)
2025 Randall Lewis Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) Long Beach Waterfront
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Participant
International Downtown Alliance (iDA)
American Alliance of Museums (AAM)
Association for Women in Architecture and Design (AWA)
Los Angeles Chapter
Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
Power of place training, 2022
Christy and Chris Calori at SEGD 5O in Washington DC.
Check out Chris's book "Signage and Wayfinding Design: A Complete Guide to Creating Environmental Graphic Design Systems"
Christy at the Eames Institute with the evolutions of DCW displayed in the background
Christy and Mohonned Jawadi in Minneapolis for ASLA
Christy at ICSC in Las Vegas
Christy with Susan Mavor of Lost and Found and Adam Fine of Fathom, after our session, My Place: Using Signs and Graphics to Enhance Personal Connections to Space".
Christy at the NoMa Chicken & Egg, while attending the International Downtown Alliance conference in DC.