Half Sister Studio was founded to work in the space between what organizations hope to accomplish, what people actually want and need, and what ultimately gets made.
We assemble interdisciplinary teams around the needs of each project, drawing from a trusted network of strategists, designers, filmmakers, artists, technologists, producers and other specialists.
What Guides Us
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Before deciding what to make, we ask what the work needs to accomplish, for whom, and why. Strategy gives us a way to understand the opportunity, make choices and establish a clear intention for the experience.
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The people who will experience the work bring knowledge, expectations, opinions and lives of their own. We create ways for audiences, communities and stakeholders to meaningfully inform the work, then make what we learn visible in the decisions that follow.
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We don’t begin with a predetermined solution. Film, media, objects, environments, interaction, interpretation and technology are all part of the palette. We use what the experience calls for and bring together the expertise needed to make it real.
With a home base in Portland, Oregon and a talented, collaborative family extending around the globe, we’ve worked across multiple time zones, languages and computing capabilities for over two decades. We’ve mastered the tools.
We’ve made some of them.
Laptops, commitment & caffeine
