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Blake Gallagher

Growing up in the disconnected suburbs of Southern California played a huge role in sparking Blake’s interest in transportation design. His recent years spent in Seattle have helped him build an appreciation for responsible design and its role in the formation of dynamic, socially interactive environments. These interests, paired with his lifelong love of flight, eventually led to his research in airport design and his recent joining of HOK’s Aviation group.

Blake originally moved to Seattle to study at the University of Washington where he obtained a Masters degree in Architecture. Having previously studied engineering at Cal Poly, he is continuously working to bridge the dichotomies between design and analytics.

Blake’s interests have since developed to understanding product design such as electronics, graphics, fashion and the like -- and the relationships that can be drawn between these mediums and architecture. Related to this, he is currently studying the ways that new trends in social media and networking are tending to propel an enhanced public awareness across these design mediums, further strengthening the connections between them.

In his free time, Blake enjoys maintaining an active social life in the northwestern corner of the United States. Everything from his rainy walks to work to coffee with friends to his secret love for video games evokes in him inspiration and a constantly changing understanding of the designer’s role in both our physical and virtual worlds.

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