Be bold. It's fun!

Welcome to Hot Pepper Studios. We do award-winning work for web, print and film and produce popular events that people dig. Got a zesty idea? Let's talk.

Deconstructing Bauhaus

We're fools for fun projects that push the edge of design and technology. Our lab and testing ground is chock full of prototypes and ideas sometimes not fully hatched. We ask "what if?" and start experimenting. The great ideas eventually, after a good deal of testing, flow into our recipe for the secret sauce that flavors project greatness. And every now and then, a client like Extensis will say "we want to see some crazy ideas that just might work."

ecosystem, my ecosystem

ecosystem is a colorful new line of notebooks and journals made from 100% post-consumer, recycled paper. We like the large flexi cover blank journals with the black cover, but the lagoon and watermelon covers are delish. Hot Pepper designed and built the ecosystem site and we invite you to check out the nifty little "build your ecosystem' tool.

People dig it

The fabulous "Walk There!" pocket guide is a favorite among Portland residents and visitors to our fair city. Some of our picks include the "4T - Trail, Tram, Trolley and Train," "McLoughlin Historic District" and "Brooklyn and Rail Yards" (hop a freight train!). Walk There was the #5 best selling non-fiction book at Powell's Books. If it weren't for that popular Michael Pollan character, this book might be number one.

Events

WebVisions New York

Feb. 27 - March 1, 2013

Theater for the New City

It's an extra fabulous show, with Web visionaries Douglas Rushkoff, Jason Kunesh of Obama for America, Axe Cop creators Ethan and Malachai Nicolle and more.

SXSW Hackathon for Social Good

Fri., March 8, 2013

University of Texas, AT&T Center

Kick off SXSW Interactive with programmers, designers, UXers and web producers from around the world. Great non-profits are participating, including Habitat for Humanity.

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WebVisions Portland

May 22-24, 2013

Oregon Convention Center

It's a visionary hootenanny with Mark Frauenfelder of MAKE Magazine, Manifest Digital's Carolyn Chandler, CSI television series creator Anthony Zuiker and more!