I then moved on to a position as art director at Harper Collins based here in Nashville. It was a really fun time with so much excitement for the new facility. My favorite client was the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in the first few years after it opened. We designed annual reports and magazines and I learned that I loved publication design. Mary Hooper: I worked for a corporate design group for a few years right out of college. Lonny: What were each of your jobs before starting Milkglass Creative?
Read ahead to take a tour of their gorgeous light-filled studio and learn about their unique and creative careers. While they may seem like an unlikely pair, the co-founders have spent eight years doing work they love and producing amazing results. With Hooper's design background and Stroup's songwriting skills, the Nashville-based pair has been able to create amazing work from album covers to Google commercials to music. One success story? Mary Hooper and Amy Stroup's brand development studio Milkglass Creative. Often times, these unique experiences lead to amazing results. Especially with the possibilities of our connected world, people from a variety of backgrounds can come together to create companies that bring a whole new perspective to a field. Not everyone follows a linear career path.