Adam Brodsley co-founded Volume Inc. at the dawn of a new millennium (which admittedly sounds like a long time ago). He has since served as Principal and Creative Director. His broad range of expertise and experience is connected by the desire to engage people through the power of design, whatever the method, whatever the medium but especially in the physical world we inhabit. Adam is a graduate of The Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and holds a BA in Communications from UC Santa Barbara. He is a Northern California native. His first hostage situation was in the Santa Cruz mountains.

Starting in the hunter-filled woods of rural Pennsylvania, Eric made his way through architecture school and late night DJ sessions at Carnegie Mellon University, a three month cross-country trek, record store employment, and yoga classes in the Maui upcountry before finally studying graphic design at the California College of the Arts (CCA) and founding Volume with Adam in 2001. Eric has taught at CCA since 1999 and was awarded the college-wide Excellence in Teaching award in 2003. His writing on design has been published in Design Observer, Eye and Emigré, and was one of the founding writers for SFMOMA’s Open Space online publication. He spends way too much money on vinyl records, but do know that he does actually listen to them, too.

A six year Volume-ite, Bryan Bindloss is propelled by an unwavering hunger to uncover fresh ideas and make them real. Early years as a bay area street artist inform Bryan’s love for large-ish image making, while performing original songs helped him understand how systems give rise to stories (and vice-versa). Bryan holds a BFA in graphic design (2001) and MFA in transdisciplinary design (2010) from California College of the Arts and enjoys recognition from dozens of design awards. Nonetheless, the Bryan Bindloss IMDB page lists only one credit: appearing as himself in Return to Twin Peaks (video documentary short).

Born and raised in San Jose, California, Jon was drawn to the arts at a very young age. When he wasn’t spending hours drawing his favorite Nintendo or comic book characters, he was dancing in the living room to “Stop Making Sense” by Talking Heads. As a teenager his family moved to the foothills of Northern California, where he spent most of his time playing in garage bands and hanging out with the cool kids in his high school’s art room. Unsure of what faction of the art world he wanted to pursue, he discovered what the heck graphic design was after taking some classes at community college. He returned to the Bay Area and dove head-first into design school, graduating from the California College of the Arts with High Distinction. He also has an encyclopedic knowledge of The Simpsons, years 1989-1999 (the golden era).

The quiet little ninja in the office, Yuya came from Tokyo to hone his design skills and learn new tricks, ultimately obtaining a masters degree in graphic design from the Academy of Art University (while winning numerous package design awards, to boot). His current pursuits outside Volume include training at a local kung-fu school after the work day ends and building a fully functional life-size replica R2-D2 on the weekends to fulfill the requirements for his next master's degree in Jedi Studies.

After about a decade in the world video production, Alexandra came to Volume looking to expand her Producer skills beyond that of video and photo. Being a Virgo, she has an eye for detail, aesthetics, and thrives in organization. Upon graduating from a Power Yoga Teacher Training program in Tulum, Mexico (15 years ago before it was cool); Alexandra continues to have a regular practice and carries her flow from the mat to her work and everyday life. She rolls with the punches and gets sh*@! done with a smile. Oh and, yes, her last name is phonetically pronounced “shart”. Thank you Along Came Polly...