Gage Mitchell

Gage Mitchell is the founder and principle designer at Modern Species in Seattle, WA. Modern Species provides sustainable branding and design for organic food & beverage companies as well as natural personal care products. Gage's goal is to destroy the crunchy granola stereotype of the organic industry by creating sexy, premium organic brands that appeal to a broad range of consumers, not just modern day hippies.

Gage spent much of his elementary school career carrying around a briefcase and hocking candy to his fellow classmates at a significant markup. During middle school he dropped the briefcase, picked up a paint brush, and impressed/exhausted his art teachers. It was then in high school that he happened to catch a movie about an advertising executive and realized that this field could meld his love for business and art. From there he went on to earn a degree in graphic design from Colorado State University and worked in boutique design studios in both Denver, CO and Charlotte, NC. He has been active in AIGA throughout his career, founding CSU's student chapter and holding board positions with both AIGA Charlotte and AIGA Wisconsin. He started Modern Species in 2009 to create a design studio with sustainability as its core mission.

Despite his great passion for environmentalism, you will not find Gage hiking, camping, or hugging trees. He and his wife, Jennifer, are much more apt to participate in 'city' hiking, enjoying the scenery of shop windows, the fauna of their downtown farmers market, and the yeast found blooming in local microbrews.