IN-FO.CO (Inventory Form & Content) is an independent design and editorial studio. Our work encompasses graphic design, spatial design, strategy, and content development—frequently in tandem, and always with an exceptionally high level of attention to detail.
Founded in Los Angeles by Adam Michaels and Shannon Harvey, IN-FO.CO extends the National Design Award-winning practice Project Projects (New York City, 2004–2017). In addition, we publish books on topics in art, architecture, design, and music through our imprint Inventory Press.
The studio's work has been collected by MoMA Library, Design Museum London, The Vassar College Art Library, and New York University Fales Library, amongst others, and an extensive set of Adam Michaels's Project Projects work was acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago for its permanent collection.
IN-FO.CO is a certified Woman-Owned Business (WBE-NC).
Staff
Adam Michaels, Principal
Shannon Harvey, Principal
Michael Aberman
Eugenia Bell
Dylan Fracareta
Dani Grossman
Marina Kitchen
Kevin Lee
Siyun Oh
Mary Thompson
Contact us
info@in-fo.co
Expertise
- Identity System Design, Brand Strategy, Naming
- Book Design, Publishing, Strategy
- Print Design, Publication Design
- Editing, Research, Writing, Content Development
- Web Design, Motion Graphics
- Exhibition Design, Exhibition Graphics
- Wayfinding & Signage, Environmental Graphics, Placemaking
Selected Clients
- Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
- Anton Kern Gallery
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
- Bernard Tschumi Architects
- Blum & Poe
- Buell Center
- Canadian Centre for Architecture
- Columbia GSAPP
- Concordia University Press
- Cornell AAP
- Dropbox
- Diller Scofidio + Renfro
- Frieze Art Fair
- The Getty
- Guggenheim Museum
- Harvard GSD
- Hirshhorn Museum
- ICA Philadelphia
- Jewish Museum New York
- Johnston Marklee
- Kayne Griffin Corcoran
- Kevin Daly Architects
- LACMA
- Matthew Marks Gallery
- Michael Maltzan Architecture
- Monkeypaw Productions
- The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- New Museum
- Peabody Essex Museum
- Phaidon
- Princeton Architectural Press
- Princeton University Art Museum
- Rizzoli
- Rockwell Group
- SALT, Istanbul
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Slow and Steady Wins the Race
- Steven Holl Architects
- Stoss Landscape Urbanism
- Weiss/Manfredi
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- WORKac
Selected Awards
Beazley Designs of the Year Nomination for A *New* Program for Graphic Design, 2020
AIGA, 50 Books/50 Covers Award 2019 for Get Out by Jordan Peele (other 50 Books/50 Covers awards received in 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2009, and 2008)
Innovation in Print Award, Plato in LA: Contemporary Artists’ Visions, American Alliance of Museums, 2019
ADC Gold Cube, Best in Discipline (Photography), and Best Book, Generation Wealth, Art Directors Club, 2018
AN Best of Design Awards, Exhibition Design Living in America: Frank Lloyd Wright, Harlem, and Modern Housing, Honorable Mention 2018
Photography Book of the Year: Generation Wealth, Creative Review, 2017
Philip Johnson Exhibition Catalogue Award, The Society of Architectural Historians: The City Lost & Found, 2016
Cooper Hewitt, National Design Awards for Communication Design, 2015
Graham Foundation for Advanced Study in the Fine Arts, Individual Grants, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017
The Most Beautiful Books of the World, Leipzig, 2014
Selected Bibliography
"On Publishing: Graphic Designers Who Publish." (January 2021)
"What Leading Designers, Educators, and Writers Want to See in 2021" AIGA Eye On Design. (January 2021)
“Phantom Spoon: IN-FO.CO / Inventory Press” Idea Magazine. No. 391. (August 2020)
“10X10: IN-FO.CO.” Slanted Magazine. No. 35. (May 2020)
Fuller, Jarrett. “Adam Michaels and Shannon Harvey.” Scratching the Surface. (January 2019)
“Features: Inventory Press.” Los Angeles Special. Shoplifters Issue 7. (Summer 2018)
Heller, Steven. “Citizenship, Now More than Ever.” PRINT (October 2018)
Graphic: 500 Designs that Matter. New York: Phaidon, 2017.
Poyner, Rick. “Putting Blueprint Back on the Map.” PRINT (Fall 2017)
Mead, Rebecca. “What Rampant Materialism Looks Like, and What It Costs” The New Yorker (August 2017)
Heller, Steven. “An Alternative Culture Education.” PRINT (May 2016)
Ahrain, Michael. “DreamTown.” Graphik.net (March 2016)
Wolkoff, Julia. “Project Projects Wins Cooper Hewitt National Design Award.” ArtinAmerica.com (May 5, 2015)
Poynor, Rick. “Pay Close Attention.” Eye (Winter 2014)
Spampinato, Francesco. Come Together: The Rise of Cooperative Art and Design New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2014.
King, Emily. “New Identity.” Frieze (January 1, 2014)
Selected Awards
Beazley Designs of the Year Nomination for A *New* Program for Graphic Design, 2020
AIGA, 50 Books/50 Covers Award 2019 for Get Out by Jordan Peele (other 50 Books/50 Covers awards received in 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2009, and 2008)
Innovation in Print Award, Plato in LA: Contemporary Artists’ Visions, American Alliance of Museums, 2019
ADC Gold Cube, Best in Discipline (Photography), and Best Book, Generation Wealth, Art Directors Club, 2018
AN Best of Design Awards, Exhibition Design Living in America: Frank Lloyd Wright, Harlem, and Modern Housing, Honorable Mention 2018
Photography Book of the Year: Generation Wealth, Creative Review, 2017
Philip Johnson Exhibition Catalogue Award, The Society of Architectural Historians: The City Lost & Found, 2016
Cooper Hewitt, National Design Awards for Communication Design, 2015
Graham Foundation for Advanced Study in the Fine Arts, Individual Grants, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017
The Most Beautiful Books of the World, Leipzig, 2014
Selected Bibliography
"On Publishing: Graphic Designers Who Publish." (January 2021)
"What Leading Designers, Educators, and Writers Want to See in 2021" AIGA Eye On Design. (January 2021)
“Phantom Spoon: IN-FO.CO / Inventory Press” Idea Magazine. No. 391. (August 2020)
“10X10: IN-FO.CO.” Slanted Magazine. No. 35. (May 2020)
Fuller, Jarrett. “Adam Michaels and Shannon Harvey.” Scratching the Surface. (January 2019)
“Features: Inventory Press.” Los Angeles Special. Shoplifters Issue 7. (Summer 2018)
Heller, Steven. “Citizenship, Now More than Ever.” PRINT (October 2018)
Graphic: 500 Designs that Matter. New York: Phaidon, 2017.
Poyner, Rick. “Putting Blueprint Back on the Map.” PRINT (Fall 2017)
Mead, Rebecca. “What Rampant Materialism Looks Like, and What It Costs” The New Yorker (August 2017)
Heller, Steven. “An Alternative Culture Education.” PRINT (May 2016)
Ahrain, Michael. “DreamTown.” Graphik.net (March 2016)
Wolkoff, Julia. “Project Projects Wins Cooper Hewitt National Design Award.” ArtinAmerica.com (May 5, 2015)
Poynor, Rick. “Pay Close Attention.” Eye (Winter 2014)
Spampinato, Francesco. Come Together: The Rise of Cooperative Art and Design New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2014.
King, Emily. “New Identity.” Frieze (January 1, 2014)