From Classic Cars to Cannabis Magazines: The Design Journey of Dava Guthmiller

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April 8, 2019

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What sparked your love of design? Was it an iconic branding campaign or a piece of packaging from your childhood that was particularly memorable? Maybe a supportive high school art teacher, or a life-changing college course?

For Dava Guthmiller, Founder and CCO of San Francisco-based Noise 13, it was classic cars.

Growing up near Sacramento in Galt, California, her family ran an auto repair shop, so she grew up in a car-centric family. As a teenager, she worked there, and both her father and uncle also built hot rods on the side.

Theresa Christine Johnson

Theresa entered the world of design through The Dieline. With a background in writing and journalism, she has a passion for discovery and cultivating human connections. Her work for The Dieline is a constant journey to deeply understand all facets of the design process and to investigate what makes designers tick. Theresa’s writing has taken her snorkeling in between the tectonic plates in Iceland, horseback riding through a rural Brazilian town, and riding an octopus art car at Burning Man with Susan Sarandon as part of a funeral procession for Timothy Leary (long story). When not writing, she is planning her next trip or taking too many pictures of her cat.