COMPANY PROFILE

DESIGN YOO SONDERMAN is a multi-disciplinary design firm specializing in signage, wayfinding and environmental graphic design for the built environment. With over 50 years combined experience, partners Chung Yoo and Stewart Sonderman have led countless projects, both domestic and international, in a wide array of projects including hospitality, civic, healthcare, entertainment, exhibition, resort and gaming. 

The goal of Design Yoo Sonderman is to create meaningful experiences that translate into positive results. Through direct collaboration with our clients, we create value-oriented solutions that not only compliment the project vision, but create a destination.

TEAM MEMBERS

Chung Yoo
Principal / Project Manager

Professional Experience: Having grown up in South Korea, Mr. Yoo immigrated to Paraguay at age of fourteen. Later he came to the United States to pursue the study in industrial design from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He worked at Lorenc+Yoo Design in environmental graphics and exhibit design over 30 years. During that time the firm's expansion internationally flourished with his diverse cultural experiences and understandings. He enjoys the design process and understanding of how to integrate architecture, graphics, signage, and artwork into built environments.

As principal of Design Yoo Sonderman, Mr. Yoo strives to continue the award winning work he has been creating for decades with his previous firm. As owner, project manager and designer, he is able to control all aspects of his clients projects from concept to installation. One of his greatest strengths is transforming a concept into reality.

Stewart Sonderman
Principal / Project Designer

Professional Experience: Growing up around his father’s Industrial design firm paved the way for Mr. Sonderman’s career. He worked at his father’s firm in NC for a short time after college before taking an exhibit design position on the west coast. After five years as the Lead Exhibit Designer at the Oregon Zoo, Mr. Sonderman accepted a position at EDSA in Ft. Lauderdale where he worked on a variety of international resorts and hotels projects focused on signage and wayfinding. From there, Mr. Sonderman took a position with Lorenc + Yoo Design where he stayed for more than 13 years creating some of his favorite work including retail, gaming, hospitality, health care and exhibit projects.

As principal of Design Yoo Sonderman, Mr. Sonderman strives to continue the award-winning work he and his partner have been creating for decades. As owner, project manager and designer, he is able to control all aspects of his clients projects from concept to installation. Mr. Sonderman’s talents span both the artistic and the analytical.