About
Art is personal expression. Graphic design is a visual translation of client objectives.
— Eliza Alys Young
Design Intense was founded by me, Eliza Alys Young, in 2003 while living in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. I moved there because the web market was nearly dead in the U.S., but burgeoning in Latin America. From 2003-2011, Design Intense operated as a bilingual, boutique design firm with the skills and experience of a large agency.
I have a dual BFA from Maine College of Art in Graphic Design and Photography. In the mid-1990s, while working as the senior designer for the Georgetown Collection, I began learning on myown to code websites. In the late 1990’s I was hired as part of the team at Ramworks in Florida, who developed the original websites for the Jacksonville Jaguars and CSX.
Although at different times, Design Intense has grown to include an on-site team of several employees, whenever the market slows, I return to the basics, freelance or contract work that I do all hands on. Of course I have an extended team I can call upon for bigger projects as needed. My sweet spot is working on a brand across a range of projects and platforms.